Peter Cox

Literary Agent & Manager. Capo Di Tutti Capi @Litopia, the net’s oldest writers’ colony. Vegan. National bestselling author. Hosts YouTube’s Pop-Up Submissions.

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What on earth are you up to, @geekompc? Your website crashed yesterday and now you have charged my credit card FOUR times! Will you PLEASE resolve this asap!!!

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Delighted to announce a major new deal for my fabulous client Michelle Paver! RAINFOREST will be her next shockingly good “survivalist Gothic” chiller, following DARK MATTER, THIN AIR & WAKENHYRST. @orionbooks October 2025 https://t.co/5J6OTVARft

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@BBCSussex Shockingly bad coverage of this from @BBCSussex. You are minimising a really serious situation. “More than 30,000 people…” ludicrously low estimate. Businesses are closing in central Hastings. No sanitation. Failure to open emergency water stations. And this is “good progress”?

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Need an explanation, please @elonmusk #Yulia_Navalnaya

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@raquelita Yes, that’s the final link in the distribution chain, and the most expensive to control (security guards at every bookstore?). Leaks at this late stage generally serve to provoke buyer interest. I’d have thought there’s no commercial damage, probably the opposite. :)

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Lots of discussion today about how Prince #Harry's autobiography #Spare has been leaked to the #Guardian. I’ve had some experience of this, so what follows might be interesting.
First, publishing is notoriously leaky in any case, so keeping anything secret is a real challenge.

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@scottj_life Hey Scott, likewise :) Hope it's a joyful new year for you and yours!

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@brianclegg I haven’t seen the book (and don’t really want to!) - did they bother with review quotes? Only coverage I’ve seen has been negative! :)

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But who's to say that lowly employees can't be persuaded… Which raises another interesting question – might the Guardian or an associate have sweetened the deal a little? I doubt we’ll ever know :)

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After that – this late in the production process – you’ve got to consider the printers. Book printers are normally very security-conscious.

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