nonagented

Negotiated without the involvement of an agent.

The third party , not a participant in the nonagented transaction, generally has exchanged assets (cash for the BA) by reselling the BA in the secondary market and has merely accommodated the accepting bank (most likely for a small fee) in providing proceeds from the sale of the BA to the beneficiary of the draft.

Larger incentives are paid for direct deals versus nonagented deals.

Not having an agent.

These increases have an impact on the entire market and serve to benefit all authors, the nonagented as well as those with representation.

While some multipublished single-title authors manage to market and negotiate their own contracts, the single-title genre offers more difficulties to the nonagented writer than series romances.

Represented by the artist rather than by an agent.

They don't have time to look at the nonagented books.

While there are a number of children's publisheers who are open to nonagented material, using the services of an agent or rep can be beneficial to a writer or artist.