As discussed in the previous episode, a virtual office set-up enables 2 Seas Agency to maintain business as usual during the current COVID-19 lockdown, and also during our frequent international travels during normal, non-pandemic times.  

How do we manage this virtual office? We like to keep things simple and efficient. Besides being well-organized and very meticulous – which we as rights sellers should be! – all it takes are the cloud-based tools and apps that co-founder Marleen discusses in this second episode of The Make Books Travel Podcast.

Welcome to the very first episode of the Make Books Travel podcast. I'd been playing with the idea of starting a podcast for a while. Then COVID-19 happened. I had to cut a 5-week business trip to Europe short after only 1 week of meetings, and returned to California.

Fast forward a few weeks, and the world is a different place. Almost the entire international publishing world has had to adapt to working from home, whereas 2 Seas Agency has had a remote set-up practically since we started out. During the many virtual meetings I have had these past weeks to make up for the hundreds of in-person meetings I was supposed to have at the London Book Fair and elsewhere in Europe, I've been asked more than once if I had any tips to share.

These questions led to our first podcast episode, entitled The Virtual Literary Agency. During this episode I get together with Senior Agent Chrys Armefti to discuss how 2 Seas Agency maintains business as usual, and continues to make books travel during these challenging times.