Hi! Sorry for the silly question but do agents have to pay to attend agent-publisher conferences, including travel and accommodation? Are there other agent-related things you have to pay for?

Do you mean like attending ALA or Bologna or something like that? Some agents might have expense accounts where the agency pays for some of that kind of stuff? Like possibly agents who are not on commission, but are paid a salary? OR, agents who are doing something specific FOR THE AGENCY at the conference; for example, let's say they are selling foreign rights on behalf of the whole agency, the…