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What Are Different Types of Submissions?

What Are Different Types of Submissions?

Recent Reads: March 2024!

Recent Reads: March 2024!

Rules for Agents Submitting to Editors

Rules for Agents Submitting to Editors

The Differences Between MG and YA Books

The Differences Between MG and YA Books

The Difference Between Newer and More Established Agents

The Difference Between Newer and More Established Agents

How Involved are Authors After First Publication?

How Involved are Authors After First Publication?

What to Know Before Querying BookEnds

What to Know Before Querying BookEnds

The Evolution of an Agent's List

The Evolution of an Agent's List

Recent Reads: Feb 2024!

Recent Reads: Feb 2024!

The Different Working Styles of Literary Agents

The Different Working Styles of Literary Agents

Our Most Amazing Deals

Our Most Amazing Deals

How to Read a Royalty Statement

How to Read a Royalty Statement

There is a Method to the Querying Madness

There is a Method to the Querying Madness

How to Set Realistic Goals as a Writer

How to Set Realistic Goals as a Writer

What Does the New Year Look Like in Publishing?

What Does the New Year Look Like in Publishing?

Is Your Dream Publisher Right for You?

Is Your Dream Publisher Right for You?

All About Deal Announcements

All About Deal Announcements

What to Consider in Negotiations Besides Advance

What to Consider in Negotiations Besides Advance

How Agents Build Writing Careers

How Agents Build Writing Careers

How Do You Know if Your Book is Marketable?

How Do You Know if Your Book is Marketable?

What Do Agents Do Besides Sell Books?

What Do Agents Do Besides Sell Books?

How Much Money Should You Pay to Publish Your Book?

How Much Money Should You Pay to Publish Your Book?

Did a Bad Query Ruin Your Chances?

Did a Bad Query Ruin Your Chances?

Anatomy of a Successful Author-Agent Relationship

Anatomy of a Successful Author-Agent Relationship

How Literary Agents Build Their Lists

How Literary Agents Build Their Lists

Spotting Agent Scams

Spotting Agent Scams

All About Covers

All About Covers

The Etiquette of Notifying Agents of an Offer

The Etiquette of Notifying Agents of an Offer

All About Titles

All About Titles

Things That Are Not Genre

Things That Are Not Genre

Literary Agents vs Literary Lawyers

Literary Agents vs Literary Lawyers

10 Business Strategies for Authors

10 Business Strategies for Authors

Can You Have Multiple Literary Agents?

Can You Have Multiple Literary Agents?

Why Authors Shouldn't Read Reviews

Why Authors Shouldn't Read Reviews

Publishing Terms Every Author Should Know

Publishing Terms Every Author Should Know

Who's Who at a Literary Agency

Who's Who at a Literary Agency

Revisions Are a Negotiation

Revisions Are a Negotiation

What Happens When Your Agent Submits Your Book?

What Happens When Your Agent Submits Your Book?

When Can You Go Back to an Agent?

When Can You Go Back to an Agent?

Hang Out With Jessica and James!

Hang Out With Jessica and James!

How the Big Deals Feed the Small Deals

How the Big Deals Feed the Small Deals

Author Careers Are a Journey

Author Careers Are a Journey

Welcome to the BookEnds YouTube Channel!

Welcome to the BookEnds YouTube Channel!

How Successful Illustrators Craft Portfolios

How Successful Illustrators Craft Portfolios

6 Reasons Your Ending Might Not Be Working

6 Reasons Your Ending Might Not Be Working

How to Write Multi POV Pitches and Synopses

How to Write Multi POV Pitches and Synopses

What Happens After the First Book?

What Happens After the First Book?

Inside the Publishing House

Inside the Publishing House

How to Choose Comp Titles

How to Choose Comp Titles

How Do Co-Writers Work Together?

How Do Co-Writers Work Together?

Trigger Warnings in Queries

Trigger Warnings in Queries

Then and Now in Publishing

Then and Now in Publishing

The Tea on IPs (Intellectual Property in Publishing)

The Tea on IPs (Intellectual Property in Publishing)

Surprising Advice Agents Give on an Offer Call

Surprising Advice Agents Give on an Offer Call

When to Contact An Agent While Querying

When to Contact An Agent While Querying

What to Do When You Receive a Request from an Agent

What to Do When You Receive a Request from an Agent

Happy New Year! What to Expect from BookEnds

Happy New Year! What to Expect from BookEnds

How Successful Authors Build Their Publishing Relationships

How Successful Authors Build Their Publishing Relationships

10 Things Writers Forget to Celebrate

10 Things Writers Forget to Celebrate

How to Make a Good Author Website

How to Make a Good Author Website

What Agents Look for in Sample Pages

What Agents Look for in Sample Pages

An Intro to QueryTracker and QueryManager with Creator Pat McDonald

An Intro to QueryTracker and QueryManager with Creator Pat McDonald

Is Your Writing Good Enough?

Is Your Writing Good Enough?

10 Things Literary Agents Do to Start the Year

10 Things Literary Agents Do to Start the Year

10 Things Literary Agents Do to End the Year

10 Things Literary Agents Do to End the Year

How Rigid Are Deadlines in Publishing?

How Rigid Are Deadlines in Publishing?

How to Become a Children's Book Illustrator

How to Become a Children's Book Illustrator

How to Organize Your Nonfiction Proposal

How to Organize Your Nonfiction Proposal

Recent Reads: Upmarket, Women's Fiction, and Picture Books

Recent Reads: Upmarket, Women's Fiction, and Picture Books

5 Tips for Following Up with Literary Agents

5 Tips for Following Up with Literary Agents

How Many Clients is Too Many?

How Many Clients is Too Many?

What Makes a Good Book Deal?

What Makes a Good Book Deal?

Top 10 Reasons Your Query Didn't Sell Your Book

Top 10 Reasons Your Query Didn't Sell Your Book

Not Every Book is Worth Querying

Not Every Book is Worth Querying

How to Query When You're Writing in Multiple Genres

How to Query When You're Writing in Multiple Genres

What to Do if You Don't Know Your Book's Genre

What to Do if You Don't Know Your Book's Genre

Defining Genre

Defining Genre

How to Negotiate Your Book Deal Without Fear

How to Negotiate Your Book Deal Without Fear

What Makes an Author's Brand?

Know Your Genre

Know Your Genre

Lean on Your Agent

Lean on Your Agent

When an Agent Reads Too Fast

When an Agent Reads Too Fast

Why We Use Form Rejections

Why We Use Form Rejections

Don't Have a Dream Agent

Don't Have a Dream Agent

Recent Reads and Agent Wishlists

Recent Reads and Agent Wishlists

Things Successful Authors Do

Things Successful Authors Do

What Literary Agents Look for on the Offer Call

What Literary Agents Look for on the Offer Call

When Can I Resubmit to an Agent?

When Can I Resubmit to an Agent?

From Query to Offer of Representation: A Literary Agent's Process

From Query to Offer of Representation: A Literary Agent's Process

Do US Agents Take on International Clients?

Do US Agents Take on International Clients?

Creating Your Querying Spreadsheet

Creating Your Querying Spreadsheet

What to Look for in a Critique Group

What to Look for in a Critique Group

What Does "Done" Mean?

What Does "Done" Mean?

On Subsidiary Rights A Conversation with Jenissa Graham

On Subsidiary Rights A Conversation with Jenissa Graham

The Future of Conferences for BookEnds Agents

The Future of Conferences for BookEnds Agents

Why Agents Don't Edit After we Sell Your Book

Why Agents Don't Edit After we Sell Your Book

What to Expect from Revisions Once you Sign with an Agent

What to Expect from Revisions Once you Sign with an Agent

Mentoring and the Author-Agent Relationship

Mentoring and the Author-Agent Relationship

What Happens to Publishing if Elon Musk Buys Twitter?

What Happens to Publishing if Elon Musk Buys Twitter?

Can I Query Before My Book Is Done?

Can I Query Before My Book Is Done?

Market Trends, Agent Wishlists, and Recent Reads

Market Trends, Agent Wishlists, and Recent Reads

What if I Get Agent Requests but No Offer?

What if I Get Agent Requests but No Offer?

Our Thoughts On Publishing's Great Resignation

Our Thoughts On Publishing's Great Resignation

What to Do After You Part Ways With an Agent

What to Do After You Part Ways With an Agent

How Your Nonfiction Proposal Shapes Your Book

How Your Nonfiction Proposal Shapes Your Book

Should An Author Have a Personal Relationship with Their Agent?

Should An Author Have a Personal Relationship with Their Agent?

Why You Should Always Read Your Contract

Why You Should Always Read Your Contract

Why We'd Be Assistants All Over Again

Why We'd Be Assistants All Over Again

Why We Pass on Books That Could Sell

Why We Pass on Books That Could Sell

6 Ways to Know Your Book Starts in the Wrong Place

6 Ways to Know Your Book Starts in the Wrong Place

The Importance of an Agency's Website

The Importance of an Agency's Website

Can You Query a Self Published Book?

Can You Query a Self Published Book?

Embracing the Next Phase of Your Career

Embracing the Next Phase of Your Career

Our Winter Reads

Our Winter Reads

How to Know Your Book is Done

How to Know Your Book is Done

Top 10 Query Fails

Top 10 Query Fails

10 Reasons to be Scared of Your Agent

10 Reasons to be Scared of Your Agent

Our Top Tips for a Strong Query

Our Top Tips for a Strong Query

On Looking to the Future: A Conversation with Ramona Pina

On Looking to the Future: A Conversation with Ramona Pina

How Many Clients is Too Many?

How Many Clients is Too Many?

How to Set Goals as an Author

How to Set Goals as an Author

What Kind of Revisions do Agents Ask For?

What Kind of Revisions do Agents Ask For?

The Right Way to Write Doesn't Exist

The Right Way to Write Doesn't Exist

Can I Switch Agents Without Switching Agencies?

Can I Switch Agents Without Switching Agencies?

When Can You Start Querying?

When Can You Start Querying?

What Are Exclusive and Simultaneous Submissions?

What Are Exclusive and Simultaneous Submissions?

What Agents Expect from Sample Pages

What Agents Expect from Sample Pages

What Happens When an Editor Likes Your Book?

What Happens When an Editor Likes Your Book?

Can I Query Publishers Directly?

Can I Query Publishers Directly?

Keep Moving Forward

Keep Moving Forward

Keep Moving Forward

Keep Moving Forward

The Top 10 Lies Authors Tell Themselves

The Top 10 Lies Authors Tell Themselves

How Literary Agents Negotiate

How Literary Agents Negotiate

The Public Face of Publishing

The Public Face of Publishing

Do Agents Share Submissions?

Do Agents Share Submissions?

How to Launch Your Book

How to Launch Your Book

Qualities that Help a Literary Agent

Qualities that Help a Literary Agent

How Agents Choose Which Editors to Submit To

How Agents Choose Which Editors to Submit To

Don't Quit Your Day Job

Don't Quit Your Day Job

Why Publishing Your Book Takes So Long

Why Publishing Your Book Takes So Long

Why Selling Your Book Can Take So Long

Why Selling Your Book Can Take So Long

Why Does Querying Take So Long?

Why Does Querying Take So Long?

How Do Literary Agents Know They're Offering Representation?

How Do Literary Agents Know They're Offering Representation?

Why Agents Don't Accept Queries on Social Media

Why Agents Don't Accept Queries on Social Media

What a Cover says About a Book

What a Cover says About a Book

Our Spring 2021 Reads

Our Spring 2021 Reads

Can a Book be Two Genres?

Can a Book be Two Genres?

What Happens After Your First Book?

What Happens After Your First Book?

10 Mistakes You're Making When Handling an Offer of Representation

10 Mistakes You're Making When Handling an Offer of Representation

How Do Literary Agents Approach Revisions?

How Do Literary Agents Approach Revisions?

How Literary Agents View Comp Titles

How Literary Agents View Comp Titles

What You Can Learn When You Hate a Book

What You Can Learn When You Hate a Book

How to Get a Job in Publishing: The Interview

How to Get a Job in Publishing: The Interview

When to Rethink Your "Dream Agent"

When to Rethink Your "Dream Agent"

What to Know About Your Author-Agent Agreement

What to Know About Your Author-Agent Agreement

How to Get a Job in Publishing: The Cover Letter

How to Get a Job in Publishing: The Cover Letter

The Beginner's Guide to An Author's Financials

The Beginner's Guide to An Author's Financials

What We Read in April 2021

What We Read in April 2021

How to Know Whether a Literary Agent is Reputable

How to Know Whether a Literary Agent is Reputable

How to Get a Job in Publishing: The Resume

How to Get a Job in Publishing: The Resume

What Do Literary Agents Do All Day?

What Do Literary Agents Do All Day?

What We Read in March 2021

What We Read in March 2021

10 Things Literary Agents Look for in Illustrators

10 Things Literary Agents Look for in Illustrators

10 Query Mistakes You're NOT Making (if You Watch our Channel!)

10 Query Mistakes You're NOT Making (if You Watch our Channel!)

How Much Control Does a Writer Have Over Their Final Book?

How Much Control Does a Writer Have Over Their Final Book?

How to Choose the BEST Idea for Your Book

How to Choose the BEST Idea for Your Book

What We Read in February 2021

What We Read in February 2021

Does Age Matter in Publishing?

Does Age Matter in Publishing?

The #1 Question You Need to Ask When Offered Representation

The #1 Question You Need to Ask When Offered Representation

The Benefits of NOT Writing

The Benefits of NOT Writing

6 Tips for Following Up with a Literary Agent

6 Tips for Following Up with a Literary Agent

The Art of Communicating with Literary Agents

The Art of Communicating with Literary Agents

What We Read in January 2021!

What We Read in January 2021!

How to Conquer a Literary Agent's Slush Pile

How to Conquer a Literary Agent's Slush Pile

Do Genres Limit a Writer?

Do Genres Limit a Writer?

How to Interact with Agents on Social Media

How to Interact with Agents on Social Media

What We Read in December 2020!

What We Read in December 2020!

When to Resubmit Your Query to a Literary Agent

When to Resubmit Your Query to a Literary Agent

How To Know You "Wasted" Your Query

How To Know You "Wasted" Your Query

Can I Query More Than One Book at a Time?

Can I Query More Than One Book at a Time?

How to Change Agents

How to Change Agents

Finding Support as a Writer

Finding Support as a Writer

On Getting Started A Conversation with James McGowan

On Getting Started A Conversation with James McGowan

A Conversation About Graphic Novels & Comics

A Conversation About Graphic Novels & Comics

On Learning the Process: A Conversation with Amanda Jain

On Learning the Process: A Conversation with Amanda Jain

On Striking a Balance: A Conversation with Rachel Brooks

On Striking a Balance: A Conversation with Rachel Brooks

On Starting Something New: A Conversation with Tracy Marchini

On Starting Something New: A Conversation with Tracy Marchini

What Are the Benefits of "Young" Agents?

What Are the Benefits of "Young" Agents?

On Forging New Paths: A Conversation with Moe Ferrara

On Forging New Paths: A Conversation with Moe Ferrara

On Editing by Asking Questions: A Conversation with Jessica Alvarez

On Editing by Asking Questions: A Conversation with Jessica Alvarez

Should Your Book be Complete Before Querying?

Should Your Book be Complete Before Querying?

Should I Query My Book in December?

Should I Query My Book in December?

Books We're Gifting in 2020!

Books We're Gifting in 2020!

How and When Do Literary Agents Read Queries and Submissions?

How and When Do Literary Agents Read Queries and Submissions?

On Perseverance in Publishing: A Conversation with Kim Lionetti

On Perseverance in Publishing: A Conversation with Kim Lionetti

Mistakes Happen

Mistakes Happen

On Embracing Change: A Conversation with Jessica Faust

On Embracing Change: A Conversation with Jessica Faust

Our Best Tips to Improve Any Author Website

Our Best Tips to Improve Any Author Website

How Literary Agents Sell Books

How Literary Agents Sell Books

On Being Creative and Confident: A Conversation with Naomi Davis

On Being Creative and Confident: A Conversation with Naomi Davis