Blog Archive

• Moe Ferrara Excels at Contract Negotiation

  Sep 01, 2022

  Come check out our interview with senior literary agent Moe Ferrara!

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• How Agents and Authors Get Paid

  Aug 31, 2022

  Literary Agents Jessica and James take the time to discuss how literary agents and authors get paid in publishing.

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• Take Stock of Your Success

  Aug 30, 2022

  A year ago BookEnds instituted a new accounting system and it’s been incredible. For any agencies looking to make a switch, feel free to ask me about Atlas. We started in June 2021 and naively thought we’d be up and running by the end of summer. Insert hysterical laughing here. It took us six months […]

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• New Client Alert — Antonia Gold

  Aug 26, 2022

  Come check out this interview with our new client, Mickey Gould!

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• What Agents Look for In Sample Pages

  Aug 25, 2022

  By this time, you’ve read a million blog posts and watched 500 videos on what agents look for in queries. What’s rarely discussed is what agents look for in sample pages, or how they use sample pages. When querying agents, in addition to all the great advice we give on query letters, many agents ask […]

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• What to Expect from the Revision Process

  Aug 24, 2022

  Literary Agents Jessica and James sat down to discuss what authors can expect from the revision process. What are all the ways your book will evolve from the minute your first draft is completed, to the minute it’s on shelves.

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• Jessica Alvarez Loves to Network

  Aug 23, 2022

  Here's another summertime interview with one of our agents: senior agent Jessica Alvarez!

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• New Client Alert — Teresa Hsu

  Aug 19, 2022

  Come check out our interview with new client, Teresa Hsu!

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• Tracy Marchini Wants to Build Careers

  Aug 18, 2022

  Here's another summertime interview with one of our agents: senior agent Tracy Marchini!

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• Why Your Nonfiction Query was Rejected

  Aug 16, 2022

  I’ve been on the hunt for nonfiction which means I’ve been stalking my own query inbox waiting for those nonfiction projects. Don’t worry, I’m looking for fiction too, but sometimes I get in a mood. There are two things I quickly review a nonfiction query for…the idea and the author’s platform. And it’s frustrating to […]

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• New Client Alert — Courtney Donovan

  Aug 12, 2022

  Come check out our interview with new client, Courtney Donovan!

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• Your Query was Rejected Because It Didn’t Sell the Book

  Aug 11, 2022

  The number one job of your query is to sell your book. Just like cover copy sells a book to readers, queries sell books to agents, and pitches sell books to publishers. Learning query basics and how to write a great query blurb is an essential part of your professional writing skill set. When a […]

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