Blog Archive
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Floral Depravity by Beverly Allen
Oct 06, 2015
Third in the Bridal Bouquet Shop mystery series. “A well written and highly entertaining cozy with a clever plot and more than a few twists and turns.”—Criminal Element
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Agents: Crushing Dreams, One Client at a Time
Oct 05, 2015
Despite the joking agents often do, crushing dreams is not the business we’re in. Unfortunately, if your goal is to help others achieve dreams, crushing one or two comes with the territory. One of the most difficult things an agent has to do is help a client manage expectations. I can’t even begin to tell […]
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Galleys in the Digital Age
Oct 02, 2015
In the age of the ebook, advance reading copies have changed quite a bit. Back in the day of the paper dinosaur (known as a print book) galleys/ARCs/advanced reading copies/review copies/page proofs were bound (although maybe only by a rubber band) copies of your book used to obtain reviews. Nowadays most people use services like […]
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Why I Won’t Sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement
Oct 01, 2015
Recently I was asked if I would sign a non-disclosure agreement before an author would agree to query me. I said no and explained why, but I want to expand on that further. BookEnds has a history of brainstorming ideas with our clients and for our clients. We actually have almost a full page of […]
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Day 1 In Jessica’s #BeatRejection Challenge
Oct 01, 2015
Here we go. The first day in my #beatrejection challenge. Where I go out and seek rejection. I haven’t decided what I’ll be doing yet and somehow that’s giving me the greatest anxiety. I’m having a really difficult time coming up with 30 things I’m nervous to ask for. I’m not keen on some of […]
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What an Agent Says versus What an Agent Does
Sep 30, 2015
Over the years I’ve had the occasional conversation with a client or submitting author about what I represent versus what I’m looking to represent more of. It’s common for authors to read an agent’s submission guidelines or #MSWL posts and assume that’s all an agent represents, versus just what an agent is looking to acquire […]
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An American Duchess by Sharon Page
Sep 29, 2015
“Sharon Page shines with this riveting tale of true love… The rip-roaring plot kept me turning pages far into the night.” -New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries on An American Duchess “Fans of Downton Abbey should reach for An American Duchess… Page’s captivating prose evokes the Roaring Twenties with skillful and vivid details and […]
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Happy Pub Day–PANE AND SUFFERING by Cheryl Hollon
Sep 29, 2015
Congratulations are due to Cheryl Hollon for her debut release, PANE AND SUFFERING. “A fresh and original new series! Savannah Webb is as clever at piecing together clues as she is at piecing stained glass. Well-crafted with smart and intriguing clues, Pane and Suffering will keep you guessing to the end!”–Krista Davis, New York Times bestselling […]
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A starred PW review for Sharon Cullen!
Sep 28, 2015
Congrats to Sharon Cullen for the great starred review she got in Publishers Weekly for her upcoming release, The Reluctant Duchess! The Reluctant Duchess Sharon Cullen Cullen’s riveting Victorian romance reveals a surprisingly forthright and intellectual heroine hiding behind a wallflower reputation. Lady Sara Emerson was accustomed to being overlooked while Meredith, her cousin, […]
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Could Changes in Publishing Mean Query Services Become More Prominent?
Sep 28, 2015
For as long as I’ve been in publishing there have been query services available to agents. I’m not talking about the type of service that writes your query for you, but the service that allows authors to post their queries or even their material so that agents can peruse the site and request something. I’m […]
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On Passing Queries & Signing Authors
Sep 25, 2015
A couple of weeks ago on Twitter, an author asked me if we at BookEnds internally share queries if we think another agent is a better fit. The answer is yes! All the time, actually—or at least as often as ill-fitted but promising submissions appear. I think a lot of authors stress about querying the […]
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Marketing 101: Updating Your Amazon Author Page
Sep 24, 2015
With all of the stress we place on social networking I think its easy to say that updating your Amazon Author Page often falls by the wayside. And yet it shouldn’t. Fifteen minutes every few weeks can make a huge difference in one of today’s biggest book buying markets. The minute your book is sold […]
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