Submissions
How Can I Be Represented by BookEnds?
So often we hear about authors caught in the middle of publishers who don't want to see their work if they are unagented and agents who don't want to see their work if they haven't been published. What's a writer to do? Luckily you've found BookEnds, a literary agency accepting queries from both published and unpublished authors.
As you might imagine, there are a lot of benefits to hiring an agent. An agent has contacts in publishing and knows exactly who might be interested in your particular book. An agent also understands the publishing contract and will make sure that you get the best deal possible. And most important, an agent can help you achieve your career goals and help you plan for what's ahead. BookEnds agents provide the added bonus of years of editorial experience in major publishing houses and can assist you in making your book the best it can be before it goes to the publisher.
As a member of the AAR (Association of Authors' Representatives), BookEnds does not charge reading or evaluation fees.
In an attempt to run a "greener" business, BookEnds is no longer accepting unsolicited proposal packages. (For more on this, see this entry on the BookEnds blog.)
To query BookEnds, please send the query in the body of the e-mail to only one agent at:
- Jessica Faust
- Kim Lionetti is not currently accepting submissions.
and include the word "query" or "submission" in your subject heading.
If you prefer snail-mail, all snail-mail queries should include a SASE and can be submitted to:
BookEnds, LLC
136 Long Hill Rd
Gillette, NJ 07933
BookEnds accepts queries from published and unpublished writers in the areas of romance (and all its sub-genres), erotica, mystery, suspense, women's fiction, and literary fiction. In nonfiction we are looking for current affairs, reference, business, finance, health, women's issues, pop science, psychology, relationships, sex, parenting, pop culture, true crime, and general nonfiction.
Please refer to the About Us page and this post on the BookEnds blog for specific agent interests.
For more information on how to successfully put together a proposal and query, please see the FAQs page.
BookEnds agents do reply to all submissions and queries, including e-queries, and hope to do so in a timely manner. Our goal is to respond to all e-mail queries in 2 to 4 weeks and all requested partials and fulls in 10 to 12 weeks. Unfortunately, at times, circumstances mean we fall behind in our responses. If you haven't received a response in the time estimations given above, please don't hesitate to send an e-mail to the agent you sent your material to requesting a status update. The e-mail should include the title of the work, date the submission or query was sent, and the name of the author. Any other information you have that might help us remember your book is helpful. We understand that waiting can certainly be the hardest part and thank you for not only giving us the chance to review your work, but for your patience.
*****Please Note:
- BookEnds
does not handle children's books, science fiction, short fiction,
poetry, screenplays, techno-thrillers, or military fiction.
- While
BookEnds agents will do their very best to respond to every submission
in the proper SASE, they are not responsible for SASEs returned for
improper postage.
- Our e-mail service's spam filters are growing more aggressive by the day, and unfortunately even properly addressed e-mails are sometimes mistakenly identified as spam and deleted. If you haven't received a reply to an e-mail query after a reasonable amount of time, your best bet is to resubmit your query via regular mail.