Books & Such Literary Agency Submission Guidelines

Submitting to Books & Such Literary Agency

Submissions:

What We Accept:

Books & Such will accept e-mail queries for the following genres:

Adult fiction and nonfiction
Teen fiction and nonfiction
Twenty-to-thirtysomething fiction and nonfiction
Children’s and youth fiction and nonfiction.

We do not accept e-mail queries with attachments, or unsolicited phone or postal mail queries.

How to Submit a Query:

When submitting a query, please follow these guidelines:

Limit your query to one page
Include the genre and subject of your manuscript, its unique elements, and target audience
Highlight your vision for marketing your book, your writing experience, the name of the person (if any) who referred you to Books & Such, and whether you’re currently submitting your query to other agents.

Who to Contact:

To contact a specific agent, please include the agent’s name in the subject line. Below is a list of accepted genres and the agents that accept them.

Janet Grant:
Adult fiction and nonfiction queries

Wendy Lawton:
Adult fiction and nonfiction queries

Etta Wilson:
Children’s and Youth book queries

Rachel Zurakowski (Associate Agent):
Teen, twenty-something, and thirty-something fiction and nonfiction

Where to Send Your Query:

To submit your query, send the above information to:

representation @ booksandsuch.biz

The Next Step:

If we’re interested in seeing more of your work, we’ll ask you for the following:

For a novel (including young adult novels):

a synopsis (5-6 pages double-spaced) in which you tell us the basic plot and introduce us to your main characters.
the first three chapters (approximately 50 pages of the work).
your biography, with an emphasis on your qualifications for writing the manuscript and how you can help to market it.

For a nonfiction adult manuscript:

a proposal, detailing the audience for your work, why you believe the work will attract significant readership, and what current titles would compete with your book for readers, how you can help to market the book, any ideas on how a series could be developed.
a chapter outline in which you write a paragraph description of each chapter.
your biography.
the first three chapters (approximately 50 pages of the work).

For a children’s book:

the entire manuscript.
your biography.
if you see the possibility of a series, and what the series would consist of.

When you send the manuscript, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with sufficient postage to either pay to have the entire package sent back to you or to pay the postage for us to write a letter with our response.

We do not return material or reply to submissions that don’t include the postage and an envelope.

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