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Books & Such Literary Management

A full-service literary agency that focuses on books for the Christian market.

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So much more than a literary agency

At Books & Such, we help authors to build careers. From the smallest detail of the next book idea, to the big picture of the writer’s lifelong dreams, we work strategically to help each author reach his or her writing and publishing goals.

We help authors:

  • Develop top-notch ideas
  • Get the smartest deal for each book
  • Think strategically about their careers
  • Remain informed about major shifts in the publishing industry
  • Stay innovative
  • Identify and cultivate their brand
  • Understand book marketing and social media

We go above and beyond the usual literary agency services by:

  • Providing continuing education, exclusive to our clients, via webinars and
    in-person sessions.
  • Connecting our clients with each other through an online forum, enabling them to offer insights they’ve gained, or to ask for help from fellow writers.
  • Creating Editors Select, a 24/7, password-protected website that showcases all of our clients’ current projects to publishers.
  • Regularly highlighting projects to editors via direct, customized e-newsletters.
  • Offering a self-publishing arm of the agency. Our project manager and your agent will help you to choose between traditional, print-on-demand, and digital publishing. Our project manager oversees the creation of your print-on-demand and digital titles while providing you with her expert guidance.
  • Hosting a retreat for clients and their spouses at resort locales for in-depth workshops and individual planning time with the author’s agent.
  • Seeking free-lance writing projects for clients who desire this type of work.

What publishing colleagues have to say about us:

"It’s always a pleasure to receive proposals from Books & Such Literary Management. This agency has a discerning eye for both literary excellence and commercial appeal. Over many years of working together in this industry, we have come to respect their proven judgment and inherent instincts about successful publishing."

Rolf Zettersten

Rolf Zettersten, Publisher, FaithWords/Center Street, Hachette Book Group

Books & Such Literary Management
2018-06-18T19:02:59-07:00

Rolf Zettersten, Publisher, FaithWords/Center Street, Hachette Book Group

Rolf Zettersten
"It’s always a pleasure to receive proposals from Books & Such Literary Management. This agency has a discerning eye for both literary excellence and commercial appeal. Over many years of working together in this industry, we have come to respect their proven judgment and inherent instincts about successful publishing."
https://www.booksandsuch.com/blog/testimonials/rolf-zettersten/
"At Baker Publishing Group we are always eager to review authors who are represented by Books & Such. No other agency matches their pace of collaboration with our company. Books & Such literary agents are professional, trustworthy, and thorough. I wish they all worked exclusively with me, but that would be greedy—and really exhausting."

Dwight Baker

Dwight Baker, President/CEO, Baker Publishing Group

Books & Such Literary Management
2018-07-16T18:54:51-07:00

Dwight Baker, President/CEO, Baker Publishing Group

Dwight Baker
"At Baker Publishing Group we are always eager to review authors who are represented by Books & Such. No other agency matches their pace of collaboration with our company. Books & Such literary agents are professional, trustworthy, and thorough. I wish they all worked exclusively with me, but that would be greedy—and really exhausting."
https://www.booksandsuch.com/blog/testimonials/dwight-baker/
"The agents at Books & Such are smart, savvy, and instinctive. With their decades of experience, they’re able to find the most marketable books, and they know how to place them with the most apropos publishing houses. I’ve always appreciated their desire to create personal connections with both authors and editors; everyone then benefits from their hands-on, individualized approach to projects. I love that they also spend time developing book ideas and manuscripts and strategizing the next steps for their clients' careers. I’m always learning from their wisdom, and I know their clients are too!"

Jenny Baumgartner, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Nelson Books

Books & Such Literary Management
2018-08-31T19:10:24-07:00

Jenny Baumgartner, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Nelson Books

"The agents at Books & Such are smart, savvy, and instinctive. With their decades of experience, they’re able to find the most marketable books, and they know how to place them with the most apropos publishing houses. I’ve always appreciated their desire to create personal connections with both authors and editors; everyone then benefits from their hands-on, individualized approach to projects. I love that they also spend time developing book ideas and manuscripts and strategizing the next steps for their clients' careers. I’m always learning from their wisdom, and I know their clients are too!"
https://www.booksandsuch.com/blog/testimonials/jenny-baumgartner/
"Janet Kobobel Grant and her team at the Books & Such Literary Management are true professionals who do much more than just negotiate book contracts. They work with their authors to make sure a project is well thought out before it’s pitched—and they stay engaged after the contract is negotiated. I especially appreciate that they work with their authors to make their manuscripts better before we even see them. Two thumbs up!"

Jan Long Harris, Executive Publisher, Tyndale Momentum

Books & Such Literary Management
2018-06-18T19:03:39-07:00

Jan Long Harris, Executive Publisher, Tyndale Momentum

"Janet Kobobel Grant and her team at the Books & Such Literary Management are true professionals who do much more than just negotiate book contracts. They work with their authors to make sure a project is well thought out before it’s pitched—and they stay engaged after the contract is negotiated. I especially appreciate that they work with their authors to make their manuscripts better before we even see them. Two thumbs up!"
https://www.booksandsuch.com/blog/testimonials/jan-long-harris/
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