Do you know any good BOOK AGENTS? or publishers for childrens books?

Question

I have written a childrens book and I was wondering what do I need to do to get it published. I think its quite good!!

Answer 1

Hi Doraki,

You should get a copy of "Writers Market 2007" and read the section on Children's book publishers.

Also read the sections on how to submit a manuscript. Many agents and publishers will just trash a manuscript that is not correctly formatted and sent.

You should also check out two websites. The first is an award-winning site for people searching for Agents. It is http://www.agentquery.com/ . It lists many agents websites and addresses, and has an intro section explaining how to submit and how to avoid scammers. Reading this info will help you know what to send, and what to ask in an email query.

The other website is I always recommend is called "Writer Beware" at: http://www.sfwa.org/beware/ and is dedicated to exposing the scams perpetrated on writers by fraudulent agents. It is operated by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (the SFWA), and is an excellent source of information on Agents and how to submit manuscripts.

Glad to hear you've completed a book, and good luck on selling it! Please have faith in yourself, and don't be discouraged by rejections or long waits, the world needs more writers!

lsr.

Just FYI: the answer above mentions an agent, the Children's Literary Agency, which is on the list of the 20 worst fraudulent agents at Preditors and Editors (the link in Jack's answer, a great site), and at Writer Beware. This agency is known to charge fees and to require fee-based editing services from their affiliated companies, and making sales to vanity publishers which you must pay for.

Please be careful, and remember, real agents don't charge fees or recommend editing services that charge fees, only the scammers do that.

Answer 2

Don't lose the faith! Perhaps the agent who has let you down could give you feedback as to why they decided not to option your work when they had initally seemed so keen? If not, then perhaps read over the work again, perhaps ask a trusted friend to give you constructive feedback, and then do a bit of editing if needed. And then send it out again! JK Rowling got rejected from about 15 publishers and agents before she was successful - I think this is the norm now for those who make it. Get addresses from publishers and agents from The Writer's Handbook, Childrens' Writers and Artists' Yearbook, or The Writers and Artists' Yearbook, all quite reasonably from Amazon. Then do a bit of research, into what it is that agents are looking for, and also the types of books in general that are selling well at the moment - if you can come up with a marketing angle then you can include this in the query letter you send out. As I said at the beginning, don't lose faith. If it was easy, then everyone would be doing it. Treat each rejection slip as a badge of honour. At least you have written two novels and are trying to get them published, which is more than a lot of people can say. Good luck and here's hoping we'll be seeing your name in print before too long!

Answer 3

Agents are funny creatures. They won't touch the book unless it has marketability

I would begin by trying the unsolicited manuscript approach.

get the book "The Writers UHandbook" for houses that might be interested in your submission.

here's a free one to get you started

Answer 4

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Answer 5

PLEASE DISREGARD THE ADVICE OF THE PERSON WHO POSTED ABOVE ME. MAAM LENLEN'S ADVICE IS WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!!!!!! Please check out the website I've posted, and see what they say about this agency.

You definitely need an agent. I'm giving you what I consider to be the very best website for writers. It has many, many pages of agents (most of whom accept online queries).

Best of luck.

http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/

Answer 6

Try the Children's Literary Agency! They focus exclusively on the children's market and they're also looking for new talents! Goodluck...

http://www.childrensliteraryagency.com/

Answer 7

ladybird