James Spackman
@jamesspackman73.bsky.social
Literary agent, pitching coach, cyclist, lino printer https://linktr.ee/JamesSpackman
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about different types of publishing enthusiasm. Link here: mailchi.mp/ae28d1738360...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about different types of publishing enthusiasm. Link here: mailchi.mp/ae28d1738360...
#booksky
#booksky
Weird to hear I Live You by Spacemen 3 on the soundtrack of Malice. Same side (crucially 🤓) of the same album as Big City, used in Succession.
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Weird to hear I Live You by Spacemen 3 on the soundtrack of Malice. Same side (crucially 🤓) of the same album as Big City, used in Succession.
What are your Unpitchables? Books you love but can't seem to get across to other people ... I've nominated three. Let me know yours! mailchi.mp/d86b588872a9...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What are your Unpitchables? Books you love but can't seem to get across to other people ... I've nominated three. Let me know yours! mailchi.mp/d86b588872a9...
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#booksky
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is about thinking about other people (so you can sell them books, obvs, not just for fun).
Link here: mailchi.mp/e6392b2e93ad...
Link here: mailchi.mp/e6392b2e93ad...
October 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is about thinking about other people (so you can sell them books, obvs, not just for fun).
Link here: mailchi.mp/e6392b2e93ad...
Link here: mailchi.mp/e6392b2e93ad...
Absolute dad moment earlier, as daughter played me the new Raye song. I predicted ‘this is going to be a big hit’.
Oh. 👇
Oh. 👇
October 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Absolute dad moment earlier, as daughter played me the new Raye song. I predicted ‘this is going to be a big hit’.
Oh. 👇
Oh. 👇
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about The End (of your pitch).
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October 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about The End (of your pitch).
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Unimprovable publisher-acknowledgment
September 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Unimprovable publisher-acknowledgment
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about how to *start* a book pitch ... mailchi.mp/7feec4ba13d4...
September 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about how to *start* a book pitch ... mailchi.mp/7feec4ba13d4...
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery answers the vexed question 'where should I look when I'm pitching?'
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September 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery answers the vexed question 'where should I look when I'm pitching?'
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Thank you to one of my publishing heroes, Hilary Murray Hill for this endorsement of How to Pitch a Book (available here - www.bookpitchdoctor.com )
September 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Thank you to one of my publishing heroes, Hilary Murray Hill for this endorsement of How to Pitch a Book (available here - www.bookpitchdoctor.com )
The Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery this week is all about 'The Reels Pinch' and other new gestures ... mailchi.mp/827a8a68b6d8...
August 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery this week is all about 'The Reels Pinch' and other new gestures ... mailchi.mp/827a8a68b6d8...
Thanks to the esteemed JHW for this fab review of HOW TO PITCH A BOOK (and its associated 'banned list' of pitch lines, which I *still* have to resist using ...) www.bookpitchdoctor.com
August 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Thanks to the esteemed JHW for this fab review of HOW TO PITCH A BOOK (and its associated 'banned list' of pitch lines, which I *still* have to resist using ...) www.bookpitchdoctor.com
Chuffed to get this quote from the brilliant Lucy Hale
I developed the very first pilot of Book Pitch Doctor for Lucy, many *many* years ago :)
Link to How to Pitch a Book here: www.bookpitchdoctor.com
I developed the very first pilot of Book Pitch Doctor for Lucy, many *many* years ago :)
Link to How to Pitch a Book here: www.bookpitchdoctor.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Chuffed to get this quote from the brilliant Lucy Hale
I developed the very first pilot of Book Pitch Doctor for Lucy, many *many* years ago :)
Link to How to Pitch a Book here: www.bookpitchdoctor.com
I developed the very first pilot of Book Pitch Doctor for Lucy, many *many* years ago :)
Link to How to Pitch a Book here: www.bookpitchdoctor.com
So this week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about pet peeves, right? Look, I'm a grumpy old pedant but you might even agree with some of these ...
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August 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So this week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about pet peeves, right? Look, I'm a grumpy old pedant but you might even agree with some of these ...
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Thank you to The Iconic Harriet Bourton ™️ for this lovely quote ...
Link to buy: www.bookpitchdoctor.com
Link to buy: www.bookpitchdoctor.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Thank you to The Iconic Harriet Bourton ™️ for this lovely quote ...
Link to buy: www.bookpitchdoctor.com
Link to buy: www.bookpitchdoctor.com
The Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery #30: How to pitch an illustrated book, part II - Pace Yourself!
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July 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery #30: How to pitch an illustrated book, part II - Pace Yourself!
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#booksky
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What can Madmen teach us about pitching? The Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery #29 is all about presenting visual books ... mailchi.mp/1cf2b883b576...
July 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
What can Madmen teach us about pitching? The Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery #29 is all about presenting visual books ... mailchi.mp/1cf2b883b576...
A load more things *not* to say in pitches, this time sent in by readers (including ex retailer head office staff). What can I say? It's a manifesto for our times ...
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June 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A load more things *not* to say in pitches, this time sent in by readers (including ex retailer head office staff). What can I say? It's a manifesto for our times ...
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mailchi.mp/924f4f4fdba6...
Thanks to Rory Scarfe, MD of The Blair Partnership, for these generous words about How to Pitch a Book.
Available here: www.bookpitchdoctor.com
Available here: www.bookpitchdoctor.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Thanks to Rory Scarfe, MD of The Blair Partnership, for these generous words about How to Pitch a Book.
Available here: www.bookpitchdoctor.com
Available here: www.bookpitchdoctor.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about vocal fillers: ums ahs, errs, likes and the like ... Link here: mailchi.mp/a09d35666814...
May 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about vocal fillers: ums ahs, errs, likes and the like ... Link here: mailchi.mp/a09d35666814...
"What do you do when the people you’re pitching at glare at your hands?"
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's surgery answers a question about body language:
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This week's Book Pitch Doctor's surgery answers a question about body language:
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May 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"What do you do when the people you’re pitching at glare at your hands?"
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's surgery answers a question about body language:
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This week's Book Pitch Doctor's surgery answers a question about body language:
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Delighted with this endorsement from Denise Bates, marvellous Group Publishing Director of The Quarto Group :)
www.bookpitchdoctor.com
www.bookpitchdoctor.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Delighted with this endorsement from Denise Bates, marvellous Group Publishing Director of The Quarto Group :)
www.bookpitchdoctor.com
www.bookpitchdoctor.com
The Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery this week is all about body language and contains my three favourite tips ... mailchi.mp/33c443a55090...
May 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery this week is all about body language and contains my three favourite tips ... mailchi.mp/33c443a55090...
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's surgery is about the rhetorical question, AKA the Swiss army knife of pitching. Read it here: mailchi.mp/f1c18653a1b7...
April 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's surgery is about the rhetorical question, AKA the Swiss army knife of pitching. Read it here: mailchi.mp/f1c18653a1b7...