Reid Boates Literary Agency

nicolesingslave · Dec 2, 2009

Hi. Has anyone dealt with this agency?
Here are some stuff I found.

Contact:
Principal: Reid Boates, [email protected]
Reid Boates Literary Agency, Box 328, 69 Cooks Crossroad, Pittstown, NJ 08867, USA

Not much on P&E:
http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/pealr.htm

But a whopping 69 hits on Amazon ranging from the hard science of astrology (just kidding) to cook books. There don't seem to be any fictions but then again is Astrology considered non-fiction?
http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1259824...0,i:stripbooks,k:"Reid+Boates"&sort=salesrank

CaoPaux · Dec 3, 2009

He's part of Wordsmith Media, too: http://wordsmithmedia.net/reidboates.html

Dr. Larry · Dec 11, 2010

Reid Boates

After enthusiastically agreeing to be my literary agent, Reid Boates continuously failed to respond to my phone calls and emails, broke numerous promises, and then resigned without expalantion. Beware!

colealpaugh · Dec 12, 2010

His Unicorn Writers Conference bio seems very impressive. Former editor at Doubleday and Warner Books, then repping NYT and WSJ best sellers. Is there good news to go with the bad?

Dr. Larry · Dec 13, 2010

There is good news! My misunderstanding with Reid has been resolved. His excellent reputation is well justified.

JerseyGirl1962 · Dec 14, 2010

nicolesingslave said:
Reid Boates Literary Agency, Box 328, 69 Cooks Crossroad, Pittstown, NJ 08867, USA

But a whopping 69 hits on Amazon ranging from the hard science of astrology (just kidding) to cook books. There don't seem to be any fictions but then again is Astrology considered non-fiction?
http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1259824...0,i:stripbooks,k:"Reid+Boates"&sort=salesrank

Holy crap! This place is near where I live - and I live in the boonies (well, by New Jersey standards).

Sorry for the interruption. But it's not often that the publishing world comes close to where I live, know what I mean?

F.L.N · Sep 28, 2013

Unconfirmed reports are that the agency has closed.

Perm Dude · Mar 6, 2014

Still around. Just got some correspondence from him today.

CaoPaux · Aug 6, 2019

Went referral-only in '17. No further activity. Anyone have recent contact?

Reid Boates Literary Agency

nicolesingslave

AW Addict

CaoPaux

Mostly Harmless

Dr. Larry

colealpaugh

"Bear trumps Elephants!"

Dr. Larry

JerseyGirl1962

I heart Malamutes! :-)

F.L.N

The Old Curmudgeon

Perm Dude

CaoPaux

Mostly Harmless