Bova Agency

Sorry is never condolence enough.

Strength and blessings to her friends and loved ones.

HapiSofi said:

I'm sorry to report that Barbara Bova has died while in hospice care.

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I have seen this information nowhere else, including a couple of places you would expect such news to be found, like the SFWA. Are you sure of your sources?

amergina said:

http://www.sfwa.org/2009/09/rip-barbara-bova/

SFWA posted this today.

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Thanks!

My deepest condolences to their friends and family! I hope they are fairing well.

The website has officially listed the passing of Barbara Bova. They are no longer taking on new clients.

Their website indicates that they are still taking clients, with Ben Bova as president, Ken Bova as managing editor, Michael Burke as the Senior Associate Agent, and Stefan Rudnicki as audio subrights division manager.

Michael came up on my Query Tracker search. I'll edit this post in a minute with a link if we have a thread for him here. ETA: Nope, no link here.

Anyone know of any new clients they've taken on?

I got a form rejection yesterday morning, so less than 24 hours response time. The rejection was signed on behalf of the agency, with no person identified.

I actually snorted out loud when I saw their email address for submissions. "[email protected]". Sounds promising, no? Not to mention that Yahoo is famous for their yucky spam filtering abilities. Anything and everything ends up in their spam filters.

I'm not finding any sales on PM for Michael Burke. Anyone know of any?

Is the Barbara Bova Agency still active?

Hey guys---is this agency still active?

Bova is the agency of record for some valuable properties, including most of Scott Card's work. Agents don't just find new authors and sell new books. They also perform various services on behalf of existing clients and book deals. If the agency shut down, it wouldn't be able to service those accounts and the agenting deal would lapse, meaning they'd stop getting their percentage on profits and new deals. I can't imagine them doing that when Ender's Game looks like it's finally going to become a major motion picture.

That said, the Bova Agency doesn't have a lot of incentive to take on marginal clients. My guess is that if something amazing turned up in their submissions, they might take it on, but otherwise they'll just say no.

E-query: 06/12

Rejection: 06/17

Just FYI.

paulcosca said:

E-query: 06/12

Rejection: 06/17

Just FYI.

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Me too. Different dates, same speed.

I queried on 5/31/14. No response yet.

Looking at an agent in this agency, Brandy Vallance. According to Query Tracker she's very new (at least to Query Tracker). One of the comments said that Publishers Marketplace isn't showing any sales by Barbara Bova Literary since 2009? If there's a scoop, can I have it please?

Publishers Marketplace on reports sales that agents report to them. The BB Literary don't report their sales they won't get reported.