Today an agent’s work is scattered across five separate, disconnected tools — a spreadsheet deal-tracker, an Airtable base, a CRM, a database app, and the inbox where the real answers arrive. Each one buries the last, none of them agree, and no tool can answer the only question that matters: where does the deal stand?
The work is scattered.
A spreadsheet for the deals. A tracker for the submissions. Contacts wherever they landed, and the answers buried in your inbox. Your mix may differ — the seams are the same. Every tool holds one piece, and none of them connect.
- 01 — The spreadsheetHand-kept numbers, current only as of the last edit.
- 02 — The submission trackerIt can list who has your manuscript — not what they've said back.
- 03 — The CRMThe contract is filed here — the deal, payments, and statements aren't.
- 04 — The contacts listEmails and phone numbers, with none of the history behind them.
- 05 — The inboxWhere the real answers arrive — buried in everything else that does too.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Author | Title | Publishing House | Imprint | Territory | # Books | Advance | Agency Comm. | Paid So Far | Status | Pub Date |
| 2 | Marcus Bell | Night Harbor | Lantern & Quill | Harbor & Vale | World Eng. | 2 | $85,000 | $12,750 | $4,250 | Awaiting D&A | Mar 2026 |
| 3 | TBD | TBD | |||||||||
| 4 | Corinne Ashby | The Salt Road | Thornfield & Co | Cornerstone | North America | 1 | $40,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | Paid in full | Sep 2025 |
| 5 | Corinne Ashby | The Frost Fair | Halcyon & Rowe | Rowe Editions | UK & Comm. | 1 | $32,500 | $4,875 | $3,250 | Pub pmt due | Jan 2027 |
| 6 | Julian Reyes | Ashfall | Harrowgate Press | Harrow Trade | World | 3 | $120,000 | $18,000 | $6,000 | Overdue 45d | Aug 2025 |
| 7 | Emberwake | May 2026 | |||||||||
| 8 | TBD | TBD | |||||||||
| 9 | Neve Sutherland | The Tin Church | Pellamy House | Ashgrove | North America | 1 | $28,000 | #REF! | $1,400 | Awaiting D&A | Nov 2025 |
| 10 | Tomás Herrera | Small Gods of the River | Lantern & Quill | Lanternlight | World Eng. | 2 | $95,000 | $14,250 | $4,750 | Signed | Feb 2026 |
| 11 | TBD | TBD | |||||||||
| 12 | TOTAL · 6 deals · 10 books | $400,500 | #REF! | $25,650 | |||||||
So — what if it all lived in one place?
Meet Marcus Bell.
He’s one of your clients, and Night Harbor is one of his books. Watch it move from first idea to signed deal to the money that follows, every step on one thread. This time, nothing gets buried.
Marcus Bell, one of your clients, followed through LitAgent OS in one window: the Clients roster shows him with two projects on submission. His client page holds his profile and projects. His novel Night Harbor keeps its logline, submission list, and deals together — the deals card reads “Deals are created from accepted offers.” The submission list shows twelve editors, nine responses, three of them offers. The offers page compares all three side by side, with stars on the best terms — Lantern & Quill at eighty-five thousand dollars after our counter raised the opening eighty. Accepting creates the deal: fully executed, with a publisher payment schedule. The on-signing payment arrives, and the Finance page’s My Commissions tab already has it on the books: thirty thousand dollars received, your twenty-seven-hundred-dollar share recorded beside the deals that came before it. So when Marcus asks how Night Harbor is doing, there is nothing to dig for — every step is already here, on one thread.
A harbor pilot's widow discovers her husband's last logbook charts a smuggling route through the islands she thought she knew.
A harbor pilot's widow discovers her husband's last logbook charts a smuggling route through the islands she thought she knew. NIGHT HARBOR is literary suspense at 96,000 words, told across one drowning season…
A harbor pilot's widow discovers her husband's last logbook charts a smuggling route through the islands she thought she knew.
A harbor pilot's widow discovers her husband's last logbook charts a smuggling route through the islands she thought she knew. NIGHT HARBOR is literary suspense at 96,000 words, told across one drowning season…
- 01 — Your listEvery client, current — who's on submission at a glance.
- 02 — Your clientMarcus Bell, whole — profile, projects, money, one page.
- 03 — The projectNight Harbor keeps its logline, sublists, and deals together.
- 04 — The submissionsTwelve editors out, nine answers back — three of them offers.
- 05 — The offersSide by side, stars on the best terms — then accepted.
- 06 — The dealThe accepted offer becomes the contract, signatures, and schedule.
- 07 — The moneyOn-signing lands; your share is on the books beside every deal before it.
Meet Marcus Bell.
He’s one of your clients, and Night Harbor is one of his books. Watch it move from first idea to signed deal to the money that follows, every step on one thread. This time, nothing gets buried.
When Marcus asks, there’s nothing to dig for.
The whole thread, from first query to final royalty.
Bring your list. The order is built in.