At LaunchBooks our passion is to help authors publish great books. With that passion comes the experience of having successfully represented books to more than 40 different publishers, generating more than $13 Million for authors in the process. From developing the concept and honing the proposal, to pitching the book to editors, negotiating the deal, and seeing the book hit the shelves, LaunchBooks will be there to ensure that you get the most from your writing career.

LaunchBooks represents authors such Jonathan Watts, China correspondent for the UK Guardian, Christopher Steiner, Senior Writer for Forbes, Jon Jeter, the former Washington Post Bureau Chief for South American and South Africa, Kevin Mitnick, the world famous hacker and security consultant, Jeff Bates, co-founder of Slashdot, Jonathan Baskin, author of the forthcoming "Branding Only Works on Cows" (Grand Central), Louis Foreman, Creator of the PBS series "Everyday Edisons," Lee Bruno, the former Editor in Chief of the Red Herring, Robert Vamosi of CNET, Dean Takahashi of the San Jose Mercury News, Wagner James Au, author of "The Making of Second Life" (HarperCollins), Daniel Terdiman of CNET News.com, Molly Holzschlag, Gina Trapani of Lifehacker.com, Illiad of UserFriendly.org, Eric Meyer, Andy Budd, Andy Clarke, Michael Morrison and many others.

$20 per Gallon, by Christopher Steiner, Senior Writer for Forbes (Grand Central)
Truth, Lies & Kevin Mitnick, by Kevin Mitnick (Little, Brown)
Small Dog, Big Life, by Dennis Fried, PhD (Simon & Schuster)
Branding Only Works on Cows (Grand Central)
Everyday Edisons (tie-in to the PBS show of the same name), by Louis Foreman and Jill Welytok (Workman)
The Making of Second Life, by Wagner James Au (HarperCollins)
The Ghost Train, by Jon Jeter (W.W. Norton)
Upgrade Your Life, by Gina Trapani (John Wiley & Sons)

David Fugate, Founder
email: david@launchbooks.com
phone: 760-944-9909

An email query is preferred and once requested, email submission of proposals and samples is preferred.