James Spackman
The bks Agency
Likely Closed
Updated: 6/6/2026
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James is an alumnus of the Bloomsbury Publishing Graduate Scheme and progressed through sales and marketing roles at Bloomsbury John Murray and Hodder & Stoughton helping create bestsellers.
He went on to be MD of Watkins a division of Osprey Group.
He is Publisher of Pursuit at Profile Books coaches book trade people in presentation skills as The Book Pitch Doctor and is founder of The Spare Room Project.
He is the author of "How to Pitch a Book: The Insider’s Guide to Publishing Persuasion".
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