For authors
A personal CRM for authors — books take years, and readers shouldn't have to wait alone.
The forty readers who reviewed book one in launch week, the author who blurbed you, the indie bookseller who hand-sells your novel, the librarian who books your readings — your next launch stands on these people. Endearist keeps them close through the long quiet years of writing.
Your street team from book one is your launch week for book two
The readers who posted early reviews, the book bloggers who featured you, the friend-of-a-friend who bought ten copies for her book club — that crew made launch week happen. Three years later, book two needs them again, and a cold "my new book is out!" blast won't cut it. Put each one in Endearist with a gentle yearly cadence and a journal note about which character they loved. People show up for authors who remembered them.
Blurbs are a debt economy — keep your ledger
The established author who blurbed your debut did you an enormous favor. The writer you met at the festival who invited you onto her panel did another. Blurbs, panel invitations, and introductions to agents run on remembered generosity. Endearist's journal keeps the ledger honest: who blurbed you, whose manuscript you promised to read, who connected you to your foreign-rights agent. When their book launches, you show up loudly — because you knew it was coming.
Booksellers and librarians, sorted by city, ready for the tour
The indie store in Hamburg that put your novel in the window. The librarian in Cologne who filled forty seats for your reading. The bookseller who told you exactly which line makes customers buy it. When you plan the next tour, that list is the difference between three stops and twelve. Keep each contact in Endearist with notes on the venue, the turnout, and what they asked you to do differently — then route the tour through people, not just cities.
Editors change houses, agents change agencies — follow the person
The editor who championed your debut just moved to a bigger imprint. The foreign-rights scout who loved your voice went independent. Publishing is a small village where everyone relocates constantly, and your career rides on tracking people through their moves, not job titles in an old email signature. Endearist's timeline per contact shows the arc — where you met, the houses they passed through, what they said about your next idea. The warmth score flags whom you've lost along the way.
Plain Markdown, local-first — tools a writer can trust
You've seen writing software die and take manuscripts with it, so you keep your drafts in plain text. Hold your relationships to the same standard: Endearist stores everything locally on your device, syncs end-to-end encrypted only if you want it to, and exports every contact and journal entry as plain Markdown. Import your scattered address book via CSV or vCard, pay €69 once — about the price of a hardcover a year, except it's forever.
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