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 is being built to keep them close through the long quiet years of writing.
Not launched yet Endearist is in development — there is nothing to download yet. This page describes how the app is meant to work. The first release is intended for Android and Windows; end-to-end encrypted sync over your own storage is planned for v1. See the roadmap →
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. The idea: each one goes into 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 is meant to keep 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. The plan is to 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 is meant to show the arc — where you met, the houses they passed through, what they said about your next idea. A warmth score could flag whom you've lost along the way. Warmth tracking: scope and availability are not confirmed. Status: not decided yet.
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 is meant to store everything locally on your device and export every contact and journal entry as plain Markdown. Sync between devices is planned — optional, and end-to-end encrypted. Importing your scattered address book via CSV or vCard is planned too, and the pricing proposal is a one-time licence rather than a subscription. End-to-end encrypted sync over storage you run yourself — a local or shared folder, or a WebDAV server — is planned for v1. Google Drive as a destination is not decided yet. Managed sync on Endearist Cloud is planned for after v1, as part of the Pro Cloud subscription only. Proposed plan, not purchasable yet: local core and data export. The proposed 25-contact limit is not a confirmed entitlement. Proposed plan, not purchasable yet: local app and AI with your own key (planned for v1). Sync over your own storage is planned for v1. Managed cloud services are not a lifetime feature. Proposed plan, not purchasable yet: managed AI (planned for after v1, as part of the Pro Cloud subscription only) and Endearist Cloud (planned for after v1, as part of the Pro Cloud subscription only). Specific budgets, routing and prices require approval. Family sharing: not decided yet; no included family seat is promised.
When Endearist isn't the right fit
This is not a writing tool. It will not hold your manuscript, your outline or your research, and pointing it at those is a way to procrastinate productively. What it is built to hold is the publishing side: the editor who moved houses, the author who blurbed you and is owed one back, the bookseller who hand-sold forty copies. If you are pre-first-book, most of that does not exist yet and a notes app is enough. Come back when the list is long enough that you have started forgetting who did what for you.
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