Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Welcome to Office Hours at BookEnds Literary Agency! In this video, literary agents Jessica Faust and James McGowan discuss author websites, whether or not we submit to editors before Labor Day (after all, summer holidays are a thing), and what you need in a query blurb vs back cover copy.
Enjoy a bonus video every Wednesday while we transition into our new schedule for Office Hours, which you can catch every Friday.
Please leave your questions in the comments, and we will do our best to answer them in future episodes!
BookEnds is dedicated to making traditional book publishing a more transparent process, and it starts with these videos.
✿✿✿
Jessica Faust’s love for books is what first brought her to open BookEnds Literary Agency. It is her desire to be an advocate for all authors that pushed her to create her blog, the BookEnds YouTube channel and to maintain a vibrant presence on Twitter.
Jessica is proud to have grown BookEnds into an agency that represents authors of all genres for children and adults, allowing her to reach more readers and help more authors and illustrators achieve their dreams.
✿✿✿
James McGowan is a Literary Agent at BookEnds and writer for children. He began working with the agency as an intern in the summer of 2015, and basically never left. He represents a talented group of authors and illustrators working in everything from board books to middle grade graphic novels. He also works in adult nonfiction, and adult mystery and suspense projects. James is the author of GOOD NIGHT OPPY, which is available now.
✿✿✿
Connect with BookEnds!
Instagram: instagram.com/bookends_literary
TikTok: tiktok.com/@bookends_literary
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bookendsliterary.bsky.social
Website: bookendsliterary.com
Welcome to Office Hours at BookEnds Literary Agency! In this video, literary agents Jessica Faust and James McGowan discuss author websites, whether or not we submit to editors before Labor Day (after all, summer holidays are a thing), and what you need in a query blurb vs back cover copy.
Enjoy a bonus video every Wednesday while we transition into our new schedule for Office Hours, which you can catch every Friday.
Please leave your questions in the comments, and we will do our best to answer them in future episodes!
BookEnds is dedicated to making traditional book publishing a more transparent process, and it starts with these videos.
✿✿✿
Jessica Faust’s love for books is what first brought her to open BookEnds Literary Agency. It is her desire to be an advocate for all authors that pushed her to create her blog, the BookEnds YouTube channel and to maintain a vibrant presence on Twitter.
Jessica is proud to have grown BookEnds into an agency that represents authors of all genres for children and adults, allowing her to reach more readers and help more authors and illustrators achieve their dreams.
✿✿✿
James McGowan is a Literary Agent at BookEnds and writer for children. He began working with the agency as an intern in the summer of 2015, and basically never left. He represents a talented group of authors and illustrators working in everything from board books to middle grade graphic novels. He also works in adult nonfiction, and adult mystery and suspense projects. James is the author of GOOD NIGHT OPPY, which is available now.
✿✿✿
Connect with BookEnds!
Instagram: instagram.com/bookends_literary
TikTok: tiktok.com/@bookends_literary
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bookendsliterary.bsky.social
Website: bookendsliterary.com
