Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this video, literary agents Jessica Faust and James McGowan discuss how to sell your book in a highly competitive market, and the difference between "high concept" and a "hook".
We'll be back to our usual Office Hours videos on FRIDAY (and EVERY Friday after that)! But for the next few weeks, you can also look forward to bonus videos on Wednesdays.
In the meantime, please leave your questions in the comments, and we will do our best to answer them in future episodes of Office Hours!
BookEnds is dedicated to making traditional book publishing a more transparent process, and it starts with these videos!
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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.
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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.
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In this video, literary agents Jessica Faust and James McGowan discuss how to sell your book in a highly competitive market, and the difference between "high concept" and a "hook".
We'll be back to our usual Office Hours videos on FRIDAY (and EVERY Friday after that)! But for the next few weeks, you can also look forward to bonus videos on Wednesdays.
In the meantime, please leave your questions in the comments, and we will do our best to answer them in future episodes of Office Hours!
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
