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Mr. James McGowan
BookEnds, LLC
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General
James McGowan
BookEnds, LLC
136 Long Hill Rd.
Gillette, NJ 07933
- Website:
- www.bookendsliterary.com
- Twitter (X):
- @jmcgowanbks
- AALA Member:
- Yes (Visit Site)
Query Methods
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Genres
This agent is seeking the following genres:
Fiction
Book Club
Fantasy
Horror
Mystery
Speculative
Thrillers/Suspense
Upmarket
Non-Fiction
none
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Author Comments
Comments by authors about this agent.
hails123
04/21/2026 01:55 PM
Queried: 04/10/2026
Full Request: 04/12/2026
Rejection: 04/21/2026 (Very kind response. quite vague so I'm not sure any specifics which kind of sucks but that's okay!)
83K adult romantasy
Full Request: 04/12/2026
Rejection: 04/21/2026 (Very kind response. quite vague so I'm not sure any specifics which kind of sucks but that's okay!)
83K adult romantasy
robyd
04/19/2026 06:50 PM
Q 4/15/2026
R 4/19/2026 Kind form rejection.
I appreciate the quick response!
R 4/19/2026 Kind form rejection.
I appreciate the quick response!
maxdpetersonauthor
04/13/2026 10:49 PM
Adult grimdark fantasy 118K.
Form rejection within about 12 hours. First rejection in the process. I'm sure there will be many to come. Still sucks to be rejected though, especially when I hady query professionally edited by a really experienced editor and told my query so good, they didn’t have any suggestions to improve other than to cut a few words and change the order I listed my comp titles in.
Form rejection within about 12 hours. First rejection in the process. I'm sure there will be many to come. Still sucks to be rejected though, especially when I hady query professionally edited by a really experienced editor and told my query so good, they didn’t have any suggestions to improve other than to cut a few words and change the order I listed my comp titles in.
daniel_mangru
04/12/2026 10:07 PM
Q:4/12/26
R:4/12/26
35k Upmarket fiction.
I appreciate the quick response
R:4/12/26
35k Upmarket fiction.
I appreciate the quick response
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Profile History
- Last Update:
- 01/01/2026 - Open to queries.
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Rejection: 04/23/2026. Polite form rejection. VERY quick response.