Book scouting is the process whereby a book in one
language or market is brought to the attention of a publisher in another language or market.
Information
Book scouts are the individuals who carry out this process. Many book scouts in a particular market work on retainer for one or more
publishers or literary agencies in another market. When a potentially interesting book in the book scout's market is published, he or she will make his or her clients in the other market aware of this literary property. There is no conflict of interest for the book scout in representing multiple publishers, so long as there is no overlap in the type of book being scouted. For instance, a book scout cannot represent two or more romance novel publishers, but is free to represent a business publisher and a science publisher for the same particular market.
There are also book scouts for
Hollywood
Hollywood usually refers to:
* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
Places United States
* Hollywood District (disambiguation)
* Hollywood, ...
, ferreting out books from the publishing industry and presenting them to Hollywood studios,
producer
Producer or producers may refer to:
Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
s,
directors and stars.
A classical book scout, or a literary scout, is a person who works with foreign publishers and helps them find the next bestseller to bring to their market.
References
External links
Book Scouting* Emily Williams
"Inside the Secret World of Literary Scouts" December 14, 2009.
* Emily Williams
"Inside the Secret World of Literary Scouts, Part II" December 21, 2009.
"Inside the Secret World of Literary Scouts (Part III)" January 4, 2010.
* Jason Boog
"Literary Scout Confidential" ''GalleyCat'', December 14, 2009.
* Rachel Deahl
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* Molly Fischer
"Twist and Scout" observer.com, June 2, 2010.
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