book scouting
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.{{Cite web |title=The Definitive Guide to Book Scouting - BookScouter Blog |first=Natalie|last=Meyers|url=https://bookscouter.com/blog/2022/01/book-scouting/ |date= January 13, 2022|access-date=April 11, 2022 |website=bookscouter.com |language=en-US}} File:Ezra Cornell's first book.jpg
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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.{{Cite web |title=Book Flipping Tools and Software for Amazon FBA |url=http://bookflippingtools.com/ |access-date=April 11, 2022 |website=bookflippingtools.com}} When a potentially interesting book in the book scout's market is published, the book scout will make their 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.{{Cite web |date=May 24, 2011 |title=Avoiding Blunders in Book Scouting |url=https://oldscrolls.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/avoiding-blunders-in-book-scouting/ |access-date=April 11, 2022 |website=Old Scrolls Blog |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Book Scouting Tips |url=http://www.internetbookselling.com/book-scouting.html |author=SealW|access-date=April 11, 2022 |website=www.internetbookselling.com}}
There are also book scouts for Hollywood, ferreting out books from the publishing industry and presenting them to Hollywood studios, producers, directors and stars.{{Cite web |last=Siegel |first=Tatiana |date=May 15, 2015 |title=The Next ‘Gone Girl’? Meet the 6 NYC Book Scouts Most Likely to Find It |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/next-gone-girl-meet-6-794580/ |access-date=April 11, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
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.{{Cite web |title=What Is A Book Scout? Hanna Masaryk Takes You Behind-The-Scenes Of The Literary Dream Job |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/what-is-a-book-scout-hanna-masaryk-takes-you-behind-the-scenes-of-the-literary-dream-job-2747937 |first=Kerri|last= Jarema|date=October 6, 2017|access-date=April 11, 2022 |website=Bustle |language=en}}
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External links
- [https://bookscouter.com/blog/2022/01/book-scouting/ Book Scouting]
- Emily Williams, [http://publishingperspectives.com/2009/12/inside-the-secret-world-of-literary-scouts/ "Inside the Secret World of Literary Scouts"], December 14, 2009.
- Emily Williams, [http://publishingperspectives.com/2009/12/inside-the-secret-world-of-literary-scouts-part-ii/ "Inside the Secret World of Literary Scouts, Part II"], December 21, 2009.
- [http://publishingperspectives.com/2010/01/inside-the-secret-world-of-literary-scouts-part-iii/ "Inside the Secret World of Literary Scouts (Part III)"], January 4, 2010.
- Jason Boog, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110917000002/http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/literary-scout-confidential_b10676 "Literary Scout Confidential"], GalleyCat, December 14, 2009.
- Rachel Deahl, [http://mediacareers.about.com/od/bookpublishingjobs/a/Scout.htm "How to become a literary scout"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509210208/http://mediacareers.about.com/od/bookpublishingjobs/a/Scout.htm |date=2013-05-09 }}, December 12, 2019.
- Molly Fischer, [http://observer.com/2010/06/twist-and-scout/ "Twist and Scout"], observer.com, June 2, 2010.