Interview with an Anonymous Literary Scout
Within book publishing, the job of the scout can be the hardest to explain. I’ll often speak with people who’ve been working within publishing for a few years who still don’t entirely understand who the scouts work for and what they do.
So this is an explainer post about scouts and, as a bonus for paid subscribers, an anonymous interview with a scout. (Scouting is a sensitive job and few would be so candid with their name or company attached.) This person was very generous with their time so this is a long and detailed post (in contrast to me, and my short & snappy ones!). So you’re getting a real treat behind the paywall; the mystery of scouts revealed!
I learned a lot myself in speaking with them.
Last week I wrote about foreign rights and subsidiary rights, which is a helpful primer for this post.
What Are Your Rights
In honor of the forthcoming book fairs (London Book Fair in March and Bologna Children’s Book Fair end of March through early April), I’m writing an explainer post about rights: foreign rights and subsidiary rights, specifically.