We’ve been wrong the last five times we’ve called Peak Adaptation, and it doesn’t look like we’re going to be right anytime soon, thanks to a new partnership between Simon & Schuster and The Black List.
Film and TV pros searching for their next bookish blockbuster can now access metadata for more than 6,000 S & S titles on The Black List platform, which also supports screenwriters seeking studio production and authors looking for literary agents and publishing deals.
- The featured titles span a range of genres from both fiction and nonfiction.
- They come from numerous S & S imprints, including Atria Books, Avid Reader Press, Saga Press, Gallery Books, Scribner, and more.
- As-yet-unadapted books by William Kent Kruger, Sadeqa Johnson, and Megan Miranda are among the S & S titles waiting for their tickets to Hollywood.
Adaptations are a high-friction business. As founder and CEO of The Black List Franklin Leonard explains, “It’s no secret that great books are a source of extraordinary screen stories, but efficient discovery remains a challenge.”
- The new partnership makes it easier for S & S authors to list their books for discovery by film and TV scouts.
- Authors and industry pros seeking access to The Black List can learn about membership options here.
We love to see publishers thinking expansively about how to reach wider audiences, and we can’t wait to see more—and better—page-to-screen projects as a result of this initiative.
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