Tag Archives: Baker Literary Scouting

People Round-Up, Mid-September 2022

PEOPLE Jeff Mathews joins Scholastic as EVP, Corporate Development and Investor Relations. Previously he was Managing Partner at Gagnier Communications. At Timber Press, VP and Publisher Andrew Beckman will retire effective December 16. He will be succeeded by Kathryn Juergens, presently Associate Publisher and Director of Marketing and Publicity. Jennifer Benka is departing her position…Continue Reading

Who’s Scouting Whom?: Literary Scouts Contact Sheet 2021

The Publishing Trends Literary Scouts contact sheet returns this year with many territory changes. Each scout’s clients are separated by country or region, and representation for children’s titles is denoted where applicable. We also include the handful of TV and film studios represented by the scouts in our roundup in the last column. Updated 6/14….Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-June 2019

PEOPLE Lauren Wein is joining the Simon & Schuster imprint Avid Reader Press as Editorial Director on June 24. She has been working as Executive Editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Morgan Hoit also joins the imprint as Associate Marketing Manager; most recently, she was Associate at Jill Furman Productions. Leslie Mechanic, formerly Senior Designer at…Continue Reading

Who’s Scouting Whom?: Literary Scouts Contact Sheet 2018

This year’s scout sheet remains very similar to the 2017 list: no agencies have been added or removed. There are many territory changes throughout this year’s update. Each scout’s clients are separated by country or region, and representation for children’s titles is denoted where applicable. We also include the handful of TV and film studios represented by the…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-November 2017

PEOPLE John Kulka has been named Editorial Director at Library of America, replacing the retiring Geoffrey O’Brien. Kulka was most recently Executive Editor at Basic Books. In addition, Leslie Schwartz is now Publicity Manager, having worked previously as Associate Director of Marketing for New American Library. Radhika Jones has been selected as the next Editor-in-Chief…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-August 2017

PEOPLE Jennifer Bergstrom has been named Senior VP, Publisher of the Gallery Books Group, succeeding Louise Burke, who retires August 18. Bergstrom joined Simon & Schuster in 1998 and led the launch of Scout Press in 2015. Adam Eberle has joined OverDrive as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, focusing on expansion of the K-12 market….Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-April 2017

PEOPLE Sara Domville will join America’s Test Kitchen on April 24 as Chief Revenue Officer. She was formerly President of F+W Media, which she left last July. Bethany Buck is joining Bloomsbury Children’s as Editorial Director. She had formerly been Editorial Director at Skyhorse’s children’s imprint, Sky Pony Press. At Hachette Audio, Tina McIntyre is…Continue Reading

Who’s Scouting Whom?: Literary Scouts Contact Sheet 2017

This year’s scout sheet remains very similar to the 2016 list. One new agency, Rachel Hecht Children’s Scouting, has been added and no agencies were removed. There are many territory changes throughout this year’s update. Each scout’s clients are separated by country or region, and representation for children’s titles is denoted where applicable. We also include the handful of TV…Continue Reading

Who’s Scouting Whom?: Literary Scouts Contact Sheet 2016

This year’s scout sheet remains very similar to the 2015 list. There are no new agencies to add nor were any removed. There are many territory changes throughout this year’s update. Each scout’s clients are separated by country or region, and representation for children’s titles is denoted where applicable. We also include the handful of TV and…Continue Reading