Tag Archives: Franklin & Siegal

People Round-Up, Mid-January 2023

PEOPLE Dan Schwartz has been named SVP, CFO for HarperCollins, effective January 23. He was previously CFO at Macmillan. Gina Centrello, longtime President and Publisher of the Random House Publishing Group, is retiring from her position. She will serve as a strategic advisor to the US board going forward. At Penguin Random House, Vaishali Nayak,…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-August 2022

PEOPLE Janet Gervasio, CFO for HarperCollins, will retire next January after 28 years with the publisher. The company will conduct an executive search for her replacement this fall.  Elizabeth Breeden, formerly marketing director at Simon & Schuster, has joined Simon Element as senior marketing director. Jen Rios has joined Greenleaf Book Group as director of…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early October 2021

PEOPLE Writer and podcast host Zibby Owens is launching Zibby Books with Leigh Newman, herself a writer as well as Editor-at-Large at Black Balloon. Owens will serve as CEO and Reader-in-Chief; Newman will be President and Editor-in-Chief. Steph Opitz, Founding Director of The Loft Literary Center, joins as VP, Partnerships. Laura Rossi, lately Principal and…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

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

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

Reeling and Dealing Contact Sheet 2016

We present the 2016 Reeling and Dealing contact sheet, our annual guide to contact information for film scouts who work within the book industry. There are some new additions this year; we’ve also updated our listings to reflect all changes in company structure and removed companies that no longer exist or represent books to the film industry. Click the image below…Continue Reading

Who’s Scouting Whom?: Literary Scouts Contact Sheet 2015

This year’s scout sheet remains very similar to the 2014 list. There are no new agencies to add nor were any removed. There are several territory changes throughout the list. 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

Making Movies: Reeling and Dealing 2014 Contact Sheet

This year, we did a complete overhaul of our Reeling and Dealing contact sheet, a listing of agents and film scouts who work in the book industry. For this updated version, we have added several companies, new clients, and also separated out New York and LA production intelligencers from Independent Scouts. Click the image below to download…Continue Reading

Who’s Scouting Whom: Literary Scouts Contact Sheet 2014

The companies on our latest annual Who’s Scouting Whom Literary Scout Contact Sheet remain largely the same as previous years’. The most notable change among the agencies is the retirement of Jutta Klein at the end of 2013 and the addition of Kelly Farber. Each scout’s clients are separated by country or region, and representation for children’s…Continue Reading