This was a surprise.
Not sure how long I've been at #1 over on @publisherslunch.bsky.social, but if the industry really is that curious about what I've been up, I can only point in one direction: www.themediascout.com.
Screen adaptations are exploding.
Use MediaScout to help you navigate it.
9:45?
“Alexa, should I stop reading Harry Potter to my kids?”
Just sharing these points from The Big Picture and thinking about how literary adaptations are absolutely booming right now.
Omg this BOOK! Congrats Anna! I can't wait to see it all!
MediaScout currently has more customers than it's ever had, searching the Ingram database, inquiring about screen rights, launching option deals.
Ask your agent if they're growing your business with this new service. Hundreds of agencies already are.
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Huge news from Ingram!
If you're an author, make sure your publisher knows about what we're building.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Huge news from Ingram!
If you're an author, make sure your publisher knows about what we're building.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
"The fact that Heated Rivalry is based on Rachel Reid’s successful series of 'Game Changers' books helped it make its mark...as the panel was happening, HarperCollins was reporting a 6% uptick in sales at the book division."
deadline.com/2026/02/why-...
"One agent told PW she was 'reeling' from the scope of the layoffs."
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
Standing with and sending extra love to our Minneapolis bookstore friends and their entire community today 💜
“Hollywood has never stopped loving books…But it has rarely needed them this much.”
Thus: www.themediascout.com.
Miller can’t believe he’s getting away with this.
This is the third or fourth time I've seen this headline and I'm starting to get a good hold of the plot now.
There's a lot happening at MediaScout this month!
Take a look behind the paywall with the Promo Code: FREEMONTH26.
It's your window into the book world, from the leaders of the book world. Find the next hit adaptation. (Yes, there are MANY hockey stories in here.)
www.themediascout.com
There's a lot happening at MediaScout this month!
Take a look behind the paywall with the Promo Code: FREEMONTH26.
It's your window into the book world, from the leaders of the book world. Find the next hit adaptation. (Yes, there are MANY hockey stories in here.)
www.themediascout.com
There's a lot happening at MediaScout this month!
Take a look behind the paywall with the Promo Code: AS2026.
It's your window into the book world, from the leaders of the book world. Find the next hit adaptation. (Yes, there are MANY hockey stories in here.)
www.themediascout.com
There's a lot happening at MediaScout this month!
Take a look behind the paywall with the Promo Code: AS2026.
It's your window into the book world, from the leaders of the book world. Find the next hit adaptation. (Yes, there are MANY hockey stories in here.)
www.themediascout.com
I want to talk about a dystopian world we are entering - where every moment, event, and crisis just become commodities.
Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.
1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
I have many friends and former colleagues quoted in this article and I am very proud to know and support them all.
thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.
“Their sleep gets better, their stress level, their impulse control, their empathy...If you could take what reading does to you and put it in a pill, it would be the fastest-selling pill in the world.”
Thousands of books have since been donated to this school.
www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...
Literary agents: start the year off right. (Editors are not emailing you back this week anyway.) Check out MediaScout and get in touch with me about how Ingram can better serve you and your clients: www.themediascout.com.
Oil is bad and we should be using less of it.
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
