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.

Hollywood wants to know more about your book. Use MediaScout to tell them. www.themediascout.com

Just sharing these points from The Big Picture and thinking about how literary adaptations are absolutely booming right now.

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. www.themediascout.com

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/...

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.

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...

Warner Bros Discovery tells investors to reject latest $108bn hostile Paramount bid

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.

“It’s pretty crazy that streaming services haven’t produced many new kids’ hits or animated hits when reruns of those genres dominate ever year.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Today's @publisherslunch.bsky.social reports that trade books sales skyrocketed this past season. "That makes it the second-best October recorded by the AAP, next to the massive sales of $1.042 billion in 2021, which was the best year ever for trade book sales." Go buy a book.

"What’s happening on our shelves isn’t a local quirk, it’s a national stress test of your rights... If they can get away with it here, it’s coming to your libraries too." time.com/7341120/book...

"The Academy is an international organization, and this partnership will allow us to expand access to the work of the Academy to the largest worldwide audience possible." variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Interesting: "Studios are still not fully realizing the potential of these booktok hits." THE HOUSEMAID: Over 2M copies sold. A built-in audience. A 3-book series. Plus: No expensive dragons, locations, etc. And there are SO many booktok books that readers would support, either for film or TV.

Tudum.

NEWS! I am so thrilled to help authors in this new way. What is MediaScout? It's a new stop in the life of your book. It's how filmmakers find you. And since it's built by Ingram, your book is already here. Ask your agent: are we in touch with MediaScout yet? www.themediascout.com

This is very sad news. She was a lovely writer, and an absolute pro.

Paramount's offer, unless it's extended, expires in 5 hours.

"Paramount executives also plan to argue their deal will have a much shorter regulatory approval process given the company’s smaller size and friendly relationship with the Trump administration."

"Both Sinners and One Battle After Another are made by Warner Bros...if the [Netflix deal] completes by 15 March [Oscar Night] it would bolster the streaming giant’s chances of securing their first, and highly coveted, best-picture win."

“That also meant agreeing to a $5.8 billion break up fee in case any deal falls through.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

“Politics has played a key role in this protracted sale since the start, and one can imagine we will hear from the White House soon on today’s news… Paramount said it believed Netflix would face major antitrust hurdles adding HBO Max to the fold.” deadline.com/2025/12/netf...

omg HUNTR/X got its own imprint. #huntrix

My question is: does he have an agent? This has A24 written all over it.

“This means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity.” www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

December is rolling in. I cannot wait to watch The Holdovers. We’re so close.

One of the best in the business.

"Print books led the growth, with hardcovers up 18.3 percent...and paperbacks up 17.3 percent." lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/adul...

Saying goodbye to my clients was the hardest thing! Adam was one of my first clients, and I'll be rooting him, and all my authors, on forever.

NEWS! I am so thrilled to help authors in this new way. What is MediaScout? It's a new stop in the life of your book. It's how filmmakers find you. And since it's built by Ingram, your book is already here. Ask your agent: are we in touch with MediaScout yet? www.themediascout.com

I had the same literary agent for the last 11 years. End of an era! @abuckslater.bsky.social is the best, and I wish him success on his next chapter!

TRAIN DREAMS was stunning, and while I wish it had leaned even further into the weirdness of Denis Johnson's novella, it truly captured the poetry of his prose. And yes, it's on MediaScout... www.themediascout.com

“That Anthropic later bought a copy of a book it earlier stole off the internet will not absolve it of liability for the theft,” wrote U.S. District Judge." www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

TRAIN DREAMS was stunning, and while I wish it had leaned even further into the weirdness of Denis Johnson's novella, it truly captured the poetry of his prose. And yes, it's on MediaScout... www.themediascout.com