Scouting Services

BookScout offers a full industry scouting service. The lack of structure in the UK’s spec manuscript market means that it can sometimes seem impossible for writers to get their material seen by agents and publishers. Similarly, editors and agents are overwhelmed with material and so are unable even to consider speculative submissions. BookScout cuts through the barriers that stand between new talent and established companies.

In order to do this, BookScout works alongside publishers and agencies. We speak to each individual company and establish the type of project they are actively seeking. We are then able to focus on positioning writers effectively.

Added to this, we operate a database of coverage for manuscripts that receive ‘consider’ or ‘recommend’ from our analysts. This database is accessible by the industry and, subject to the writer’s consent, BookScout will pass on details of a writer to a publisher or agent who is interested in their project.

This service comes at no extra cost to our writer clients. BookScout’s database provides writers with a perfect platform through which their screenplays can be accessed by publishers and agents. We also actively recommend individual projects to specific editors or agents if we feel that a manuscript will be of particular interest to them.