Simon & Schuster Adds 6,000 Backlist Titles to The Black List Database for Film/TV Adaptation Discovery
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Natalie Oganesyan
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Simon & Schuster has made its extensive backlist of 6,000 fiction and nonfiction titles searchable on The Black List's database (blcklst.com), allowing film and TV industry professionals to discover published books for potential adaptation. The integration aims to streamline the IP discovery process by making preexisting books more accessible to vetted entertainment industry figures, covering titles from the Simon & Schuster family of imprints.
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· 3 pulledSimon & Schuster's extensive fiction and nonfiction backlist of 6,000 titles will now be searchable by film and TV industry figures on The Black List's material database
The integration aims to expand access to preexisting tomes to exploit as potential IP, making the discovery process faster and more precise.
Available to browse on blcklst.com alongside existing resources on the platform
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