Introduction

A successful literary agency is a combination of its clients, its frontlist, its backlist and the range of deal experience of its agents.

The Scott Meredith Literary Agency is more than sixty years old. Its range of tens of thousands of literary rights licenses is second to none.

Today, the Agency is a focused "boutique" - long-term management for established individuals and institutions, and a wide range of assignments - from the traditional sale of fiction and non-fiction to leather-bound book rights acquisition , book packaging , corporate identity , direct response , electronic publishing and more.


Recently Published Titles
 

Paul Krugman

The award winning New York Times columnist (and bestselling author) transforms the debate about American social policy in the 21st century.

 

The Silver Palate Cookbook 25th Anniversary Edition

The book that changed the way America eats - and sold more than 2,500,000 copies - goes four color with a huge Workman promotion.

 

Bill Bradley

Supported with unique efforts on gather.com, accordingtoamerica .com via Quinstreet, a set of You Tube placements and a television advertising campaign from Spot Runner, the book becomes a New York Times bestseller.

 

Roots by Alex Haley

The 30th anniversary edition of the book that changed America (rootsthebook.com) features the first trade paperback edition, audio book, e-book and extensive Web efforts. Fully coordinated with Warner Brothers' Home Video launch of the DVD set of the Roots miniseries. National placements in Reader's Digest, Parade and Playboy.com as part of a full publicity campaign.

 


Forthcoming Titles
 

Leonard Bernstein

A book from the New York Philharmonic Archives on the 50th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein becoming Music Director, published on what would have been his 90th birthday.

 

Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America.

The Roger Tory Peterson birth centennial edition of the Eastern and Western Guides combined into one volume. Supported by a $250,000 marketing campaign and 200,000 copy press run.

 

Sheila Lukins

Ten Is Sheila`s latest bestselling cookbook. When published in October, Sheila will kick off the launch on the Today Show.


Featured titles from our backlist:
 

Mayo Clinic

An illustrated book and bookazine on Alternative Medicine with Time Inc. Home Entertainment.

 

Michel Thomas Language Program Relaunch
McGraw Hill is launching a four language sixteen package program. Hodder and Stoughton is repackaging its industry leading program in the UK. And there is much more to follow.

 

Janson's History of Art, 7th Edition

The publication of this substantially revised edition of the educational and text classic (more than 4,000,000 copies sold) led to a major story on the front page of the New York Times ( View Story )

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