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  • Books to Film & TV

  • By: Maggie Marr
  • Narrated by: Maggie Marr
  • Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
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Books to Film & TV

By: Maggie Marr
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Books to Film & TV is the penultimate overview and guide of how to get your books into the film and TV market. This audiobook also provides to the listener a detailed overview of the inner workings of the film and TV industry. Learn exactly who the buyers and sellers are, as well as what exactly development is.

How do you make your book attractive to buyers in this valuable marketplace? Finally, Books to Film & TV provides guidance and analysis of the deal-making process, as well as what are the standard terms and language within agreements in the book to film and TV space. Books to Film & TV will forever transform how you, as an intellectual property creator and author, think about the film and TV marketplace.

©2022 Maggie Marr (P)2022 Maggie Marr
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"Maggie Marr has written the book I wish I had when I arrived in LA as a struggling playwright with an MFA in dramatic writing. Books to Film & TV is packed with golden nuggets of inner-circle knowledge and wise advice. Every dramatic writing MFA program should add BtF to their curriculum. And every hopeful novelist should arm themselves with this book for their book-to-film journey. I can’t thank Maggie enough for providing this essential resource." (Theodora Taylor, best-selling author)

“Just about every author I’ve ever met dreams of her book hitting the screen. In Books to Film & TV: What Every Author Needs to Know, the brilliant Maggie Marr shares insider info, a wealth of knowledge, and the perfect mixture of optimism and realism to up your chances for actually making it happen. Believe in yourself, do the work, and add this book to your resource collection.” (Claire Cook, New York Times best-selling author of the Must Love Dogs book series)

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Insightful Look Into A Private World

As an author interested in seeing my book transformed into a streaming series, I wanted to learn more about this process. I've watched authors try a variety of routes to get their books to "Hollywood" with little success. It seemed logical to hear the insights an insider who lives and works in this world. I'd heard Maggie speak at a workshop and was impressed with the way she made this world accessible.

This isn't the rambling memoir of an agent, but a very structured and organized description of the main ways that books make it to film or streamers. She walks us through how books get into the right hands, how deals are made, and demystifies the process. She gives a very practical assessment of all the ways that a deal can crash at any point in the process. Overall, I found it to be very informative and helpful.

The author reads the book herself, which adds to the authentic feel of the stories and anecdotes.

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