How is this different from a slush-pile filter?

A filter tells you what to discard. Scriptscreener produces the document a reader would write — synopsis, comps, adaptation angle, scored criteria and a rationale — so a pass is as well-argued as a recommend.

Does it replace human readers?

No. It does the triage work a reader's-report service does, at a fraction of the cost and turnaround. The page-one read, and the offer, stay yours.

What happens to the manuscripts I upload?

Original files go to private storage that only your own workspace can read, and reports are scoped to your account. Nothing is shared between users.

How does my list and taste profile change the scores?

Save your imprint, the genres you buy, recent acquisitions and your no-go list, then opt to apply it to an evaluation. The fit-to-list criterion is scored against it; without a profile it comes back blank rather than guessed.

Read the full sample report, then request pilot access. We onboard a few editorial desks at a time and set up your taste profile together with you.

ScriptscreenerAcquisitions intelligence

For literary agents, publishers & streaming acquisitionsBy application · Pilot cohort open

Manuscript intelligence for the people who evaluate content.

Set your editorial mandate. For incoming manuscripts, Scriptscreener delivers an instant first-reader docket scoring voice, craft, and list fit. For outbound scouting, it combs global charts, reader communities, and translation lists to surface viable IP before the market takes notice.

Minutes, not a fortnight of reader fees and time to find hidden gems.

Two desks in one: the submissions that reach you, and the titles that haven't.

See a sample report

We're onboarding a small number of editorial desks at a time, working closely with each one.

Pillars

Criteria

10 min

Per report

1 desk

At a time

A freelance reader's report runs $150–$300 and comes back in a fortnight. The auction closes on Thursday.
What a weekend reading fee actually costs a desk

The two desks

Everything that reaches you, and everything that hasn't yet.

Desk I

Inbound triage

For the pile that never stops growing — agent referrals, slush, and the PDFs that land in your inbox.

A submissions inbox, not an email folder: Connect your mailbox and PDF or Word submissions are picked out and listed automatically. One click imports one — nothing in your mailbox is ever touched.
A reader's report in minutes: Logline, synopsis, themes, comps, adaptation angle, 18 scored criteria and a pass / consider / recommend verdict — the document a reader would write, before you open page one.
Fit to your list, scored: Build a taste profile from a plain-English description and a handful of favourite titles. Every report scores fit against it — and it learns from your decisions over time.
Search the pile like a memory: Filter by category, status, verdict or genre — or search the whole pipeline by concept, like "books about lawyers falling in love".

Desk II

Outbound scouting

For the titles still hiding — indie hits, foreign-language successes, and rights-open gems across the open web.

Scouting briefs in your words: Describe the niche, the source languages and markets, and the channels to watch. The scout writes its own searches — in the language of each market.
Where the buzz actually lives: Bestseller charts and trade press, BookTok and reader threads, self-publishing storefronts like Wattpad and Royal Road, small-press catalogues and prize lists — with per-site caps so Goodreads can't crowd out the rest.
Translation rights, up front: Set the language you acquire for. Each lead tells you whether a domestic edition exists, who published it and when — or that the rights are likely open for you to take.
One click into the pipeline: Any scouted lead becomes a submission with a full reader's report, scored against your taste profile like everything else.

The scores

Four pillars. One editorial rationale.

Every report comes back scored on each pillar — no single black-box number. A reader can tell at a glance why a manuscript qualified before they open page one.

Every score carries a one-sentence note grounded in the material. Anything the manuscript can't support — no author platform, no taste profile — comes back blank rather than guessed.

Pillar

Fit to list

Genre clarity and shelf placement, comparable titles that actually sold, target readership size and reachability — and fit to your own list and taste profile once you've saved one.

Pillar

Manuscript quality

Hook, voice, prose, structure and pacing, character depth, originality against the familiar — plus the editing load required to get it publishable.

Pillar

Commercial signal

Market timing and topicality, series and backlist potential, and subsidiary-rights value across film, TV, audio and translation.

Pillar

The author

Platform and following, credentials on the subject, prior sales and track record, and whether they can deliver more than one title.

The margin notes

Questions we hear often.

Correspondence

Write to us.

Questions about the pilot, press enquiries, or a mandate we should know about — send a note and it reaches a human, directly.

Colophon

Set your list. We'll tell you what to read next.

Read the sample report first

Manuscript intelligence for the people who evaluate content.

Everything that reaches you, and everything that hasn't yet.

Inbound triage

Outbound scouting

Four pillars. One editorial rationale.

Fit to list

Manuscript quality

Commercial signal

The author

Questions we hear often.

How is this different from a slush-pile filter?

Does it replace human readers?

What happens to the manuscripts I upload?

How does my list and taste profile change the scores?

How do I get access?

Write to us.

Set your list. We'll tell you what to read next.