Shoot the Book! Cannes 2018

SHOOT THE BOOK! CANNES 2018

APPLICATION FORM FOR THE CATALOG

Please fill in the form and send it to:

Anne Lacorre [

This information is necessary to allo the presentation of your book in the catalog Shoot the Book! Cannes 2018. To facilitate the work of everyone, please follox the instructions and complete this form carefully. Thank you for your understanding.

Contact [Name, Family Name,Telephone, E-mail address]

1/ Original Title

2/ EAN

3/ Publishing House

4/ English Title

5/ Author(s). Name, Family Name and Nationality. For Graphic Novel and Comic Book, please indicate the name and family name of the Illustrator

6/ Genre. Choose no more than two categories in the following list:

Action – Adventure – Biopic – Children’s – Comedy – Crime –Detective – Documentary – Drama – Dramedy – Espionage – Fantasy – Historical – Horror – Investigation – Life Story – Political – Psychological Drama – Psychological Thriller – Psychological Suspense – Romance – Saga – Sci-Fi – Thriller– Testimony – War

7/ Type. Choose 1 type in the following list:

Biography – Children’s Book – Children’s Novel – Children’s Picture Book – Comic Book – Novel – Y.A. Novel – Graphic Novel – Y.A. Graphic Novel – Short Story – Testimony – War

For Children’s Books, Comic Books et Graphic Novels, you can add the following information: XX volumes – Series – Trilogy – One Shot – Completed Series – On going series of XX Album.

8/ Pitch. Maximum 190 characters, including spaces

9/ Short summary. Minimum 800 characters, including spaces. Maximum 1900 characters including spaces. Please, respect this specification

10/ Why this book? Maximum 290 characters, including spaces

This paragraph is important. Some professionals will only read the pitch and this text placed after the summary. To facilitate quick reading of these two featured in the catalog, the font size will be larger.

11/ Setting. Maximum 120 characters, including spaces

12/ Main characters (No more than 3 Main characters)

Please only indicate:

Name and/or Family Name – Genre (male, female) – Age (Baby, Child, Teenager, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s; over 70s)

Examples: Thomas, Male, 40s – Juliette, Female, teenager

13/ Rights guide (Enter only if the book is already published in other languages or countries).

To file the information, you have 2 choices:

Possibility 1

Published in XX languages. Example:

English (Name of the Publishing house), German (Title, Publishing house)

Do not mention more than 5 languages.

Possibility 2

Published in XX countries. Example:

UK (Name of the Publishing house), Germany (Title, publishing house), USA (Publishing house) Spain (Title, publishing house) do not mention more than 5 countries.

14/ Promotional material available

You can file the following information:

- French and Foreign press reviews (ex. US, Italian press reviews…).

- English translation.

- X first chapters in English

- Read the first page in English on http://....

15/ Film & TV References

It is important to give this information because it permits a professional in the film industry to get an immediate idea on what kind of adaptation the book might inspire.

16/ Find out more

This section allows you to specify whether the book and / or the author received awards, the number of copies sold in France and / or abroad. It can also specify whether the book has already been adapted either to the cinema or the theater. Example:

Adapted for stage in (Year) and perfomed at (Town), directed by XXX XXXXX.

Adapted for screen in (Year) by XXXX XXXXXXXX (Film title).

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