BookToScreen.pro Cuts Book-to-Hollywood Pitch Cost from $1,000+ to $9/Month

BookToScreen.pro, available at https://www.booktoscreen.pro, launched a self-serve platform that replaces the $1,000-plus professional script coverage step that has historically made it economically irrational for most independent authors to pursue film and television adaptation. The platform combines a publicly browsable book IP directory with AI-generated pitch packages, a 0–100 adaptation-readiness score, and an optional full screenplay or pilot draft — all accessible starting at no cost to list, with paid tiers beginning at $9 per month. The core argument from founder Bo Bennett: the economics of traditional book-to-screen pitching were broken before a single producer conversation began, and AI can fix that.

For most of publishing history, an author hoping to attract Hollywood interest faced a sequential set of costs before any producer would take a meeting. Professional script coverage — the formatted breakdown and analysis a development executive expects to receive — ran upward of $1,000 per project. That expense came before agency representation, before query letters, and before any option negotiation. For an indie author whose book might earn modest royalties, the math simply did not work. Bennett, who comes from a publishing background and has spent years examining why commercially viable books fail to find wider audiences, describes screen rights as an "extremes only" business: an author either earns nothing or potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars, with very little middle ground. That binary outcome, combined with prohibitive upfront costs, kept most authors out of the conversation entirely.

The platform's toolset is designed to remove each of the friction points in sequence. A public IP directory allows producers, scouts, and literary managers to browse listed books at no charge and without creating an account, filtering by genre, format, and adaptation score. Each listed book receives an AI-generated pitch package that includes a logline, short and long synopsis, format recommendation, comparable titles, a "why it adapts" section, and tone notes — written in what the platform describes as development executive language and refreshed monthly. The adaptation-readiness score breaks down into six sub-scores covering visual storytelling, dialogue, character distinctiveness, hook strength, format fit, and market timing, with constructive written feedback rather than a bare numeric grade.

The $199 AI screenplay service produces either a feature-length draft of approximately 110 pages or a TV pilot of approximately 60 pages, delivered as an industry-standard PDF and a Final Draft FDX file. Revisions are unlimited: an author submits notes and the system regenerates. Producers verified on the platform can request a screenplay directly; the author approves the release in a single click, and the author's email address is never exposed publicly. A "What's Next" roadmap delivers a personalized weekly checklist — sharpening a logline, setting up an email-signature link, researching producers behind comparable titles on IMDb Pro — with completed items removed from the queue. Three cold-email outreach templates cover production companies, literary managers, and IP scouts, with guidance on sourcing contacts and explicit notes on what to avoid.

What separates BookToScreen.pro from a simple directory listing or a generic AI writing tool is the combination of producer-side infrastructure with author-side economics. Existing book-to-screen directories offer discoverability but no pitch materials; professional script services offer materials but at costs that assume a traditional publishing advance. The platform explicitly does not promise producer introductions, options, representation, or deals — a disclosure that distinguishes it from the fraudulent "Hollywood producer" outreach that the platform also addresses with a built-in scam-evaluation feature. Authors who receive suspicious producer emails can forward them for an AI verdict within seconds and a human review within 24 hours.

"You don't need a $2,000 a month agent to go out and shop your book around. What is required is a presence — to have your book out there where people looking for it could actually find it," said Bo Bennett, Owner and Founder, BookToScreen.pro.

The platform serves two distinct author profiles. The first is the indie author who has already invested years in writing and publishing a book and wants a low-cost, structured way to extend its commercial life without hiring entertainment lawyers or Hollywood consultants. The second is the author who is actively querying and wants pitch materials that match the format a development executive expects to receive, without waiting for an agent to commission coverage. Current directory listings include titles across science fiction, biography and memoir, drama, fantasy, and episodic series formats — evidence that the platform is not genre-specific. Verified producers on the platform gain a structured channel to request materials and communicate with authors without cold outreach friction on either side.

A free tier allows any author to list a book in the public directory and receive a basic pitch package and adaptation score. Paid plans begin at $9 per month and unlock the full AI pitch package with monthly refreshes, the producer-ready pitch PDF, the outreach templates, the "What's Next" roadmap, and the Hollywood-scam evaluation service. The $199 screenplay service is available as a standalone add-on, separate from the subscription tier. Authors can start at https://www.booktoscreen.pro without a credit card. The platform notes that most authors who have been defrauded by fake producer schemes could have avoided the loss for less than the cost of a single year's subscription.

Bennett has framed BookToScreen.pro within a broader thesis about where independent filmmaking is heading. As AI-assisted production tools lower the cost of developing and greenlighting projects, he argues that indie producers will need more source material and will be more willing to evaluate books that arrive with professional-grade pitch packages already prepared. The platform is positioned to grow its directory as that demand increases, with the producer-side tooling — verified request workflows, structured messaging, and IP filtering — designed to make the directory useful to the buyer side, not just the seller side. Future development is expected to track how AI shifts the economics of lower-budget production and whether that creates more option activity for books currently outside the mainstream acquisition pipeline.

BookToScreen.pro (https://www.booktoscreen.pro) is a book-to-screen adaptation platform built by Bo Bennett under Archieboy Holdings. The platform gives published authors a public IP directory listing, AI-generated pitch package, adaptation-readiness score, optional screenplay or pilot draft, producer-ready pitch PDF, outreach roadmap, and Hollywood-scam protection. It is designed for independent authors who want to pursue film and television adaptation without the cost structure of traditional Hollywood representation. The platform does not promise producer introductions, options, or deals. Bennett founded Adgrafix in 1994 following his graduation from Bryant University and has since built and operated multiple technology and media ventures under Archieboy Holdings.