Scott Waxman

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Scott Waxman
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  • Founder of Waxman Literary Agency
  • CEO of Diversion Books
Website Waxman Literary Agency
Diversion Books

Scott Waxman is the founder of both the Waxman Literary Agency and Diversion Books. [1] [2]

Career

After graduating college, Waxman worked for HarperCollins as an editor in the early 1990s. [2] In 1997, Waxman founded the Waxman Literary Agency. [1] In 2012 Byrd Leavell joined the agency as a named partner, [3] staying with the Waxman Leavell agency until September 2017 when he left for UTA and the agency reverted to its original name. [4]

In 1999, Waxman founded LiveREADS, a company that produced enhanced eBooks of works from Jack Kerouac and other authors. [1] The company went out of business. Waxman noted that if ePublishing ever did become popular, he wanted to be ready. [1]

In 2010, Waxman founded Diversion Books, a publishing company which specializes in commercial fiction, sports, health, and business titles. [5] Diversion publishes both original and backlist titles, [6] [7] most notably Mike Leach's book, Swing Your Sword: Leading the Charge in Football and in Life and How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. [8]

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