Bearing in mind how many rights reside in every single book that’s written, should you refuse an offer if the publisher is demanding world rights in all formats? Not necessarily. If the publisher has more chance of selling foreign rights than you do, you might well be better off granting them the rights to do…
Category Archives: rights
One Book: Many Sales
A single book can be sold in all sorts of different formats: the print format encompasses both hard cover and paperback, each of which can be sold separately (although this is becoming increasingly uncommon now); then there’s large print, the electronic version, serialisation rights for newspapers and magazines, and of course, audio rights. On top…
FirstOne Publishing: I Roost With The Boo Birds
FirstOne Publishing. Also known as @FirstOneDigital on Twitter. It’s running a writing competition. I will not be entering this competition. If you read the contest’s terms and conditions you’ll come across this little gem, otherwise known as Clause 13: By submitting an entry, all entrants grant Sponsor the absolute and unconditional right and authority to…