I don't use a North American
foreign rights agent so I get most of the foreign rights royalties and get paid promptly.
The book also found
a foreign rights agent and was sold and published in The Netherlands, Taiwan and soon China (we just got the check today!)
This approach has helped me get published in 22 languages and 29 countries, a total of 111 book deals with foreign publishers, all without using a North American
foreign rights agent.
Develop, negotiate, and nurture profitable relationships with other publishers, digital vendors and with
foreign rights agent.
Author U — Your Guide to Book Publishing is featuring host Judith Briles of The Book Shepherd will have
foreign rights agent Bob Erdmann as her guest Bob has been responsible for place Judith Briles» books in 16 countries).
So, whether you sell your books directly to readers or foreign publishers (there is also the option of getting
a foreign rights agent; but more on that later), you need to know what works where.
And because of my American deal,
my foreign rights agent, Danny Baror, was able to sell The Ark to eighteen foreign markets and counting.
Other times, they send the acquiring editor or
foreign rights agent the information, and the money goes to a different address or even a different company, which makes life loads of fun for all involved!)
For example, it would be fantastic to be able to do this with Mandarin or Arabic, but right now, you're better off getting
a foreign rights agent to try and sell those rights, rather than attempting to self - publish.
We send the news about your book to 10,000 + librarians, pitch to
foreign rights agents and created dedicated media opportunities.
During the Fair we met with close to 60
foreign rights agents and publishers.
In publishing speak, trade shows are known as book fairs and serve several purposes: 1) Provide a venue for publishers to display new titles to an audience of librarians and booksellers; 2) Enable publishers to showcase titles in front of
foreign rights agents to discuss possible rights deals; 3) Serve as a «book event» enabling all forms of media to discuss book - publishing happenings.
In addition,
foreign rights agents won't take a potential project seriously unless an articulate sales piece arrives via email prior to previewing your book.
During the Fair, Terry and I met with over 75
foreign rights agents and publishers (up from 63 appointments in 2015).
Not exact matches
Cameron will have had to be sensitive as he raised the UK's human
rights concerns - like the trial of punk protest group Pussy Riot and Russia's rough treatment of
foreign businesses, including the branding of non-governmental organisations in Russia as «
foreign agents».
Dynasty is the first science - supporting nonprofit to fall victim to Russia's 2012 «
foreign agent» law, which aims «to crack down on nongovernmental organizations focused on human
rights and free elections,» Vladimir Pokrovsky wrote Wednesday at ScienceInsider.
We've also got a bloody Pat Healy on the poster for «Cheap Thrills,» the Midnighters entry that's
foreign sales
rights have already been snatched by international sales
agents Films Distribution.
As for
foreign rights, they are expensive to sell since both the primary
agent & the sub-
agent take a cut.
Are you an unpublished author looking for an
agent, or a self - published author looking to sell
foreign rights?
If you have an
agent, they could be marketing this for you «a la carte» or your publisher might have gotten your
foreign rights when you sold to them.
Michelle Brower:
Agents can give self - published authors advice on growing their careers across all the available platforms, from print
rights to
foreign translation to film
rights.
Danielle Bukowski is the
foreign rights associate and associate
agent at Sterling Lord Literistic.
If you're interested in
foreign publication
rights for a Thomas Nelson book, please contact our
agent in the appropriate territory:
Self - published e-book authors are being approached by
foreign rights buyers and film companies (and making lucrative, 100 %
agent - free deals.)
NEW ALERT: Literary
Agent Uwe Luserke In 1997, complaints began to surface about German literary
agent Uwe Luserke, who was selling
foreign rights to Engli... -LSB-...]
After fifteen years on the editorial side of the business, I made the jump to
agenting — spending twelve years as at the William Morris Agency as an
agent and as Vice President and Director of
Foreign Rights; five years as president of my own agency; five years at Sterling Lord Literistic as an
agent and Director of
Foreign Rights; and I'm now here — and very happy — at Folio.
As Amish's
agent Anuj Bahri of Red Ink Literary Agency puts it, «Amish's advance is only for the south - Asian
rights, which means it could turn into a $ 4 million deal by the time we finish with film,
foreign, and translation
rights.»
The Big (i.e., irrelevant commercial) Publishers, the Random Houses and HarperCollinses and Simon & Schusters and Hachettes, wheeled and dealt multimillion - dollar con - tracts among themselves, though increasingly the
agents were holding on to their authors»
foreign rights, stalking the halls and booths like hyenas, or even, egregiously, like the upstart McTaggart, setting up their own stands with spiffy little tables and printed catalogs several inches thick handed out by demure young people, aping the publishers themselves (the nerve!).
If someone comes along and wants to buy your
foreign rights in such - and - such - country, do you need to hire an
agent or is an IP attorney a better choice?
Do you need an
agent to handle
foreign rights and contracts or is it better to hire an ip attorney?
Self - published authors with great success like Hugh Howey retain
agents to handle things like selling
foreign rights and negotiating movie deals.
Foreign rights can be lucrative too if your
agent works this angle and shops them aggressively.
I think more
agents will get on board with this approach because they can help indies build bigger with things like
foreign rights and whatnot.
Do you want to continue self - publishing here in the U.S. while your
agent works on selling the
foreign rights to your books?
It was a week long workshop that covered dealing with Hollywood offers, handling
foreign rights offers without an
agent, increasing writing productivity, estate planning and tax stuff for authors (including when it makes sense to incorporate and which type of corporation in the US), and updates from Kobo on their plans to add audiobooks to their catalogue, among many other topics.
In 2008, she joined Literary Ventures Fund, where she worked as a marketing, publicity and
foreign rights consultant with various authors,
agents, and publishers.
Literary agencies often work with other
agents to help them sell subsidiary
rights such as movie
rights or
foreign editions.
I want an
agent who can help me with issues such as
foreign rights and / or TV
rights.
Even in this age of self - publishing, writers still want
agents to help them with
foreign rights, career advice, access to tricky markets (libraries), etc..
Some book
agents take a primary role in exploring (and negotiating) the sale of subsidiary
rights for books such as:
foreign editions, translations, book clubs, licensing, merchandising, stage, TV, feature film, serial
rights for magazines, etc..
Susan F. Schulman specializes in representing
foreign rights, motion picture, television and allied
rights, live stage including commercial theater, opera and dance adaptations, new media
rights including e-book and digital applications, and other subsidiary
rights on behalf of North American publishers and literary
agents.
Literary
agents are paid on commission, which means that they have a deep interest in selling the best book they can, negotiating for the highest advance possible, and other lucrative contractual agreements in terms of royalties,
foreign rights, movie / tv
rights, etc..
She talked about her arrangement with IngramSpark which gets print editions of her books into bookstores — still not an easy feat for indies — and revealed that she works now without a literary
agent, basically hiring only a
foreign -
rights agent.
These include Ingram's Title Management System (TMS) and catalogs, a book webpage and inclusion on the author's page, an informational tip sheet, assistance with advanced review copies (ARCs), as well as endorsements and reviews, e-book campaigns, vote - the - cover campaigns,
foreign rights representation by an
agent, and development of an author's marketing program that includes websites and social media, events, Facebook forums, and more.
I firmly believe that
agents can help self - published authors expand their reach through library distribution,
foreign rights / translations, etc. (I have several self - published friends in that exact situation.)
Contact literary
agent Mark Gottlieb of Trident Media Group, New York, who represents book / TV / Film /
Foreign Rights / audio right
Rights / audio
rightsrights, at:
She spent the previous five years in the
foreign rights department at Curtis Brown, Ltd., and became an associate
agent there in 2010.
I've said for a long time that everything flows from ebook sales — audiobook sales, paperback sales,
foreign rights deals,
agents, print - only deals — all the «markers of success» that authors often seek.
Questions regarding
foreign rights, film / tv subrights, and other business matters should be directed to Pat's
agent Ginger Clark, Curtis - Brown, Ltd., 10 Astor Place, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003,
[email protected]
I am now lucky enough to be represented by lead
agent Clare Forster from Curtis Brown Australia, Alice Lutyens from Curtis Brown in London, along with Kate Cooper and Eva Papastratis managing
foreign rights.