Agents could have a strong role
in subrights such as audio (although Audible's ACX program is a no - brainer), foreign rights, print rights and distribution, media, and gaming.
Not exact matches
Since then, I've been writing steadily for major houses for good money, I'm
in better control of my career, I have better contracts (a literary lawyer now negotiates my contractual terms; she does a better job and costs me a small fraction of what I was paying
in agency commissions), my advances have improved, and even my foreign
subrights income has improved.
World English language distribution ensures that your book will be available
in English around the world, and our
subrights department will work hard to get your book translated.
The Marsal Lyon Literary Agency handles
subrights for our authors, working directly with audio publishers and
in partnership with the Taryn Fagerness Agency to find foreign rights opportunities and with several L.A. based agencies to pursue film and dramatic rights for our clients.
When you sign with Avon Impulse, you are acquiring a team responsible for art, copy, marketing, social media support, and publicity — and more: A foreign rights staff determined to make your book available
in other languages; a legal team protecting your work from piracy; a the
subrights group pitching your romance novel to the book clubs.
Brower Literary & Management is starting a new division of the agency
in which we will be taking on self - published authors simply to manage your
subrights without interfering with your digital sales.
If you are a debut author, while we welcome you to send us a query, we do think it would be better
in the pursuit of selling your
subrights if you had a few books
in your backlist.
The industry is heading toward an evaluation of worth and contract terms and
subrights values should be reexamined
in an a la carte manner, and not just thrown
in because that's the way it's always been done.
They could also coordinate the whole process as a service for their clientele, establishing a concrete list of tangible services to promote the book, report and analyze sales, use their influence
in the marketplace to get a better deal for the author
in the future with a traditional house or a better deal through ebook publishers — while also managing
subrights and the author's career.
That means the agent needs to sell
subrights and be creative
in terms of negotiating contracts to add value worth the fee.
If an advance is low and not worth tying up copyright, then limit the
subrights availability or define the digital limit to 2 - 3 yrs only or cut back on world rights by retaining digital rights
in the U.S. for example.