They started offering mega deals to their biggest authors (genre fiction authors made out like bandits) to pre-emptively
license audio rights to Audible.
Others are willing to
license the audio rights to an experienced narrator.
I wrote this article to inspire and encourage other narrators to
license the audio rights to favorite books.
Another option is to
license the audio rights to a favorite book, cast yourself to narrate it, and publish it yourself!
If the rights holder wants to
license their audio rights to you or doesn't respond, you can ask a different rights holder or create your own edition as I have done.
You also could
license the audio rights and become the rights holder.
You also could choose to
license your audio rights to a publisher or producer.
And if I'm that licensee (a publisher) and I haven't
licensed the audio rights from the creator, only text rights, can I distribute my text product to an entity like Amazon to enjoy and sell to the public as a text / reading?
Now, indie authors are also
licensing their audio rights to audio publishers or narrators.
In fact, at least one author out there who went hybrid specifically
licensed his audio rights before shopping the Big Five, so they couldn't take it in the contract.
Licensing audio rights and publishing a contemporary audiobook can be risky, especially if you pay an advance on royalties.
-LSB-...] I also read this post from Lindsay Buroker detailing how a couple of different companies have been approaching indie writers and
licensing the audio rights to their books.
Not exact matches
Traditional publishers can assist with
licensing deals, film
rights, merchandising (toys and lunchboxes), foreign translations, large print versions,
audio books, and more.
Just like print books, the books are
licensed to only be shared with one patron at a time — I'm on waiting lists
right now for
audio books I want to borrow.
Sure,
license a
right to a publisher or a magazine or an
audio company for a short use time, but keep 100 % control of the underlying property.
DAW also gets certain other
rights that they can sublicense, including things like putting them out in
audio, selling them to a book club (in English), or
licensing the UK edition to a UK publisher.
One in four publishers saw the biggest year - on - year growth from
audio, many publishers are still making no money from audiobooks direct, choosing instead to
license the content to dedicated audiobook publishers or not acquire the
rights in the first place.
Through Folio she is now able to provide the ability to manage intellectual property
rights of authors by selling both domestic and foreign
rights, co-agenting film and
audio rights, as well as offering the services of a speakers bureau and
licensing agency.
audio rights, Berne Convention, [copyright], copyright notice, derivative work, digital
rights management, economic
right, exclusive
license, film
rights, intellectual property,
license, moral
right, non-exclusive
license, public domain, revert, subsidiary
right
Foreign
rights is the granting to a foreign publisher legal
licensing rights to translate (or reprint in English in English - speaking countries such as Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and India), publish and sell a «work» (book content) in its country in specific formats (printed book, e-book,
audio, video, book club, etc.) for compensation in the form of royalties and an advance payment thereof for a specific period of time.
Explore other options of exploiting your
audio rights, including
licensing them to the narrator or an audiobook production company.
Her goal is not only to sell books, but to also build long and ever - growing careers for her clients, giving each of them close and thorough attention as well as being an advocate in all aspects of the publishing process, including
licensing foreign
rights,
audio rights, dramatic
rights and more.
When she asked me for a draft of my standard
license agreement, I knew I needed to get an education on acquiring
audio rights!
And when the
audio contract goes out of force, the
audio rights piece of the pie suddenly appears back in your pie and you can
license it again.
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