While not impossible for authors to market and sell their own titles outside of their home countries, many authors have
negotiated deals with publishers strictly for these international rights.
A consortium of 10 academic libraries in Nova Scotia, Novanet, has
negotiated a deal with publishers to allow the sharing of ebooks among libraries as freely as they share print books.
Not exact matches
They were
negotiating with Warner Music over the rights to publish and annotate the company's lyrics on their site, having already made similar
deals with all the other key
publishers, and thereby dodging a serious legal threat to the site's business model.
Before the arrival of the «agency pricing» model that Apple
negotiated with ebook
publishers — which allowed the
publishers to decide what price Apple would charge for their books on the iPad — Amazon had
deals that paid a specific wholesale price to
publishers for a certain number of copies, and then it was able to charge whatever it wanted for the books in the Kindle store.
As you noted above
with publishers, negotiability is going to depend on how badly the parties want the
deal (i.e. if an agent or
publisher really wants the work and the author has options, then the agent or
publisher is likely to be willing to
negotiate the terms of the contract).
A
negotiated and signed contract
with a
publisher is a big
deal.
The majority of publishing contracts, in the first instance, are boiler plate — basic contracts that a
publisher expects the author to
negotiate to develop a
deal that everyone is happy
with.
For authors
with literary agents — the majority of authors
dealing with traditional
publishers — the agent
negotiates the changes to the draft contract for the author.
Book Agents also
negotiate your book
deal with publishers on your behalf.
For authors that want to publish traditionally, most
publishers do not
deal directly
with new authors and are more open to
negotiating with a Book Agent.
The injunction also prevents Apple from simultaneously
negotiating new no - discounting agency
deals with the major houses, instead forcing the tech giant to
negotiate with each
publisher separately, in exclusive windows, staggered six months apart.»
They will also assist you in
negotiating the terms of your contract
with the
publisher, and since they earn more if you do, they will ensure you get better
deals like a higher book advance or a bigger slice of the royalty your book will generate.
Their main jobs are: — Connecting the author
with publishers, including the top publishing companies —
Negotiating contracts and other
deals — Ensuring the payment or the royalties, contracts, and such thing alike — Becoming a mediator in case there are issues between the
publishers and the authors — Helping the publishing process, including publication, review, and distribution
They could
negotiate better
deals with 3rd party
publishers (and other service providers) because they rep a number of authors.
I admit I had not even considered the possibility that the next
publisher up to renegotiate
with Amazon would actually
negotiate in good faith and make a
deal.
Many decent - selling indie authors also
deal directly
with foreign
publishers and are able to
negotiate themselves significant advances for term - limited publication rights in foreign markets.
In that position, Sarah
negotiated deals with audio
publishers for Trident authors.
Simon & Schuster has
negotiated a multiyear
deal with Amazon for both print and electronic books, the
publisher told its writers Monday.
A few of the authors have reversed the way book
deals are
negotiated by forming partnerships
with traditional
publishers to exercise idle rights to their self - published books.
Business Affairs reviews all of Trident's authors» agreements and interfaces
with publishers to ensure that those agreements contain the very favorable
negotiated boilerplate provisions Trident has
with the major
publishers and accurately reflect the business terms of the
deal struck by the agents.
Novanet — a consortium of 10 academic libraries founded in 1988 — has
negotiated a new
deal with publishers to allow the sharing of electronic books among libraries as freely as the sharing of print books.
On a case - by - case basis, we also assist in
negotiating deals with conventional
publishers, book clubs, for foreign rights and translations, and bulk sales to institutional buyers, if appropriate.
I have
negotiated around 115 book
deals with publishers around the world.
This is the time in the life - cycle that the
publisher is working on
negotiating those next new
deals with pending IPs.
Michael Geist Canadian Authors &
Publishers: We Demand Education Talk To Us As Long As It Leads to New Payments The Canadian Copyright Institute, an association of authors and publishers, has released a new paper that calls on the Canadian education community to stop relying on its current interpretation of fair dealing and instead negotiate a collective licence with Access
Publishers: We Demand Education Talk To Us As Long As It Leads to New Payments The Canadian Copyright Institute, an association of authors and
publishers, has released a new paper that calls on the Canadian education community to stop relying on its current interpretation of fair dealing and instead negotiate a collective licence with Access
publishers, has released a new paper that calls on the Canadian education community to stop relying on its current interpretation of fair
dealing and instead
negotiate a collective licence
with Access Copyright.
That weakens its
negotiating position when striking
deals with publishers.