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.
Not exact matches
Anthea, «don't sell
subrights that have
value that your publisher won't exploit» is the subject of another HUGE blogpost, and yes, that is a really important point.
The last thing I'd like to talk about is the
value of «a la carte»
subrights (ie foreign rights, audio, print vs digital).
Subrights have
value to the indie author.
Things like royalty
value for digital books, the ala carte
subrights menu, rights reversions, and what agents and publishers are offering that could be troublesome.
That means the agent needs to sell
subrights and be creative in terms of negotiating contracts to add
value worth the fee.