Selling Rights 8th Edition by Lynette Owen ISBN 1351037501 9781351037501

Acknowledgements and further reading vii

Preface ix

1 Rights: the historical and legal background 1

2 The publishing contract: who should control the rights? 53

3 An expanding range of possibilities 68

4 The rationale behind rights sales 76

5 Selling rights: who and how? 83

6 Tackling the task: essentials 89

7 Rights selling: a range of methods 109

8 Book fairs and sales trips: preparation, survival and follow-up 119

9 English-language territorial rights: co-editions and licences 144

10 Book club rights 176

11 Paperback rights 182

12 Low-price reprint rights 191

13 Other reprint rights 203

14 Serial rights and one-shot periodical rights 212

15 Digest and condensation rights 226

16 Translation rights: co-editions and licences 229

17 Anthology and quotation rights 281

18 Rights for the reading-impaired 296

19 Non-dramatized reading rights 305

20 Audio-recording and video-recording rights 309

21 Dramatization and documentary rights: stage, radio, television and film rights 320

22 Merchandising rights 352

23 Collective licensing 364

24 The internet and publishing 381

25 Electronic publishing and digital licensing 423

26 Supply of duplicate production material to licensees 458

Appendix 1 Glossary of common terms used in rights 466

Appendix 2 Member states of the international copyright conventions 471

Appendix 3 Countries currently outside membership of any international copyright convention 478

Appendix 4 Territories often sought as exclusive by British publishers 479

Appendix 5 Useful names and addresses 484

Index 489