Selling Rights - Hardcover

Selling Rights covers the full range of potential rights, from same-language territorial rights, bookclub and paperback sales through to serial rights, dramatization, documentaries, electronic publishing and multimedia. Owen provides full details of the historical and legal background to rights, advises on the publishing contract and explains how to get the best possible deal.

Selling Rights is a practical and accessible guide to all aspects of selling rights and co-publications throughout the world. The fourth edition of this authoritative handbook has been updated to include the changes which have taken place in technology, sales and distribution, and legislation in the United Kingdom and overseas. Selling Rights covers the full range of potential rights, from same-language territorial rights, bookclub and paperback sales through to serial rights, dramatization and documentaries and electronic publishing and multimedia. Lynette Owen provides full details of the historical and legal background to rights, advises on the publishing contract and explains how to get the best possible deal. This fully revised and updated edition of Selling Rights includes: * Advice on the use of websites for promotion and trading and how to sell rights on-line * The implications of e-books, Internet publishing, digital delivery and the management of electronic copyright * Information on the copyright situation in America, Australia and New Zealand * Changes in legislation in the UK and the European Union and provisions of the WIPO Treaty * Low-price sales in Central and Eastern Europe and trading with non-copyright countries.