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Selling rights

What authors need to know

  • ONLINE VIA ZOOM

Selling the rights to your book – be that for international publication, translation, audio, or film and television – can be lucrative for authors, but many are in the dark as to how this side of the publishing industry functions. Does your publisher own the rights to your work, or do you? How are literary agents involved in this process? And what exactly do authors stand to gain from rights sales?

Nerrilee Weir, the Director of Bold Type Agency, is an industry leader in selling rights, having secured thousands of rights deals over nearly 30 years in the publishing industry. In this practical one-hour session, Nerrilee will provide you with an insider’s guide to understanding, valuing, and selling rights in the global publishing marketplace, taking you through the process from the initial pitch through to the negotiation of offers and finalising of contracts.

You will learn:

  • The difference between a literary agent and a rights seller
  • The types of rights sales you might encounter, and what value these sales offer to authors
  • Who holds your publishing rights, and how contract structures determine who can sell what
  • The methods, networks, and tools used to sell rights internationally
  • The challenges and opportunities involved in selling rights, plus the current market trends

Whether you’re an emerging or established author wanting to better understand what you stand to gain from the sales of your book rights, or an aspiring author wanting to take an informed approach to the publishing industry, you will gain a clear overview of how rights work, how deals are made, how to navigate international markets, and how to evaluate, negotiate and protect your rights.

There will be time for questions from the audience.

Who is this for?

  • Emerging and established authors wanting to better understand what they stand to gain from the sales of their book rights
  • Emerging and established authors eager to learn to how to evaluate, negotiate and protect their rights
  • Aspiring authors wanting to take an informed approach to the publishing industry

About the presenter

Nerrilee Weir
Nerrilee Weir
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Can't make it to the live session?

No problem! Everyone booked in to this event will be emailed a link and passcode to access the recording afterwards. This recording will be available to view for 10 days after the live session. This also means that if you wish to revisit the session after attending it live to take further notes, you can do so!

After 10 days, the link will expire and the recording will no longer be available to view.