Selling Rights, 9th Edition

Name: Selling Rights, 9th Edition
Brand: Routledge
SKU: 9781032495903
Price: 706.03 HKD
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Author: Lynette Owen
ISBN: 9781032495903

By Lynette Owen

Routledge July 2024

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ISBN-13: 9781032495903
Publisher: Routledge
Publication: July 2024
Format: Paperback , 436 pages
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Now in its ninth edition, Selling Rights has firmly established itself as the leading guide to all aspects of rights sales and co-publications throughout the world.

Covering the full range of potential rights, from English-language territorial rights through to serial rights, permissions, rights for the reading-impaired, translation rights, dramatization and documentary rights, electronic and multimedia rights, this book constitutes a comprehensive introduction and companion to the topic. Besides individual types of rights, topics covered also include book fairs, Open Access, the ongoing impact of new electronic hardware, and the rights implications of acquisitions, mergers and, disposals.

This fully updated edition includes:

New IP legislation and proposed legislation in the UK and the USA, including changes regarding TDM and the post-Brexit implications of EU directives and exhaustion of rights
The implications of artificial intelligence (AI) for author contracts and licensing contracts
The impact of the pandemic and its aftermath on the promotion and sale of rights
Coverage of censorship in countries around the world, especially in relation to LGBTQI+ content, as well as political situations which have impacted on rights trading
The impact of streaming services on opportunities for licensing television and film rights
Major revisions to the chapters on audio and video recording rights, the internet and publishing, and electronic publishing and digital licensing

Selling Rights is an essential reference tool and an accessible and illuminating guide to current and future issues for rights professionals and students of publishing.

Preface Acknowledgements and further reading Useful names and addresses 1 Rights: the historical and legal background 2 The publishing contract: who should control the rights? 3 An expanding range of possibilities 4 The rationale behind rights sales 5 Selling rights: who and how? 6 Tackling the task: essentials 7 Rights selling: a range of methods 8 Book fairs and sales trips: preparation, survival and follow-up 9 English-language territorial rights 10 Book club rights 11 Paperback rights 12 Low-price reprint rights 13 Other reprint rights 14 Serial rights and one-shot periodical rights 15 Digest and condensation rights 16 Translation rights 17 Anthology and quotation rights 18 Rights for the visually impaired 19 Single-voice readings 20 Single-voice recording and video recording rights 21 Dramatization and documentary rights: stage, radio, television and film rights 22 Merchandising rights 23 Reprographic and electronic reproduction rights 24 Electronic and multimedia rights 25 Supply of duplicate production material Index

About the Author

Lynette Owen is Copyright Director of Pearson Education Ltd. She is the general Editor of, and a contributor to, Clark’s Publishing Agreements: A Book of Precedents (7th edition, 2007) and is the author of a number of practical handbooks on copyright and licensing for publishers in transitional and developing countries in central and eastern Europe and Asia. She regularly lectures on training courses both in the United Kingdom and abroad.

Reviews

'I have previously described Selling Rights as an indispensable, one-stop reference work for everybody working in rights. It remains that, but also has a wider purpose in raising issues for discussion and reflection about copyright, the exploitation of rights and possible future developments…Selling Rights is not just for rights staff in publishing, it is for all in publishing who want to know about rights' – The Bookseller

'Selling Rights fulfils many invaluable functions – it is essential bookshelf ready-reference, and a useful companion when handling tricky or unfamiliar rights situations…it is an ideal desk-companion for experienced rights practitioners and beginners alike' – Publishing News

'In Selling Rights the publishing industry has happily found its total book with which to unravel the new challenges ahead' – Learned Publishing

'Selling Rights has firmly cemented its position as the key reference work for the publishing industry and has responded elegantly to these digital times' – Learned Publishing

'This is a standard work which all publishers should have on their shelves. It is also a worthwhile buy for serious authors especially those seeking to make publishing a career, as it will make talking to publishers/agents much easier' – Logos

'All aspects of rights selling are covered, starting with the clearest definition of copyright I've ever seen, through to the intricacies of the fast-moving, and often confusing, world of digital rights' – Carole Blake, BookBrunch.co.uk

'the sixth edition of Selling Rights retains its position as an indispensable work of reference for anyone working with rights and contracts in the publishing industry' – Entertainment Law Review

'This is not a book just for rights people. All publishing managers need to have access to it' – The Publishers Association

'Selling Rights is an absolutely essential overview for all those involved in the licensing side of publishing, whether legally qualified or not. Non-lawyers might want to skip the discussions of finer points of the law and head straight for the more juicy morsels of practical advice, but lawyers will rather enjoy the competent analysis provided.' – European Intellectual Property Review