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Authors: want to know how to make more money from your books without writing another word?
Receiving self-publishing commissions or publisher royalties is only one revenue stream for your books. There are many other possibilities, from translations to video games, merchandising to print, but the rights world is a complex mix of formats, platforms, apps, territories and term ...more
Receiving self-publishing commissions or publisher royalties is only one revenue stream for your books. There are many other possibilities, from translations to video games, merchandising to print, but the rights world is a complex mix of formats, platforms, apps, territories and term ...more
Kindle Edition, 235 pages
Published
February 10th 2016
by Font Publications
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Helpful in that it lists and defines all the different sorts of rights that authors (potentially) own--as long as they have't given them away in bad contracts! You can easily skip over the rights you are not interested in exploiting right now (fill, games, toys), but come back to those chapters when/if they ever become pertinent to you. A quick read that left me feeling better informed on this complex issue.
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Must reader for any author who is serious about their writing business. Cannot recommend this book more.
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I bought this to learn more about overseas rights and it was worth the price just for that small section.
I bought this to learn more about overseas rights and it was worth the price just for that small section.
This book was desperately needed in the indie publishing world. Before this the best resources on contracts and rights were either a few years old and not 100% applicable to indies or mostly for traditionally published authors. Ross and Sedwick do an amazing job of painting the picture of rights, what they are, why authors should protect them, and how. It's much longer than I initially thought I would be, and that's a great thing. This book covers just about everything you need to know in dealin
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This book gives an overview of the various rights available to authors wishing to promote their work in other markets. I found it extremely elucidating, especially in terms of markets I hadn't considered. There were a few gaps in the book for me - questions I still had left unanswered (since in some situations as a South African certain options are not available to me, as they are often focused on the US or UK). However, I am aware the author works with indie authors and I am considering joining
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Hello! I'm Orna Ross, an Irish novelist and poet living in London, founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors and the Creativist Club.
I write poetry or story every day and I'm also on a mission to bring digital publishing and creative business to as many people as possible, especially to creatives who may not yet understand the opportunities embedded in digital technology. (Yes, poets and lite ...more
I write poetry or story every day and I'm also on a mission to bring digital publishing and creative business to as many people as possible, especially to creatives who may not yet understand the opportunities embedded in digital technology. (Yes, poets and lite ...more
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