PUBLISHING CONTRACTS

Another disappointed author! We received a phone call today form an author who is having difficulties with his publisher. It seems that the author signed a publishing contract without actually researching intellectual property rights, so said author had no idea which rights he should retain for himself. Now, this author would like to register for our Foreign Rights program. As it turns out, his publisher will not allow that to happen as the contract states that the publisher owns the foreign rights. Fair enough. The contract has been signed. However, the publisher does not promote foreign rights sales, so that leaves the author high and dry. The author wants to promote foreign rights sales but the publisher will not allow it but the publisher does not promote foreign rights sales so no one can sell the foreign rights to the book. What a vicious circle. Another reason for authors to become educated about the publishing process before publishing. If you think that the cost of education is expensive - try the cost of ignorance. Denise www.inktreemarketing.com