TY  - BOOK
AU  - Owen, Lynette 
TI  - Selling Rights
SN  - 9780815352778
U1  - 347.711 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Rights: the historical and legal background
KW  - The publishing contract: who should control the rights?
KW  - An expanding range of possibilities
KW  - The rationale behind rights sales
KW  - Selling rights: who and how?
KW  - Tackling the task: essentials
KW  - Rights selling: a range of methods
KW  - Book fairs and sales trips: preparation, survival and follow-up
KW  - English-language territorial rights: co-editions and licences
KW  - Book club rights
KW  - Paperback rights
KW  - Low-price reprint rights
KW  - Other reprint rights
KW  - Serial rights and one-shot periodical rights
KW  - Digest and condensation rights
KW  - Translation rights: co-editions and licences
KW  - Anthology and quotation rights
KW  - Rights for the reading-impaired
KW  - Non-dramatized reading rights
KW  - Audio-recording and video-recording rights
KW  - Dramatization and documentary rights: stage, radio, television and film rights
KW  - Merchandising rights
KW  - Collective licensing
KW  - The internet and publishing
KW  - Electronic publishing and digital licensing
KW  - Supply of duplicate production material to licensees
KW  - Authors and publishers -- Great Britain
KW  - Contracts -- Great Britain
KW  - Copyright licenses -- Great Britain
N1  - Selling Rights has firmly established itself as the leading guide to all aspects of rights sales and co-publications throughout the world. The eighth edition is substantially updated to illustrate the changes in rights in relation to new technologies and legal developments in the UK and the rest of the world.

This fully revised and updated edition includes:

• coverage of 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;

• more detailed coverage of Open Access;

• the aftermath of recent reviews and revisions to copyright in the UK and elsewhere;

• updated coverage of book fairs;

• a major update of the chapter on audio rights;

• an updated chapter on collective licensing via reproduction rights organizations;

• the impact of new electronic hardware (e-readers, tablets, smartphones);

• the distinction between sales and licences;

• the rights implications of acquisitions, mergers and disposals;

• updates on serial rights;

• new appendices listing countries belonging to the international copyright conventions and absentee countries.

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
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