Shopping Electronic Publishing Rights

Peter Brantley
August 26, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0) | Listen

Kassia Krozser discusses why and how authors are getting savvy to retaining electronic publishing rights. From Booksquare:

As publishers like Random House try to redefine concepts such as "out-of-print", savvy authors and agents will be more diligent about defining tight deadlines for contracts (in fact, I'm a bit surprised this isn't happening more frequently). Firm deadlines allow authors to renegotiate terms, especially as the digital market grows and evolves. While publishers love the idea of locking someone into 2008 rules, it's a safe bet to say that this landscape will be vastly different in ten years.

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