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How Authors Sell Publishing Rights With Orna Ross

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Channel: The Creative Penn · 2016 · Education

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Orna Ross is a bestselling novelist, poet and author of creative non-fiction. She is the founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors and has been voted one of the top 100 most influential people in publishing by The Bookseller. Today we're talking about her new book, How Authors Sell Publishing Rights, co-written with Helen Sedwick who has also been on the show.

    What rights are and why they matter to authors.

    How rights originated.

    How the internet affected publishing rights and how 'world rights' came into being.

    On print rights and the 'zone of total possibility'.

    Authors deciding if they want the responsibility of dealing with and selling their rights.

    How to find and pitch to a publisher to sell certain rights, including the resources available to authors to undertake the search for rights buyers.

    Strategies and advanced planning for selling rights at book fairs.

    The different ways authors have had success with rights sales.

    The necessary maturity of authors who want to explore rights sales.

    On film and TV rights and the best strategy for selling those.

    Why getting a lawyer involved is more important for film and TV rights.
Find out more at http://www.OrnaRoss.com

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