Rights

While the primary way most authors think of making money is from sales of their printed books, an author can also sell subsidiary rights as another, and sometimes even larger, source of income. Subsidiary (merchandising) rights are those allowing sale and distribution of merchandise, electronic media, film or dramatic adaptations, television recordings, audio recordings, and the like.

Two other sources of income may be

•   foreign rights in which you sell the right to license a foreign language publisher to translate and publish your book in other languages and •   serial rights, which you might contract with a magazine to publish your book as a series.

Selling subsidiary rights is usually done with the help of an agent who knows whom to contact to begin negotiations.

If you have a traditional publisher, they likely own all the subsidiary, foreign, and serial rights, but they will owe you money if these rights are sold.

Tanyab 08:12, 5 December 2008 (UTC) | www.publishing-store.com