Writer Beware®: The Blog: How to Request Rights Reversion From Your Publisher

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-10-05

Summary:

"Partly in connection with the controversy surrounding troubled publisher Ellora's Cave, I've been getting questions about how to go about requesting rights reversion from one's publisher. There's no official format for a rights reversion request, and if you do a websearch on 'rights reversion request' you can find various pieces of advice from authors and others. Here's the procedure I'd suggest. (Note that I'm not a lawyer, so this is not legal advice.) First of all, if you have a competent agent, ask your agent to handle it. Especially if you're with a larger publisher, your agent is more likely to know exactly whom to contact, and in a better position to push for a response. If you don't have an agent, or if your agent is not very competent or not very responsive ..."

Link:

http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2014/10/how-to-request-rights-reversion-from.html

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Date tagged:

10/05/2014, 13:01

Date published:

10/05/2014, 09:00