Subsidiary Considerations: Performance & Film Rights - podcast

Selling the film rights to your book is an exciting prospect. Agent and rights consultant Judy Klein discusses film and performance subsidiary rights and how it all works. If you have an agent, he or she will often look for opportunities to sell film rights to your book. It’s very rare that a book does get turned into a movie, but it happens. If you’re lucky enough to have an option on your book—film, television, dramatic, or whatever it may be—you absolutely have to get yourself a Hollywood agent. Film is a very different industry from book publishing. You don’t want to leave the negotiation of your film rights in the hands of your publisher. If your book is going to be turned into a movie, you’re going to want to get yourself someone who specifically does Hollywood deals.