Contracts

If you manage to get a contract with a traditional publisher, that’s a great accomplishment; about 250,000 books are traditionally published each year, whereas about...

When you're pursuing a traditional publishing contract, you may wonder exactly what you can expect from a publisher. Usually, the responsibilities of the author and...

At a publishing house, there is a department devoted to subsidiary rights and foreign rights, and it is the job of the directors and managers in that department to keep...

Understanding the sale of your book rights is critical. In this interview, Judy Klein, rights consultant, reviews the way subsidiary rights in publishing work, and...

Everyone’s relationship with their editor is different. You get to know your editor, because you work most closely with them, and in many publishing houses, if you have...