Acknowledgements and further reading
Preface
Chapter 1: Rights: The historical and legal background
Chapter 2: The publishing contract: Who should control the rights?
Chapter 3: An expanding range of possibilities
Chapter 4: The rationale behind rights sales
Chapter 5: Selling rights: Who and how?
Chapter 6: Tackling the task: Essentials
Chapter 7: Rights selling: A range of methods
Chapter 8: Book fairs and sales trips: Preparation, survival and follow-up
Chapter 9: English-language territorial rights: Co-editions and licences
Chapter 10: Book club rights
Chapter 11: Paperback rights
Chapter 12: Low-price reprint rights
Chapter 13: Other reprint rights
Chapter 14: Serial rights and one-shot periodical rights
Chapter 15: Digest and condensation rights
Chapter 16: Translation rights: Co-editions and licences
Chapter 17: Anthology and quotation rights
Chapter 18: Rights for the reading-impaired
Chapter 19 Non-dramatized reading rights
Chapter 20: Audio-recording and video-recording rights
Chapter 21: Dramatization and documentary rights: Stage, radio, television and film rights
Chapter 22: Merchandising rights
Chapter 23: Collective licensing
Chapter 24: The internet and publishing
Chapter 25: Electronic publishing and digital licensing
Chapter 26: Supply of duplicate production material to licensees
Appendix 1: Glossary of common terms used in rights
Appendix 2: Member states of the international copyright conventions
Appendix 3: Countries currently outside membership of any international copyright convention
Appendix 4: Territories often sought as exclusive by British publishers
Appendix 5: Useful names and addresses