Foreign Rights

I have heard about the Foreign Rights publishing concept about five years ago. It sounded interesting, but there has always been more than enough to keep me busy here in the U.S.

But recently I’ve had several authors who have been asking about the possibility of getting their books out into the world and what it will take, so I began to do more research on the concept.

There are book fairs every year where authors can attend. It’s usually a great resource for many author requirements such as publicists, marketing firms, trailer services, etc. But one of the best ways to meet a representative of foreign rights publishing is in person. So these events are one of the best methods. Usually the agent will present your book to the various publishers they represent and if the publisher believe they can do well with your title, they will make an outright offer.

That is to say, they will buy the rights to print your book, market it and keep all the proceeds for a set fee. The fee range is between $10,000 and $100,000 depending on the range of the market and the current popularity of the topic you have written about.

You may have several foreign rights agents and several publishers working with you simultaneously. In fact, the more the merrier since it will create more of a buzz about your title.

Kindle

Have you thought of publishing your book to ? By now you know it is important to make your book available in every format possible. When a reader prefers to curl up with a book, it’s important you have exactly what they are looking for.

But when your potential reader is on the go and they forgot to pack a book, but maybe they heard you speaking or one of their friends told them to look up your book, you will also need to have your book available in various electronic formats.

Up until very recently converting your book to the was very expensive. Those who had figured out how to do it charged as much as $1,500 but the average has been $1,200.

But with the Author program through Creative Impressions Press, the format change to Kindle is included. You can automatically get your MS Word doc, .pdf or most other formats converted in a matter of just a few minutes.

And there is no charge whatsoever!

Having you book is all about getting your book out into the world. It’s important to broaden your audience and let the world know why you have written.

Kindle is just one more method of doing just that!

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