Rights : the historical and legal background -- The publishing contract : who should control the rights? -- An expanding range of possibilities -- The rationale behind rights sales -- Selling rights : who and how? -- Tackling the task; essentials -- Rights selling : a range of methods -- Book fairs and sales trips : preparation, survival and follow-up -- English-language territorial rights : coeditions and licences -- Book club rights -- Paperback rights -- Low-price reprint rights -- Other reprint rights -- Serial rights and one-shot periodical rights -- Digest and condensation rights -- Translation rights : coeditions and licences -- Anthology and quotation rights -- Rights for the reading-impaired -- Non-dramatized reading rights -- Audio recording and video recording rights -- Dramatization and documentary rights; stage, radio, television and film rights -- Merchandising rights -- Collective licensing -- The internet and publishing -- Electronic publishing and digital licensing -- Supply of duplicate production material to licensees.
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