Subsidiary rights

The estate of Watership Down author Richard Adams has won back all of the rights to the late author's classic novel about anthropomorphised rabbits, in a high court ruling against the director of the famed animated adaptation.  Read more

Book publishing has changed dramatically over the last twenty years, and authors of all stripes have new opportunities to manage. Whether you are a long-time author with published work and contracts, or you are a self-published or "hybrid" author with some titles self-published and some licensed to publisher-partners, you need to do some serious thinking and track all of those licenses.  Read more

‘The share of income from rights has steadily increased from 72 percent in 2013 to 80 percent in 2016,' says the UK's Publishers Association, in a report released this summer.

The Scandinavians love true crime. The Dutch won't touch historical fiction. The Turks love weepies.

These are trends noticed by the UK's Little, Brown Book Group joint rights director Kate Hibbert, who was named Rights Professional of the Year-an honor sponsored by Frankfurt Book FairWorld's largest trade fair for books; held annually mid-October at Frankfurt Trade Fair, Germany; First three days exclusively for trade visitors; general public can attend last two.-at The Bookseller's British Book Awards, the "Nibbies," last month in London.  Read more

‘The real increase in sales recently has been the spread of business to Asian countries,' says Lownie Agency author Roger Crowley. And China holds the key, says Andrew Lownie.