The IP explosion: the expanding universe of subsidiary rights opportunities for indie publishers, with guest Ethan Ellenberg

Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA)

English - November 14, 2019 08:05 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
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Previous Episode: The CASE Act, small claims for writers and publishers, with guests Mary Rasenberger and Cheryl Davis of the Authors Guild

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Topics include:The big picture of IP for authors and publishers: the hub of a wheel with many spokesPublished authors are already part of an ecosystem and can create their own editions, audiobooks, and translationsYour first step: make sure the primary edition is launched successfully!The need for clear contracts to make sure you have all the rights you think you doHow the foreign rights market is changingHow audio books are becoming an entertainment medium, divorced from the original print bookFinding a good rights partner you can trustRoyalty Reminder: a new IP management toolLinks

Article: "Intellectual Property: The Big Picture for Authors"
https://www.janefriedman.com/intellectual-property-authors/

Royalty Reminder
https://www.royaltyreminder.com/

The Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency
https://ethanellenberg.com/

Participants

Ethan Ellenberg opened his literary agency in late 1984 after holding jobs at both Bantam and Berkley/Jove. At Berkley/Jove he was manager of the Contracts Department. At Bantam he was Associate Contracts Manager. He represents a wide range of book authors, though his specialty is commercial fiction. He is very active in Romance publishing with a number of New York Times Bestselling authors represented. He also does some non-fiction and has a strong children’s list including the Caldecott winner Eric Rohmann.

He is an acknowledged expert on the practical aspects of publishing including the publishing agreement and royalty accounting, and a long time industry observer and author advocate. His opinion and educational pieces have appeared in the newsletter of Novelists, Inc., the Romance Writer’s Report, and a number of F&W guides to publishing.

Peter Goodman (host) is publisher of Stone Bridge Press in Berkeley, California. He began his publishing career in Tokyo, Japan, in 1976. A longtime member of IBPA, he has served on the IBPA board and as IBPA board chair.

For more information, go to IBPA at https://www.ibpa-online.org/.