How long from right sale to being available

crossi · 06-04-2012, 04:02 PM

When you sell your ebook rights on a backlist book how long does it generally take before the ebook becomes available? Are we talking months or years?

Elfwreck · 06-04-2012, 04:04 PM

It depends on who you sold them to and what the contract says. Does the contract say they have to publish within a particular time window?

Steven Lyle Jordan · 06-04-2012, 04:22 PM

Elfwreck Johnson is right. If the contract is specific, it means the publisher will either do it soon if the book is popular and expected to make a quick return... or it could be whenever they get 'round to it, which can be years-to-never.

crossi · 06-04-2012, 08:46 PM

I just heard that Octavia Butler's ebooks rights had been sold and I have been waiting a long time for them. God, I was sad when I heard she died. She was one of my favorite S.F. writers.

kennyc · 06-04-2012, 08:50 PM

OooooH! Oooooh! where when?

(notice I didn't ask how much.)

Open Road Media, Betsy Mitchell: http://file770.com/?p=8806

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...open-road.html

06-04-2012, 04:02 PM	#1
crossi Guru Posts: 992 Karma: 12000001 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Seattle Wahington U.S. Device: kindle	How long from right sale to being available When you sell your ebook rights on a backlist book how long does it generally take before the ebook becomes available? Are we talking months or years?

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06-04-2012, 04:04 PM	#2
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,185 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	It depends on who you sold them to and what the contract says. Does the contract say they have to publish within a particular time window?

06-04-2012, 04:22 PM	#3
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Elfwreck Johnson is right. If the contract is specific, it means the publisher will either do it soon if the book is popular and expected to make a quick return... or it could be whenever they get 'round to it, which can be years-to-never.

06-04-2012, 08:46 PM	#4
crossi Guru Posts: 992 Karma: 12000001 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Seattle Wahington U.S. Device: kindle	I just heard that Octavia Butler's ebooks rights had been sold and I have been waiting a long time for them. God, I was sad when I heard she died. She was one of my favorite S.F. writers.

06-04-2012, 08:50 PM	#5
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	OooooH! Oooooh! where when? (notice I didn't ask how much.) Open Road Media, Betsy Mitchell: http://file770.com/?p=8806 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...open-road.html

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