06-04-2012, 05:02 PM
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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, 05:04 PM
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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?
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06-04-2012, 05:22 PM
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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.
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06-04-2012, 09:46 PM
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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.
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06-04-2012, 09:50 PM
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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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