The madeleine milburn literary agency is renowned for talent spotting new writers, negotiating. International rights madeleine milburn literary agency. As veterans in the foreign publishing world, we will treat your foreign publishing experience with the same commitment as your domestic sale. We work with cooke international, a leading foreign rights agency, and a global team of toptier literary agents to make our titles available for translation and publication worldwide. An indie authors guide to selling foreign rights lifetree media. Find publishers, agents, authors, and their titles available on pubmatch for rights deals and more. Most foreign rights agents charge 10 per cent commission on the advance and royalties.
Foreign rights the englishlanguage edition of a book is just the beginning. Literary agents trident media group literary agency. Literary agencies that handle foreign rights in multiple languages. We work closely with foreign coagents and publishers in over 30 territories to license our clients books overseas, and we are responsible for every step of. We are proud to work with publishers around the world. Coagents selling foreign rights for books 2 seas agency. Taryn fagerness agency was established in march 2009, and taryn fagerness has worked in foreign rights since 2004. Content must be relevant to appeal to foreign publishers and agents. We represent independent publishing houses who always dreamt of seeing their books translated into foreign languages.
Selling foreign rights it is easier than you think. While selling foreign rights for books directly into the english language, france, germany, italy, the netherlands, portugal, and scandinavia, we are supported by a solid network of awesome coagents in the following languages and territories. Our foreign rights director, linda kaplan, has nearly thirty years of subsidiary rights experience. The book department at united agents has been one of londons leading literary agencies since 2007. While selling foreign rights for books directly into the english language, france, germany, italy, the netherlands, portugal, and scandinavia, we are supported by a solid network of awesome co agents in the following languages and territories. But how does an indie author sell their publishing rights abroad. Foreign rights levine greenberg rostan literary agency. Foreign rights are the right to publish a book in its original language in. And, of course, if the project makes it to the screen, it can really positively affect book sales, which is the goal of every author and publisher. Publishers can purchase available rights directly from rights owners with a single click. Dropcap combines our innovative technology, decades of personal relationships with rights buyers, and deep industry knowledge to sell foreign language rights for our u. We are dedicated to guiding our clients to the greatest possible success. If you are inquiring about the foreign rights to a title, please visit curtis brown for featured titles, all.
Please direct any rights inquiries to info at or taryn. The foreign rights are managed by our network of agents summarized as follows. Rebecca was the rights and contracts director at transworld publishers before becoming a literary agent in 2003. She now specialises in foreign rights management at david luxton associates as well as agenting a select number of nonfiction writers. Some literary agents have been known to contract higher or lower commissions, but 15% is currently the standard rate. The foreign rights team at united agents comprises georgina le grice, amy mitchell, anna watkins and jane willis, ably assisted by alex stephens, lucy joyce and fatima amin. We work closely with foreign co agents and publishers in over 30 territories to license our clients books overseas, and we are responsible for every step of. Foreign rights foreign rights for full circle literary titles are managed by taryn fagerness agency. More than just selling rights, our interest is in helping publishers build and grow a list with international potential. Foreign rights we aggressively market translation rights throughout the world, working closely with top foreign agents and selling directly where necessary. We work on a behalf of a broad group of french publishers and promote their catalogues on the international literary scene. The agency, now in its eighth year and with five other fulltime agents, a thriving international rights department and two inhouse editors, has been described by. As agents, we consider it our mission to be sensible advisers, rigorous negotiators and trustworthy contacts for all our partners. We work together as a closeknit team, ensuring that each client has every advantage at all stages of the publishing process.
Guilford titles are available around the world, both in translation and in reprint editions. Chances are that a publisher or agent will be selling through a subagent, who is a person. In order to do this, you will need to become an expert in foreign rights, getting to know a wide variety of agents, subagents and publishers in a number of territories. Once a contract is in place, we continue to work with each publisher to make sure every. Get lots of agents to sell your rights to foreign publishers who will translate and sell your book. She has close working relationships with publishers and coagents around the world and works in tandem to ensure maximum potential for each title in each language. Rights sellers can scale their business with an easytouse suite of tools that helps organize, promote, and sell available rights quicker and easier. Typically, when a trade book publisher or a literary agency doesnt have an inhouse foreign rights representative, the business will enter into contractual agreements with literary agents for each foreign language or territory. Selling the film rights increases the chances of a bookthat might not have been picked up otherwisegetting picked up in a foreign translation deal. Selling foreign rights in a book already published is one thing. Inkwell is a fullservice literary management agency.
She is a native of the berkshires and a graduate of dickinson. World rights for the first ever detailed biography of ringo starr more. France, bulgaria, croatia, macedonia, romania, greece, poland, czech republic, serbia. Alexis works in the dual capacity of codirector of foreign rights and agent of domestic works in the areas of literary and commercial fiction, memoir, narrative nonfiction and more. Foreign rights with a strong network of co agents throughout the world, levine greenberg rostan aggressively promotes our clients work in the international market to place our titles with leading foreign publishers. Selling the rights to your books can be a lucrative business, putting local versions of your books in the hands of readers all around the world. Adult fiction and nonfiction rebecca winfield promotes our books around the world for publication in translation. To maximize your presence in overseas kindle stores, set up an author central account on countryspecific amazon sites, where possible, such as. Some of the major literary agencies are highlighted in bold red. With more than a halfcentury successful book publishing industry experience, our foreign rights focus is in the following categories. Foreign rights trident media group literary agency. Interested in translation rights for any nla title.
This post concerns literary agencies whose clients, in most cases, primarily are trade book publishers or other literary agents. Since then it has grown into a team of twenty, made up of primary, foreign rights and booktofilm agents, who between them look after many of the worlds bestknown and muchloved writers. One subsidiary right is foreign rights the right to publish and sell the book in markets other than the main territory. Rights and permissions inkwell management literary agency. The agency represents awardwinning and bestselling authors of adult and childrens fiction and nonfiction who consistently feature on the sunday times, new york times and international bestseller lists. We attend international book fairs and meet regularly with foreign editors, scouts, and publishers to develop and maintain personal relationships. We are regular participants at the frankfurt book fair, the london book fair, and book expo america. The agency collaborates with the following representatives abroad. Foreign rights agents should have an intimate understanding of the markets in which they represent work and have the ability to match books with foreign publishers who publish similar works.
Our foreign rights are managed by our network of agents summarized as follows. Foreign rights for our titles are handled by the following coagents. Alexis hurley started her career in 1998 and has been at inkwell since its inception in 2004. Dropcap rights agency foreign language rights for book. Foreign rights in publishing explained 2 seas agency. For questions about permissions, please go to our permissions. We love iconoclasts, which is why weve always been passionate about work that crosses borders, literally and figuratively. We will be attending the frankfurt and london book fairs in 2020, during which we will introduce some of our best titles for publishers to discover.
Literary agencies that handle foreign rights in multiple. German rights sold in preempt for blossoms, the biggest literary novel in china with over 800,000 copies sold more. Nicknamed the king of foreign rights when he changed foreign rights from a pokey, sedate business into a dynamic one with auctions and deadlines, danny baror gets top dollar. As a foreign rights agent, i work with authors, publishers, and literary agents from all over the world to help them get their books published in. Its a useful thing to consider if you are currently unagented but looking for an agent if you can offer foreign rights to some successful books along with your current work, that might make you a more appealing prospect. With more than 60 years of combined experience in the trade, trident media groups foreign rights department routinely leads the industry in sales of both fiction and nonfiction abroad. Shes sold hundreds of books to foreign markets, including work by jennifer armentrout, neal shusterman, charles mann, courtney summers, christina dalcher, matthew dicks, taylor jenkins reid, amy krouse rosenthal, and many more. Results will include publishers and literary agents web pages with names and contact information of their foreign rights agents. Foreign rights department finding a home for your book in the american publishing market is just the start. With a strong network of coagents throughout the world, levine greenberg rostan aggressively promotes our clients work in the international. To find agents who specialize in a certain genre, such as childrens books, go to web sites of publishers of that genre and look at their list of foreign rights agents.
Foreign rights agents generally receive books for representation in one of two ways. Literary agent commission on foreign subsidiary rights and translations. Foreign rights agents serve as liaisons between foreign publishers and rights. He and heather are also very thorough, giving as much attention to a small, quirky book as they do to a blockbuster. In the major international markets, we work directly with publishers to develop strong relationships not only between agent and publisher, but between editor. Linda joined the agency in 2015 after 15 years as vp, rights director at crown. If you are interested in acquiring translation rights to a guilford title, this page is designed to provide the information you need.
And for authors exhausted by the seemingly endless book signings, interviews, blog tours and other nonwriting activities that have become an essential part of. For more information or to inquire about specific books, contact us. In the major international markets, we work directly with publishers to develop strong relationships not only between agent and publisher, but between editor and. Once again, the foreign rights agent plays the role of a middleman. Traveling to large international rights fairs at least twice a year e. We regularly attend major book fairs in frankfurt, london, and guadalajara, and take part in.
Many authors have found that selling foreign rights to their book is a nifty way to diversify and expand revenue, often with little upfront cost. Foreign rights the world is our market with more than 60 years of combined experience in the trade, trident media groups foreign rights department routinely leads the industry in sales of both fiction and nonfiction abroad. Rights agency is an international foreign rights agency specialising in illustrated childrens books from around the world. Read on to find out about the role of a foreign rights agent. The following foreign coagents represent our talented authors and illustrators internationally. Authors who have retained translation rights for their books may submit their book to a foreign rights agent or publishers may commission a foreign rights agent to represent the publishers catalog, or collection of titles. The department is overseen by sarah perillo, director of foreign rights. Take a look at a midsize book publishers foreign rights webpage to better understand what im describing. We are represented at the london book fair and the frankfurt book fair by cooke. Foreign rights with a strong network of coagents throughout the world, levine greenberg rostan aggressively promotes our clients work in the international market to place our titles with leading foreign publishers.