Comments on: New Year, new discussions of e-book rights! http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/01/new-year-new-discussions-of-e-book-rights/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/01/new-year-new-discussions-of-e-book-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-15720 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:07:28 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/01/new-year-new-discussions-of-e-book-rights/#comment-15720 You need to read this post from thriller writer Joe Konrath where he points out that he would be making around $15k extra per year if he had held onto the eBook rights to his novels rather than turning them over to the publisher.

http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2009/10/kindle-numbers-traditional-publishing.html

There is a reason even successful authors are considering self publishing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/01/new-year-new-discussions-of-e-book-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-15716 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:09:29 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/01/new-year-new-discussions-of-e-book-rights/#comment-15716 In the spirit of "everything is negotiable," isn't this the same as any other clause of a contract. That is, writers, agents, etc. talk about first North American rights or soft cover rights or audio book rights (which is probably the most direct comparison). Then lets talk about international rights – are those rights controlled by the author or by the first American Publisher? Movie writers gave away their rights in favor of a "work for hire" situation some time ago (talk to Mack Sennett and others). I would think the author retains the rights unless explicitly outlined in the contract. Just one man's opinion.

]]> By: jmartinlibrarian http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/01/new-year-new-discussions-of-e-book-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-15715 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:17:31 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/01/new-year-new-discussions-of-e-book-rights/#comment-15715 Hmm, this is interesting. Could we compare to this to the film industry? After a film hits theaters, who retains/controls the rights to distribute the movie as a DVD or download? This is a head scratcher for me.

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