publishing rights
Authorization to distribute
Publishing rights are the legal permissions to reproduce and distribute a written work.
Authors typically transfer or license these rights to publishers in exchange for royalties.
Rights are often divided by format (hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook), territory (North American rights, world English rights), and language.
She retained the foreign publishing rights to her novel.
- copyrightExclusive reproduction rights
- sublicensingGranting derived authorization rights
- intellectual propertyLegal rights over inventions
- licensing agreementsContracts granting usage rights
- booksBound written works
derivative works · authors · literary agent · agent · book deal · serialization · royalties · publishers · contract negotiation · academic papers · films · fair use · reprint · paperback · print run · software · negotiate · contract
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books
- intellectual propertypatents, copyright, patent, trademark, trademarks
- Exclusive Rightsfirst refusal, sole supplier
- free speechfree expression, freedom of speech, protected speech, speech protection, free press
- intangible assetsintangible assets, patent, copyright, trade secret, brand
- licensinglicense agreement, licensing board, application fee, license renewal, license fee
publishing rightscopyright infringement
Unauthorized use of protected works
publication ban · piracy · unauthorized use · embargo · injunction