All New PUBLISHING UNIVERSITY: November 4-6, 2007
Rights Track
Track Leader: Brian Flagler, Principal, Flagler Law Group, LLC
For subsidiary rights managers, permissions staff, contracts managers, general counsel, acquisition editors, and anyone who works with rights in their publishing role.
Any commercial appraiser will tell you that the rights reflected in your publishing agreements are the most economically valuable assets owned by any publishing house. Does your Rights department have the tools and training to maximize the ministry and economic return on these assets, in the U.S. and abroad? License revenue goes straight to the bottom line, as they say. Are you leaving profits on the table and limiting the international reach of your authors’ books? Does your company have a strategy for exploiting the digital components of these rights? Are the publishing agreements you use to acquire these rights state of the art, or less protective than they could be? The 2007 Rights Track will help your Rights staff tackle these questions. Attendees will take away many valuable tools, including:
Track Leader: Brian Flagler, Principal, Flagler Law Group, LLC
For subsidiary rights managers, permissions staff, contracts managers, general counsel, acquisition editors, and anyone who works with rights in their publishing role.
Any commercial appraiser will tell you that the rights reflected in your publishing agreements are the most economically valuable assets owned by any publishing house. Does your Rights department have the tools and training to maximize the ministry and economic return on these assets, in the U.S. and abroad? License revenue goes straight to the bottom line, as they say. Are you leaving profits on the table and limiting the international reach of your authors’ books? Does your company have a strategy for exploiting the digital components of these rights? Are the publishing agreements you use to acquire these rights state of the art, or less protective than they could be? The 2007 Rights Track will help your Rights staff tackle these questions. Attendees will take away many valuable tools, including:
- 10 tips from a seasoned pro to maximize the efficiency of your Subrights department
- Discover how to develop a digital rights strategy, including whether to digitize your content
- Experience recent developments in Korea, Eastern Europe, and Spanish markets from experts in these regions
- Learn how to determine advances and royalty rates for Subsidiary rights licenses
- Understand and include 9 key clauses in your publishing agreements
- Subsidiary Rights Management: 10 Tips from a Pro
Carolyn Wiedmayer, Director, Subsidiary & International Rights, Zondervan
- Digital Rights Licensing in an Environment of Rapid Change
Bill Nienhuis, Director - Publisher Relations Office Logos Bible Software
- A Current Report on International Markets
Cindy Riggins (Riggins Int’l Rights Svcs.), Hosung Maeng (KCBS Agency), Tessie DeVore (Strang Communications), Rick Iles (LINKS)
- Financial Analysis of Subsidiary Rights
Trish Morrison, Executive Director, Licensing & Subsidiary Rights, Thomas Nelson
- Is Your Publishing Agreement Up-to-Date?
Brian Flagler, Principal Flagler Law Group LLC, and Steve Laube, Literary Agent, The Steve Laube Agency
 Brian Flagler |
 Carolyn Wiedmayer |
 Cindy Riggins |
 Trish Morrison |
 Steve Laube |
 Hosung Maeng |