Tuesday, February 9, 2016
ALL RIGHTS
The rights transferred when making an
outright sale of a manuscript to a periodical. Author has no further
control over it. Generally speaking, it is not advisable to sell all
rights, so it's a good idea to avoid submitting to those
publications. There are a few exceptions. If you are writing things
like curriculum or writing something targeted to a very specific
publication, you will often be asked to give them all rights. In
those cases, where there will often be no further market for the
material anyway, there is not a problem letting them have all rights.
Additional exceptions might include those publications that pay
especially well—making the sale worthwhile—or those top
publications you would like to add to your list of writing
credits—especially
if they fall within your area of expertise. Publications can no
longer buy all
rights from
you unless they indicate it in writing. The term all
rights
is not used in relation to book sales. When you sell a book, the
rights you are selling are spelled out in the book contract—and are
negotiable. For more on selling your rights, go to:
http://money.howstuffworks.com/magazine-writing6.htm.
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