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January 31, 2011

Foreign Rights: How Authors Tap a Rich Vein of Royalties

Filed under: Books — Tags: , — Bookblurb @ 5:37 pm
By KAREN DIONNE
Despite ever-increasing caution on the part of the book industry, publishing a book has never been easier. Between the recent explosion of e-reading devices, generous royalty rates from online retailers and enticing tales of six-figure incomes, self-publishing is becoming an attractive option for many aspiring authors.

Frustrated by the slow, conservative pace of traditional publishing, writers are abandoning their agent search in droves to stride out into the Brave New Publishing World.

But as they weigh the financial pros and cons of self-publishing, there’s one potentially lucrative market that do-it-yourselfers often overlook: foreign rights sales.

See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/fQhJQV

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