What this is
Literary and commercial fiction, including regional language originals. A market where translation and adaptation rights are routinely undervalued.
What you get
How we work on it
Publishing, adaptation and rights counsel. Indian authors routinely sign away world rights, translation rights and adaptation rights in a single contract for a modest advance, and only discover the cost when the book works.
Existing contracts, retained rights and what has already been granted.
Which rights to sell, to whom, in what order.
Deal terms, advances, royalty structures and reversion clauses.
Adaptation approaches, translation sales and audio licensing.
Frequently asked
We advise on rights strategy and structure, and introduce to agents and publishers. Formal agency representation is a separate arrangement.
Depends entirely on the contract. Reversion and lapse clauses are what determine it, which is why they matter at signature.
For non-fiction with a defined audience, increasingly yes, particularly where the book is a business asset rather than a revenue line.
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