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Rights jobs for the summer
For many rights teams, summer is a *slightly* quieter time, with colleagues and clients away and emails and meetings beginning to slow down a little.
Here are 5 suggestions for productive summer tidy up jobs that you could get on with to help you feel organised…and the best bit, with RightsZone these good to do jobs are even easier.
AI in the Rights workflow
The Rights Together network held an online event to discuss how AI can be used to support the work of rights professionals in publishing. Margaret Szymczyk, Rights Director at John Murray Group Specialist, part of Hachette UK, chaired the discussion between Tim...
Top skills for a job in Rights
"I want to work in rights - what skills do I need?" At a Rights Together network meeting, Kim Williams (Co-Head of PUP Europe and Digital & Audio Publisher at Princeton University Press) and Emma James (International Publishing Consultant and, formerly, Director...
What we want authors to know
Giving authors the best opportunities in international markets The rights team very rarely get to meet or speak with authors until the book is at the stage of publication. It has certainly been planned and mostly written by the time it passes our desks! However, there...
Clark’s Publishing Agreements – What colour is yours?
To celebrate publication of the 12th edition of Clark’s Publishing Agreements, RightsZone Director (and contributor to the book*) Clare Hodder, interviewed the book’s General Editor, Lynette Owen. Find out more about its origins, the process involved in developing a...
Common barriers to growing your rights business
When rights revenue is such a significant contributor to publisher's profits, why do publishers sometimes find it hard to grow their rights businesses? And why do rights professionals find it hard to advocate for what they do? In this blog, Clare shares some of the...
The Royalties Remedy
At the end of last year, the newly re-launched Rights Together network gathered to answer the question: Is it possible to find a Royalties Remedy? Amy Joyner, from Kogan Page chaired a discussion between Kris Kliemann, of Kliemann and Company and Chair of the...
Making the case for change: demonstrating value to secure investment in rights teams
During the Frankfurt Bookfair, we had some fantastic conversations with rights professionals. Worryingly, however, we heard the same thing over again...Rights people want and need new tools to support their work, but they are struggling to get buy-in from senior...
Questions your tech team will ask about a new rights system
Thinking about updating your rights system? Whether you are looking to make the switch from spreadsheets to something more robust or are looking to upgrade from a dated database to something that will deliver time savings in your workflow, there is a lot to consider...
Licensing your content for AI
At the recent Publishers Licensing Services conference, RightsZone’s Clare Hodder was part of a session about AI licensing deals. In this blog, we share some of the key take aways from that session.
Marketing for rights professionals
This blog introduces the basics of a customer first 5 step marketing pathway that rights professional can use. The details are drawn from a session I was asked to do by the Book Industry Study Group (BISG). This informative session was an introduction to marketing...
Celebrating the role of the UK rights teams in cultural exchange and international trade
On the 7th May, The Publisher’s Association (PA) launched its report, Publishing and soft power: Our contribution to knowledge exchange and cultural collaboration. The report comes after the PA commissioned Public First to conduct new research using public...