2.10.19
If you have licensed international rights to your books over the past ten years, you, your agent or publisher may be eligible to participate in a new Macquarie University study. The team, including Dr Paul Crosby, Professor David Throsby and Dr Jan Zwar, was responsible for the national survey of Australian authors in 2015 (which was strongly supported by the ASA).
This new project examines the success of international rights sales of Australian books over the past 10 years. It covers trade books - adult fiction (including poetry and graphic novels), non-fiction and children’s.
The project is funded by the Copyright Agency and the Australia Council, and it is hoped that the findings will inform plans to support future rights sales initiatives by these organisations.
Juliet Rogers, CEO of the Australian Society of Authors said, “The ASA wholeheartedly supports this inaugural survey of international rights, not only because these international sales are one of the hidden successes of our industry, but even more importantly, because such sales deliver valuable additional income to our members.”
Check with your publisher or agent, or with your contracts if you are self-published, if you think your books’ rights sales are eligible to be included in the study. If you are not sure, contact Paul Crosby at Macquarie University (paul.crosby@mq.edu.au).
The survey closes on December 15th, 2019.
The next phase of the research involves preparing case studies. Jan Zwar, who is leading this component, is seeking a broad variety of case studies and invites industry members with suggestions to contact her (jan.zwar@mq.edu.au).
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