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Book & Subsidiary Rights Sales - Publishers Getting Books into Stores & Beyond!

The publisher's sales teams sell the books to a variety of outlets, including bookstores and other retail stores, wholesalers, catalogers and libraries. The publisher's subsidiary rights department sells rights to all or part of a book's contents for use in (or adaptation to) different formats, such as paperbacks, foreign editions, film, or television shows.

BookExpo America - A Book Publishing-Only Conference and Expo

BookExpo America--or, BEA as it is known by book publishing insiders--is a publishing industry-only event that enables publishers and authors to showcase their wares to booksellers and to buyers of foreign and domestic book rights.

BookExpo America - Who Attends Bookseller Expo America (BEA)?

BookExpo America--or, BEA as it is known by book publishing insiders--is an international publishing industry-only event, open to publishers, booksellers, authors, media and more.

BookExpo America (BEA) - Where and When Is BookExpo America Held?

Find the upcoming dates and locations for BookExpo America (BEA), the annual, publishing industry-only event.

Book Copyright Protection

Book copyright issues are common topics in reader questions, especially with respect to dealing with self-publishing services or unpublished manuscripts. Here are some answers to reader's questions about copyright and other rights.

Book Rights and Book Royalties

Book publishing is a business and, whether you're an author or a publisher, rights (such as film rights) and book royalties are considerations when you're determining the profitability of publishing a book. Following are some actual reader questions about self-publishing fees, book rights, and book royalties.

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