by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
Many times in the past five years, I’ve heard from traditionally-published writers who want to get the rights back to their characters and story worlds for their backlist books.
I’ve also heard from writers who’ve had a hard time getting a rights reversion granted by their publishers.
Some writers weren’t exactly sure what they wanted to do with their rights. They only knew that they’d been told that they should try to have them reverted.
Yes. If you’ve been traditionally published and your series has been dropped by your publisher, you should try to get your rights back.Continue reading