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Topic: Reprint rights question
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| PrivateI | Posted – 4/25/2008 5:10:30 AM | show profile Can I sell second serial rights (aka reprint rights) to several publications, as long as they're in different geographical (and thus circulation) areas? Or is that situation then called third and fourth rights? I'm confused. Thanks. |
| kristendkirk | Posted – 4/25/2008 11:18:27 AM | show profile Reprint rights Yes, you can sell reprint rights in different geographical areas. Sometimes, you can even sell reprint rights in the same area if the editor is aware of where else you've published the story and still wants it anyway. This is rare, though. I don't know what you call it besides reprint rights. I saw your other question about how much money to ask for. It sounds like you did a lot of work for not much money at all. Can you sell this story idea to a national magazine and add new research or research you didn't use or a different angle and get some real money for your work? |
| PrivateI | Posted – 4/25/2008 2:52:06 PM | show profile That's what I'm planning on doing. I'm pretty new at this though so I'm kind of feeling a bit lost as to who to target. I did take the MB class on feature writing and another on travel writing for magazines, so I have a sense of how to pitch and such. But the rules of actually rewriting (do I have to change every sentence?) and pitching a rewrite (do I call it a rewrite?) is a bit confusing. If you or someone else was interested in helping me out, I'd be grateful. My MB teachers haven't been responsive. Which is their right...the classes ended months ago. |
| kristendkirk | Posted – 4/25/2008 7:14:54 PM | show profile reprint rights One possibility is to turn the story into a national story. By that I mean, is what you found in your community also going on in other communities? You could then write a story that is maybe 50% new, but still uses a lot of what you have but reworked/reorganized. I'd be honest with the editors you pitch, saying you've researched and written about this topic and hope to take a broader approach for them and have your examples ready. Or...stay with your story for the most part but turn it into a profile on one of your main "characters/heroes." Or maybe you take a narrower approach -- it's hard to say when I haven't seen the story -- but was there one aspect/wrong-doing that could be investigated further? You might not want to do more research, but if it's important to you, you might be up for it. There's always the possibility of using your original article to put together a book proposal. Best wishes on whatever you decide! |
| PrivateI | Posted – 5/6/2008 12:30:07 AM | show profile | email poster All good ideas. Is there some kind of e-mail address I could reach you at to show the story? I'd love to get someone else's opinion on how to rework it for a national pub. |
