Rights Sales

John Kremer’s Book Marketing Tip of the Day: February 4, 2014

John Kremer’s Book Marketing Tip of the Day February 4, 2014 – Tuesday’s Special News In this issue . . . – Your Book: A Hit Movie or TV Show? – One Sentence Can Make a Difference – Google HelpOuts Your Book: A Hit Movie or TV Show? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recently, a high school teacher from […]

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Top 10 Literary Agents

Top 10 Literary Agents I’ll customize a list of the top 10 literary agents who would be best at helping you sell rights to your book, whether it’s a novel, a business book, a cookbook, a children’s book, or focused on any other topic. I’ll also write and send an introductory email to one of […]

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Using Video to Sell Rights to a Memoir or a Novel

In 2007, to help make the sale of a new book project, Curtis Brown agent Elizabeth Sheinkman encouraged the author, Rupert Isaacson, to put a 5-minute video up on YouTube. Isaacson, author of The Horse Boy, a memoir telling about his upcoming trip to Mongolia with his autistic son, was planning on making a video […]

John Robert Marlow on What Hollywood Wants

John Robert Marlow: 10 Things Hollywood Wants in Source Books

Here are 10 things that Hollywood producers and decision makers want in the source material they option – whether from books, screenplays, or pitches. Pitchable Concept – No one has time to read everything, so no one tries. Instead, they read 10-second pitches called loglines. Ten seconds means you have to pitch the concept, not […]