What Are Subsidiary Books?

Ancillary rights refer to: In international practice, book publishers, by entering into publishing contracts, not only obtain copyrights in books (printing and copying rights of books and distribution rights), but also often acquire other rights that may affect book publishing in order to control related issues. Use of other different ways of works. These rights are called affiliate rights because they are usually affiliated with the copyright of the book.

Subsidiary rights

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Ancillary rights refer to: In international practice, book publishers, by entering into publishing contracts, not only obtain copyrights in books (printing and copying rights of books and distribution rights), but also often acquire other rights that may affect book publishing in order to control related issues. Use of other different ways of works. These rights are called affiliate rights because they are usually affiliated with the copyright of the book.

Book publishers often require authors to grant them in a publishing contract, along with the primary right to publish the work. In international practice, book publishers, by entering into a publishing contract, not only obtain the copyright of the book (the right to print and copy the book form and the right to distribute it), but also often obtain other rights that may affect the publishing of the book in order to control different works in different ways. Use-"subsidiary rights". Subsidiary rights are mainly for book publishers, and refer to a number of subsidiary rights that accompany the main right to publish publications.

Subsidiary rights fall into two categories:

Directly related to the book format of the work

One is the subsidiary rights that are directly related to the book form of the work, mainly including these rights:

Books publishing subsidiary rights also need to be resolved by legislation

In Western countries, the related profits obtained from the development and utilization of book publishing affiliates exceed the exclusive copyrights of books and become a gold for the publishing industry.

Specifically, subsidiary rights fall into two broad categories:

One is the subsidiary rights that are directly related to the book form of the work, such as serial rights, translation rights, pocket editions, popular editions, photocopy editions, student editions, book club editions, simplified Chinese editions, traditional Chinese editions, and paperback reprint rights. Copyrights of print or miniatures, as well as multimedia rights, such as electronic reproduction rights (electronic, online), and mechanical reproduction rights (slides, audio tapes, records). These rights are generally related to publishing activities and are highly derivative and affiliated. If exercised by a third party, they may compete with the publishing interests of book publishers and directly affect the publishing of books. Therefore, publishers often require authors to The publishing contract grants it to the publisher along with the main right to publish the work. The other is the subsidiary rights that are not directly related to the book publishing form of the work and require the original work to be processed and adapted, such as adapting the work to a stage play, filming into a movie, producing a TV drama, adapting to a radio drama, and previously mentioned The right to use the commercial image of the character in the works. Most of these rights are reserved in the hands of the authors. When the publishers and the authors signed the copyright introduction contract, they did not agree on the use rights of "Harry Potter" on stationery and children's toys, which caused them to lose business opportunities. Regrettable.

After special negotiation, it was agreed as a subsidiary right in the publishing contract. However, many book publishers believe that because they publish their work, which promotes the use of the work in other ways, they should also acquire these auxiliary rights that have no direct impact on the book's publishing form.

In general, different categories of topic selection projects often have different right combinations. For example, academic monographs focus more on the first type of subsidiary rights, which can publish translations, paperbacks, photocopy editions, book club editions, and even pocket and electronic editions; while literary works are the most likely to be licensed and used among subsidiary rights. The project can exhaust almost all kinds of auxiliary rights, such as serialization in newspapers and magazines, translations, miniatures, and online versions. More importantly, it can be adapted into movies, TV shows, stage shows, radio plays, and maximum commercialization. Use rights etc. With the continuous change and development of the use of works, the extension of the subsidiary rights has greatly expanded, and the types of subsidiary rights have also increased. Therefore, what are the subsidiary rights that can be developed and used for specific topics? It depends on both parties' grasp of the market and the judgment of the topics selected. In particular, publishers must have a keen sense of subsidiary rights, have rich operating experience, and Professional operation mechanism. Otherwise, they will often be passive because of the difference in one step. For example, when Harry Potter introduced the copyright, the publisher also considered how to maximize the use of the resources contained in the characters and the role it played in book sales. He bought postcards about Harry Potter, The rights to the use of figures in paper media such as pictorials, stereo albums, coloring books, etc., have played a positive role in promoting the sales of novels; however, they still lack experience and foresight in the development and utilization of the right to use the images in works. There was no agreement on the use of "Harry Potter" on stationery and children's toys, which caused a great loss of business opportunities. Regrettable.

And when foreign publishers sign a publishing authorization contract with the author, they must agree on the specific types of subsidiary rights, the use method, the authorization period, and the specific content of benefits. Generally speaking, the author also stipulates in the contract that if the publisher does not exercise the subsidiary rights within a certain period (usually 1 year), the author has the right to delegate to others; in this way, from the author's point of view, the subsidiary rights are prevented from being put on the shelf. The risk also urges publishers to realize subsidiary rights as soon as possible to maximize the benefits. It needs to be clear that the subsidiary rights granted by the author may not necessarily be fully implemented by the publisher. The publisher may be allowed to re-authorize to other third parties. The revenue obtained is divided between the author and the publisher through an agreement on the license. proportion. (Note: [German] Holger Bem, co-author: "Future Publisher-Management and Marketing of Publishing Houses", Commercial Press, 1998 edition, p. 45. Benefits: The author obtains copyright interests other than the publication of the work through affiliated rights, and the publisher tries its best to dig and use the affiliated resources obtained, and obtains the maximum publishing benefits by directly using or permitting third parties to use other uses of the work.