Permissions for Profit
Dates:
A one-day course27 September 2012
Price:
£385+VATVenue:
The Publishing Training Centre,Book House, Wandsworth, London
(see a map and a list of local hotels)
Book course online or phone +44 (0)20 8874 2718 for availability
“I really enjoyed the course, it was highly informative and the tutor was very accessible and approachable for specific questions.”
Random House delegate
"It was very good to meet others in the industry and discuss variety of methods and procedures."
Pearson Education delegate
If you ever have to grant permissions for books or journals, this course offers essential advice, practical experience and useful feedback. It will alert you to the rights of the publisher and the author, and will foster good working practice in the granting of permissions. You will also be able to compare what you do with other publishers, particularly in controversial areas such as fees and fair dealing.
On this intensive one-day course you will learn:
- the basics of UK and US copyright law
- the difference between publishing rights and copyright
- how to process permissions and how much to charge
- the implications of new copying methods
- when to refuse permissions
- how to chase payment.
Programme
- Publishing rights
- Reversion
- Copyright
- Moral rights
- Processing permissions, record keeping, the back list, acknowledgements
- How much do you charge? Minimum fees, charities, picture fees, tax
- Practical exercises and feedback
- The Copyright Licensing Agency
- New copying methods
- Braille, BBC, merchandise, poetry readings and talking books.
Who will benefit from this course?
Anyone involved in granting, administering and recording permissions.
Your Tutor
Kevin Stewart is a full time Publishing Contracts Consultant at Contracts For Publishing Limited, working with an extremely diverse client list, including Simon and Schuster UK, Hodder Education, Rily Publications, Lawpack and The Poetry Archive. He has been a regular tutor for The Publishing Training Centre for more than ten years. Kevin has contributed to the two standard reference texts on the issue of publishing copyright: Clark's Publishing Agreements: a Book of Precedents and Publishing Law, Third edition. He sits on the Publishers Association Rights Group, and has been closely involved with the Publishers Association in the establishment and negotiation of agreements with the BBC for their radio and television use of published extracts.
Note that most of our short courses can also be run as in-company events.
- Dates: 01 May 2012, 27 September 2012
- Duration: A one-day course
- Price: £385+VAT
- A number of discounts are available
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