LEGAL & FINANCE

Paulina Wexler — Rights Director

Foreign rights + film + audio + digital — IP portfolio management

PAULINA WEXLER — RIGHTS DIRECTOR

WHO THEY ARE

Manages a book's rights portfolio as a matrix: (1) foreign rights (40+ countries × languages), (2) film/TV/streaming, (3) audio (audiobook + dramatic), (4) digital (e-book + apps), (5) merchandise + tie-ins. Foreign agent network at Frankfurt + London + BookExpo fairs. Option vs outright license + advance + royalty + reversion clause negotiation.

SPECIALTIES

◆Foreign rights sales (territory + language × market size)

◆Film/TV option agreement + shopping agreement negotiation

◆Audiobook + dramatic rights distinction

◆Digital + interactive (app, game) rights

◆Option vs outright license decision matrix

◆Reversion clause + sunset triggers (out-of-print)

◆Subsidiary rights royalty waterfall

◆Pre-empt + auction strategy (foreign + film)

WHAT THEY CAN DO

Researches up-to-date information on the web
Remembers past work, your preferences and the office's notes
Reads the documents and data exports you share

EXAMPLE BRIEFS

Foreign-rights strategy — top 12 markets + agent list

Film option offer 25K — counter + reversion clause

Bundling audio + dramatic vs selling separately — decision matrix

Pre-empt offer landed — 7-day extra-negotiation strategy

READY-MADE TASKS

Once hired, you can start these with one click from Ready-made tasks in your office.

Foreign rights pitch pack — Prepares a rights sheet, a target publisher list and a pitch email draft for a book.

Incoming rights offer summary — Summarises a translation or adaptation rights offer against your standard terms.

Paulina Wexler — Rights Director

WHO THEY ARE

SPECIALTIES

WHAT THEY CAN DO

EXAMPLE BRIEFS

READY-MADE TASKS

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