Up next: the HBO series!
IIRC, in the original book contract we signed over the stage production & movie rights, among others
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michael_nielsen Retweeted Chris Ferrie
Up next: the HBO series!
IIRC, in the original book contract we signed over the stage production & movie rights, among others
https://twitter.com/csferrie/status/1226643990700687361 …
michael_nielsen added,
Er, to be clear: it's a joke. If HBO ever mounts a production of this book, their days are numbered. Though friends tell me that reading it aloud is a good way to put their children to sleep...
I see @patio11 like the original tweet, & think "Hmm, I'm sure he would have done something cleverer than sign over those rights, even if their expected value was ~$0 in any reasonable model". We had no idea what we were doing "negotiating" [sic] that contract!
I haven’t written professionally in that fashion, but speaking strictly in a personal capacity, I’m supportive of authors changing the Schelling point from “Publisher gets everything by default” to either “Author keeps everything but the primary right” or “$/yr for option.”
Like if publisher wants to be in the movie business then let’s make a movie, or if they don’t want to be in the movie business then let’s not, but if publisher wants free optionality on making a cinematic universe because they have Marvel envy that doesn’t seem to be persuasive.
Anecdotally sometimes intervening events made ancillary rights much more valuable than either party expected and allocating all surplus to the publisher by default doesn’t sit well with me, since they already do quite well structurally.
e.g. Amazon made the Kindle and suddenly ebook rights were worth orders of magnitude more than previously. Amazon bought audible and suddenly audiobook rights were a bonanza for savvy non-fiction authors. Brad Pitt read Moneyball and suddenly Michael Lewis’ sideline in books...
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