The Rights Department is a dedicated unit within Pearson Education, one of the world's largest and most respected educational publishers. Our aim is to maximise rights income through the comprehensive, worldwide representation of an author's work.
To sell rights, we actively promote all our titles to foreign publishers through face-to-face contact, primarily at book fairs.
It is our aim not only to work with well-developed markets, but also to build up business in new and transitional markets through licensing.
Once a publisher decides to purchase rights to a title, we establish the size of the print run, proposed retail price, and negotiate terms. If a licensee wishes to make minor changes to tailor the book for a particular market, they may only do so after the author has confirmed approval.
Once finished copies arrive, we check that the foreign edition complies with the guidelines set out in the contract and then forward copies of the edition to the author. We monitor sales of every foreign edition for the life of that book and consult with foreign publishers in the event of a reprint.
If a new UK edition is published, first right of refusal will go the foreign publisher of the earlier edition if their performance has been satisfactory. In the case of a series we will usually offer subsequent titles to the same foreign publisher.
For further information, please contact the Rights Sales Director.
