Know Your Rights with Gryphon Publishing Consulting

Welcome, publishers, photographers, authors, museums & creators! Gryphon Publishing Consulting is an independent, woman-owned and operated rights & licensing consulting firm based in the US, serving globally. We specialize and offer our expertise in book permissions & clearance, subsidiary rights, licensing, and copyright education.

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Permissions Consulting & Content Rights, Simplified.

Gryphon Publishing Consulting, LLC is an independent subsidiary rights, permissions, and licensing company that specializes in helping publishers, museums, photographers, and authors protect their brand through smart rights management and permissions, as well as gain brand visibility and ancillary income with targeted outbound licensing and subsidiary rights.


Serializations, audio, book clubs, special sales, foreign licensing, and more are within your reach with Gryphon Publishing Consulting on your side. We focus in content representation to cultivate new deals and partnerships for our clients, resulting in increased revenue and reach.


Gryphon Publishing Consulting also offers inbound rights management services including contract negotiations, permissions clearance for text, photos, art, fair use evaluations, rights policy (copyright policy) development, copyright education, and more.


Gryphon Publishing Consulting is your one-stop shop for all of your permissions and licensing needs. 

Our Professional Affiliations

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Independent Book Publishers Association

Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators

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Copyright Alliance

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Book Industry Study Group

Proud Member

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Master the World of Permissions & Rights, At Your Pace.

Gryphon Publishing Consulting is excited to announce our first forthcoming at-your-pace educational course! We will start with some copyright basics, and then add more courses to take a deep dive into book rights, permissions, and need-to-know details for publishing content. Not only does the course allow for you to learn at your pace, but you also have direct access to our founder and principal consultant, Mary Jo Slazak Courchesne's extensive knowledge of the industry. With over 25 years of experience in trade, academic, and direct-response publishing, you will leave this course confident in your content's trajectory into the world of publishing and how to maximize your content's profitability by navigating publishing thoughtfully.

Publishing and Rights Expertise you can Trust.

Testimonial: “MJ has been a key collaborator and instructor in the GW MPS in Publishing program for more than a decade, co-teaching or serving as instructional assistant for our Copyright Law in Publishing course. This course is always a favorite of students; alumni frequently mention that the course has an impact throughout their career. MJ has provided valuable input and advise about the strategic direction of the program, our comprehensive curriculum, and our focus on career management” - John Warren, Director, Graduate Program in Publishing, The George Washington University.

Check out the latest news in publishing rights on the Know Your Rights Blog

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Copyright and Happy Birthday

By Mary Jo Courchesne • 12 Apr, 2024
It wasn't too long ago (2016 as a matter of fact) that you could not sing the song "Happy Birthday" in public, in a movie, or on television without paying a licensing fee to the Warner Chappell Music company. Although the song is sung to another melody long in the public domain ("Good Morning To You"), the origins of the song that we know here in the US is somewhat muddled.
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Welcome Back to the Know Your Rights Blog!

By Mary Jo Courchesne • 27 Mar, 2024
Welcome to the refreshed Know Your Rights blog, and the all-new Gryphon Publishing Consulting website! 2024 marks the 10th Anniversary of Gryphon Publishing Consulting, LLC, so with that milestone, we’re all about celebrating the independent publishing community and creators like you who have trusted our services for the last decade!
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The (Virtual) World of Rights Keeps Spinning

By Mary Jo Courchesne • 12 Jun, 2021
Many publishing professionals like myself would prefer to be meeting our global colleagues in person, but until such time that the world will allow such gatherings, these virtual shows have offered a way to keep in touch as well as to make new connections that we might not otherwise have made.
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