Gryphon Publishing Consulting, LLC

You're ready to license rights to your titles. But how do licensing activities fit into your publishing timeline? As your spring and summer titles release to consumers, licensing professionals like us continue to push for additional placements for your list. But it's also time for us to start tending to your 2021 releases. Yes, 2021. Although it might *feel* premature to be thinking about licensing opportunities for books that are publishing post-holiday rush and up to almost

Fall is officially here, we will soon see the first leaves begin to turn, and publishers' thoughts turn to the big holiday season push. But here at GPC, we're thinking about 2020 already! Why? Our licensees are looking to fill their new seasons, and those seasons are spring and fall 2020. Although it might *feel* premature to be thinking about licensing opportunities for books that are publishing post-holiday rush and up to almost a year from now, your potential licensees are

Today marks World Intellectual Property Day 2019. Sponsored by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), this annual event revolves around a certain theme for study around a certain issue in intellectual property. This year's theme is "Reach for the Gold: IP and Sports," and there are a TON of great articles on the WIPO site about photography rights, IP and the Olympic Games, patents for sports equipment, and more. If you've never really had an interest in learning

It was a VERY full spring here at GPC, with a lot of exciting new client work, some travel, and lots of meetings. In April, we attended our second Independent Book Publishers Association Conference, this time in Austin, TX. While there, we presented a seminar on international rights & licensing to an overflowing crowd! We had lots of good questions and conversations there, and we're already looking forward to next year's conference! Early spring and into May saw one of our mo

Indeed while it is Gryphon Publishing Consulting's mission to help publishers grow their reach through licensing as well as license third party materials the right way (i.e., inbound and outbound permissions and rights), it still is surprising to meet publishers or authors who aren't aware of the potential of this ancillary marketplace for their content. MJ was recently interviewed by the IBPA's Independent magazine on the viability of licensing for publishers. While the over

I was recently asked to contribute a guest post to Artsy Shark and provide some ideas on how artists can work more effectively with publishers. Essentially, what issues should artists think of when they are presented with a publication contract? You can read the result here. #art #artists #knowyourrights #content #publishing #licensing #contracts