We Make Foreign Rights Licensing Simple
Savvy authors are taking control of their subsidiary rights through global licensing. Extend your book’s reach beyond domestic sales and learn the ins and outs of rights licensing when you get started with Dropcap Marketplace.
List Your Book Now
STEP ONE
List your book on the Marketplace
STEP TWO
We match your book with rights buyers
STEP THREE
We handle incoming rights inquiries
Step One: List your book on the Marketplace
List your book on the Marketplace - The information about your book that is most important to agents and editors is different from what readers are looking for. We guide you through creating an expert listing that highlights the information most relevant to potential licensees.
Step Two: We match your book with rights buyers
Using our award-winning technology, Sherlock, we identify relevant buyers based on their licensing criteria. When there is a match, we send a pitch inviting the rights buyer to take a closer look at your book.
Step Three: We handle incoming rights inquiries
When a rights buyer inquires about your book, the first thing we do is vet them, if they are not already part of our approved network. You then have the choice to have our in-house agents work on your behalf to secure an offer or for us to connect the potential licensee with your agent or publisher.
A Team You Can Trust
The team that makes up DropCap Marketplace is a unique mix of dedicated literary agents, software engineers, and book publishing experts with decades of experience in the industry. Our flagship company, DropCap Rights Agency, works to secure foreign rights licenses for books in more than 120 countries and 180 languages.
8,740
Licenses
180
Languages
2,783
Rights Buyers
Testimonials
“The DropCap team have licensed several of my series books into different territories.
I’m pleased to have them working on my behalf while I am busy writing more books!”
—Joanna (J.F.) Penn, bestselling author and host of The Creative Penn podcast
“No one has the same book discoverability system that you have—your
platform is very convenient for us as rights buyers in India!”
—Rashmi Menon, Managing Editor of Manjul Publishing House
Hang on, what does rights licensing even mean? Help!
If you’re asking yourself what rights licensing is and whether it applies to your book, not to worry! We’ve created a deep dive guide to walk you through what foreign rights are, how licensing works and whether DropCap Marketplace is right for your book.
Here's what you'll get when you sign up for DropCap Marketplace:
- Your book appears in search results - Our 2,700+ vetted rights buying partners use the Marketplace to search for and find books that they may want to license, from niche topics to trending genres.
- We give you the tools for success - Our twelve-part educational journey ensures you get the information you need to best position your book for the international market. At the end of the course, you’ll be a subsidiary rights pro!
- Your own page on our award-winning platform where international buyers can discover your book and purchase rights for their region. Our exclusive publishing rights management software helps our agents efficiently and effectively license foreign rights for a wider range of titles and languages, and helps authors and publishers get the most out of their front and backlists.
- Insights into what book buyers around the world are actively seeking and the latest global publishing trends. Because of our relationships with publishers around the world and our innovative software, we have insider knowledge of exactly what books are trending around the world and share it with our members so you can stay ahead of the curve.