Serialization Rights for Traditional and Self-Published Authors
Serialized books continue to be a hot topic in the publishing world, whether via an app, author newsletter, blog post, online magazine or newspaper, or a hard copy periodical. If you are unfamiliar with serialization rights, book serialization is the publication of one or more excerpts from a book or the full publication of a …
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