Hello everyone,
With the closure of TOKYOPOP I would like to get the rights back to Dark Moon Diary volume 1 and 2 but I may need help. I have contacted Mike Kiley one of the TP executives and he's going to get back to me in the next few weeks.
But when I received his e-mail he brought a good point. Do I have another publisher interested in acquiring the rights or would it be something I'd be doing myself. I replied it's something I'd like to do myself because there is no other publisher interested in the book.
But then I realized that I may not be able to afford to acquire the rights to my book.
So, me question is, is there anyone out there who can help me? I can't afford a lawyer unless they'd do it pro bono and I don't have an agent or an advocate of any kind.
I don't yet know TP's terms either. With luck they won't charge much (free would be ideal).
And does anyone know what it costs? I'm sure it varies from publisher to publisher.
It may not even be possible. TP has been loathe to part with the rights to anything in the past and even the collapse of the company may not change that.
Sorry for the rambling post. I don't know what I'm doing and this was probably premature anyway.
With the closure of TOKYOPOP I would like to get the rights back to Dark Moon Diary volume 1 and 2 but I may need help. I have contacted Mike Kiley one of the TP executives and he's going to get back to me in the next few weeks.
But when I received his e-mail he brought a good point. Do I have another publisher interested in acquiring the rights or would it be something I'd be doing myself. I replied it's something I'd like to do myself because there is no other publisher interested in the book.
But then I realized that I may not be able to afford to acquire the rights to my book.
So, me question is, is there anyone out there who can help me? I can't afford a lawyer unless they'd do it pro bono and I don't have an agent or an advocate of any kind.
I don't yet know TP's terms either. With luck they won't charge much (free would be ideal).
And does anyone know what it costs? I'm sure it varies from publisher to publisher.
It may not even be possible. TP has been loathe to part with the rights to anything in the past and even the collapse of the company may not change that.
Sorry for the rambling post. I don't know what I'm doing and this was probably premature anyway.
