You guys are the experts in this field, so I'd thought I'd ask here. How difficult is it to do a novelization for a franchise? This is a comic book series, with a recent movie. Let's say I have a couple of outlines for books dealing with the characters and universe of this franchise--who would be my inquirery/contact person? And how does something like this work? Provided of course, I get the go ahead, does something like this pay a flat fee, or is some other kind of arrangement? And, yes, I have an agent.
Might as well come out and name them: The Transformers. I do believe Hasbro owns the rights and patents. Would it be a company exec of Hasbro that I should query? And what department?
I know this is a long, long shot, because such work, if it's in the making, or soon to be, is usually done within the industry or in-house. Just what kind of odds am I bucking here? In fact, is there a Transformers novel already out there?
Thanks for your response and advice.
Tri
Might as well come out and name them: The Transformers. I do believe Hasbro owns the rights and patents. Would it be a company exec of Hasbro that I should query? And what department?
I know this is a long, long shot, because such work, if it's in the making, or soon to be, is usually done within the industry or in-house. Just what kind of odds am I bucking here? In fact, is there a Transformers novel already out there?
Thanks for your response and advice.
Tri
Honestly, the man just writers novelizations like the rest of us breathe.