BRIGHT WHITE LITERARY AGENCY

This is rundown of the Bright White Literary Agency's client services. As well as advise and negotiate, we aim to advocate and enable (but not embiggen).

• Place work with an appropriate publisher, carefully assessing financial terms and marketing commitment.

• Negotiate advances.

• Negotiate royalty rates with particular attention to areas such as high discount royalty rates and ebook rates.

• Advise on career paths, suggesting new directions where appropriate.

• Keep in touch with commercial trends in print and electronic media.

• Exploit rights in all media including film, television, stage, multi-media and electronic.

• Sell translation rights.

• Sell rights in America.

• Collect monies due.

Our basic commission rate is 15% on advances and royalties in the home market and 20% for translation, US sales and film and television.