Oh we do, we are a licensing agent for them, it goes without saying that is a given in the business I figured everyone knew that.
"In addition, we act as licensing agent for Penguin Young Readers" we are there to increase their sales and as with any agreement to act as a licensing agent you get a piece of it all once you start your licensing deal, haven't any of you any experience or know anyone that has?
I have a buddy "Roy Roy the water boy" owns water treatment business in Winchester Virginia his sister is married to Dan Akroyd I picked his brain many times before buying into this game, Dans not Roys. Dan knows all about it not just from acting but he was one of the principals for Planet Hollywood.
The cartoon takes a book series and increases not only new book sales but old titles, that is a given in the licensing game. No cartoon series would not be 1/10 as popular as it is today. And the books what a dozen now based on individual episodes, yes we do, and that is why I was wondering if we get a different rate for that? As the episode is GNUS property.
Licensing/royalty game with deals like this everyone gets a piece, you are increasing the sales of their old book series, that makes their older titles sell more.
Without the cartoon series and it's popularity they wouldn't have had the number one selling book in the country last week for kids.
Yes my friend you are mistaken there, but, I don't think the royalty is as substantial as the books since the airing and definitely not the ones based on cartoons episodes. Penguin cannot just take that carte-blanche in Hollywood everyone wants their slice.
Now Scholastic that is entirely different and a different deal and Penguin gets a piece of those two wipe off activity books.
Yeah its a spiders web of arms/hands in there and each deal is totally separate, that is why I was saying we will, never know the exact %'s for each deal as that is not something that is put out their that is, there is a word for it I am exhausted but you get my meaning.
But yes my friend we get $$ for taking a series that had sputtered out after the author passed away and revamping it, yes we do.
Just not the same for the older titles as the newer ones I would imagine and not as much for the books based on individual episodes.
That is how the game is played. Alright I got to lay down.
Have a good evening all.
