Is Your Book Ready for International Rights Licensing?
Find out before you commit to a full membership. A DropCap Agent Evaluation gives you a professional, written assessment of your book’s international licensing potential from the agents who built the DropCap Rights Agency.
Get Your Agent Evaluation for $35
DropCap works best for books that are ready to travel.
Before you invest in an Agent Evaluation, here’s a quick self-check. The more of these that apply to your book, the stronger your international licensing potential.
- Your book is professionally produced with complete editing, design, and market-ready presence.
- You retain your international and subsidiary rights.
- Your book has demonstrated commercial traction such as sales history, reviews, awards, or category recognition.
- You’re actively investing in your author platform and marketing.
- You’re motivated by foreign language, audio, film, or adaptation opportunities.
- You have realistic expectations and know that rights licensing takes relationships and time.
If most of these apply, an Agent Evaluation is the right first step. If you’re not sure, get the review and our agents will tell you honestly where you stand.
A professional assessment. Not a form, not an algorithm
Your Agent Evaluation is crafted by an experienced rights agent. Someone who works with international buyers, attends the major book fairs, and deeply understands what makes a title sell in foreign markets. We evaluated based on eight criteria that we see buyers using to assess acquisition potential.
Target Audience:
Is your readership clearly defined and broadly appealing across markets?
Author Platform & Credibility:
Does your professional presence signal ongoing audience-building to buyers?
Alignment with Market Trends:
How well does your book fit current global publishing demand?
Competitive Differentiation:
What makes your book distinct, and can buyers position it in their market?
Endorsements & Social Proof:
What third-party validation supports your book’s commercial appeal?
Interior and Writing Style:
Is your book written and produced to a professional standard?
Cover Appeal:
Does your cover meet international expectations for genre and professionalism
Overall Licensing Potential:
The agents’ synthesized assessment of your realistic rights licensing potential.
You’ll receive a Rights Readiness Score out of 24, a written assessment of each criterion, specific next steps to strengthen your listing, and our agent’s honest recommendation on whether DropCap membership is the right move for your book right now.
Get Your Agent Evaluation for $35
Your evaluation opens the door.
What you do next is up to you.
Your book is ready. Join as a member.
If your review shows strong licensing potential, the next step is a DropCap membership. Your $35 applies toward your first year. You’ll have a listing, book fair presence, and agents actively pitching on your behalf.
Your book needs work. Here’s what to do.
If your review identifies areas to strengthen, your agent will give you specific recommendations. When those are addressed, you’re ready to list. The $35 still applies.
Not the right fit right now.
If your book isn’t the right fit for international licensing at this time, your agent will tell you why and what would need to change. We’d rather give you an honest answer than take your money for a membership that won’t deliver.
Agent Evaluation
$35 / one-time fee (credited toward membership if you move forward)
What's included
- A professional rights agent evaluates your book and provides a written assessment of its international licensing potential complete with an easy-to-understand Rights Readiness Score. Evaluations are completed by the same agents who represent books at the world’s major book fairs.
- Your Agent Evaluation covers: commercial appeal, specific market interest potential, genre positioning relative to current buyer demand, and a Rights Readiness score with specific recommendations.
- Includes a preview of what your membership listing would look like.
- $35 credited toward your first year of membership.
One-time fee
$35
Get an Agent EvaluationOne-time fee (credited toward membership if you move forward)
Frequently Asked Questions
Your review is written by a DropCap rights agent. An industry professional with decades of experience representing books at major international book fairs and working directly with rights buyers worldwide.
A membership tells you what DropCap offers. An Agent Evaluation tells you what DropCap can do for your specific book. The assessment is personalized to your title, your genre, and your current rights position.
Our agents will always explain their reasoning. If you have questions about your review, you can follow up directly. We want you to understand the assessment, not just receive it.
Yes. If you move forward with any DropCap membership for the evaluated title, your $35 Agent Evaluation fee is applied toward your first year.
Agent Evaluations are available for individual titles. If you’re a publisher interested in a portfolio assessment, contact us. We can discuss the right approach for your catalog.