Your Rights Program, Without the Overhead.
DropCap gives independent publishers a fully managed international rights presence. Your catalog listed, pitched to 2,700+ rights buyers, and represented at the world’s major book fairs by agents who already know the market.
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Built for publishers
who are serious about foreign rights.
DropCap serves independent publishers who curate select, high-quality lists and want to expand their foreign rights revenue without hiring internally. If you retain global rights, and you’re not actively working on them, that’s the opportunity cost DropCap addresses.
Ideal DropCap Publisher Profile
- You curate a select, high-quality list rather than high-volume output
- You have a rights-conscious acquisition strategy and retain global rights on your titles
- You invest in sales, marketing, and professional positioning for your authors
- You’re actively looking to expand foreign rights revenue without building an internal rights department.
- You’re open to exclusive agency representation for high-potential titles
Typical Publisher Segments
- Boutique and midsize indie presses
- Hybrid publishers with strong editorial standards
- Publisher-owned backlists with untapped international potential
Straightforward to set up. Designed to run with minimal lift from your team.
Choose your membership tier
Select the tier that matches your catalog size. Pro Member (up to 6 books), Portfolio Member (up to 12 books), or contact us for larger catalogs.
Agent Evaluation and onboarding
Your membership includes an Agent Evaluation of one key title, plus catalog-level feedback. We’ll help you with onboarding to make sure your full list is positioned correctly.
Strategy call
Every membership includes a 30-minute Rights-Positioning Strategy Call. For publishers, this is where we align on catalog positioning, target territories, and how to prioritize your list for the best results.
Your catalog goes live
Your titles are listed, discoverable, and actively pitched to relevant buyers. Your team has access to a real-time dashboard showing buyer engagement across your full catalog.
We handle the rights activity
Our platform proactively matches your books with our network of 2,700+ rights buyers. When we receive a rights inquiry, you’ll have the option to handle it directly or work with our agents.
Here's How It Works
Use our simple form to add your book. All you need is an ISBN. We'll walk you through what buyers need to know.
Sound exciting? Start listing!
Upload Your Catalog
List multiple titles. Metadata fields are designed around the needs of rights buyers.
We Match & Market
Listings are discoverable via search and buyer dashboards. Our team promotes high-potential titles through outreach and curated catalogs.
License With Flexibility
Negotiate directly or ask DropCap to manage select deals. Keep control of your process and scale where it matters.
What Our Customers Are Saying
“DropCap has really taken our publishing company to the next level. Not only do they fill a gaping hole in the indie author marketplace, but they’re so friendly, organized, and perceptive.”
Considering they have no actual competition for their innovative international rights service, DropCap could opt to be over-priced divas, but just the opposite is the case. We have gotten so much bang for our book bucks!
Lily Cole
CEO & Founder Beaver’s Pond Press“We’ve now done hundreds of thousands of dollars in rights and I’ve found them to be a fantastic partner in every way.”
“My recommendation is that you work with them as they will make your books more discoverable, the number one challenge we all have.”
Christopher Robbins
CEO & FOUNDER OF FAMILIUS PUBLISHING“As a book publisher, we love working with partners who can help us provide better services and sales for our authors.”
“DropCap does just that with superb international rights and audio representation for our work. After several successful deals they have secured on our behalf, I highly recommend them to other publishers—if you should be so lucky to be taken on board their agency.”
John Köehler
CEO KOEHLER BOOKS“As a newly self-published author, I had absolutely no idea who to trust or where to start to get my book published internationally.”
“They demystified the world of foreign rights and made the process unbelievably simple for me as an author.”
Joseph Nguyen
DROPCAP AUTHOR WITH 27 LANGUAGES SOLDWhy DropCap
The rights relationships that used to require a major publisher. Now available to independent publishers.
Most independent publishers have foreign rights opportunities they’re not capturing. Not because the books aren’t good enough, but because building the buyer relationships takes years and the book fair circuit is expensive to maintain. DropCap gives your catalog access to the infrastructure that major publishers take for granted.
Agent Expertise, Built In
DropCap’s agents have the buyer relationships, genre knowledge, and book fair presence to pitch your catalog the way it deserves to be pitched. You don’t hire them. You don’t manage them. They work on your behalf from day one of your membership.
2,700 Rights Buyers
Your titles are listed in a marketplace actively used by 2,700+ rights buyers and publishers worldwide that we have built relationships with. RightsRank continuously surfaces your catalog to the most relevant buyers based on genre, territory, and acquisition activity.
Book Fair Representation
Every DropCap membership includes promotion of your titles at one of the world’s major international book fairs. Our agents represent your catalog in the room with buyers they know personally and relationships they’ve built over years.
Catalog-Level Membership
DropCap membership scales with your catalog. List a lead title, your full active list, or everything in between. Our Pro Member and Catalog Member tiers are designed for publishers managing multiple rights-ready titles simultaneously.
Agent-Negotiated Deals
When a rights buyer expresses interest in one of your titles, DropCap’s agents can manage the deal from inquiry through contract covering terms, advance, royalties, and territory. You stay informed at every step.
Consideration for Exclusive Representation
Publishers with high-potential titles in the marketplace may be invited for exclusive in-house representation through DropCap Rights Agency. Where our agents actively manage your rights portfolio and advocate for your catalog in international markets.
Frequently Asked Questions
A traditional rights agent works exclusively with a small number of clients. DropCap membership gives your catalog active agent advocacy, buyer network access, and book fair representation for a flat annual fee with no exclusivity requirement and no commission on deals you negotiate directly.
That’s up to you and your authors. If you hold the rights, you control the membership. If your authors are co-rights holders, you’ll want to align with them before listing. Our agents are happy to discuss the right approach for your specific contracts.
Yes. Pro Member and Catalog Member tiers are designed for publishers managing multiple authors and titles. Each title gets its own listing and is pitched individually to relevant buyers.
DropCap Rights Agency is our in-house representation arm for publishers and authors with high-potential catalogs. Publishers whose titles generate strong buyer interest through the marketplace may be invited for exclusive representation meaning our agents actively manage their international rights portfolio on an ongoing basis. Invitation is at agents’ discretion.