A Professional Rights Program for Independent Authors and Publishers
DropCap gives you the agent relationships, buyer network, and book fair presence that international rights licensing requires.
The Membership
A DropCap membership is not just a listing service. It’s active agent advocacy for your book’s international rights with access to a curated buyer network, built-in book fair presence, and a direct path to full representation for books that generate traction. Select authors and publishers are invited into exclusive in-house agency representation, while all members receive expert agent support when licensing offers are made.
Membership includes:
Every membership included promotions for your book at one of the world’s major international book fairs. Our agents are meeting with buyers acquiring titles. They know the buyers and what they’re looking for. They start the right conversations.
Your listing reaches a curated network of 2,700+ international publishers through our RightsRank discoverability algorithm. Publishers can find you in their dashboard, search, or from agent outreach. All titles receive at least one direct pitch to relevant international publishers via email.
When a buyer expresses interest, you are invited into exclusive representation with our agency team. Our team has over 30 years of experience negotiating the best terms, advances, and royalties.
Every membership includes a 30-minute Rights-Positioning Strategy Call with our team. We will discuss your evaluation, align on positioning, target markets, additional marketing opportunities that make sense for you and your book, and chart the best path forward.
Track who is looking at your book, which markets are showing interest, and how your listing is performing. All in real time.
Books that generate strong buyer interest may be invited for exclusive in-house representation through DropCap Rights Agency. Representation can be offered at any time, based on our agents’ assessment of your book’s potential. There’s no application. There’s no formula. There’s judgement from people who have successfully negotiated thousands of deals for over three decades.
Explore Membership →For Indie Publishers
Independent publishers use DropCap to expand their foreign rights revenue without building an internal rights department. Your catalog gets listed, pitched to our network of 2,700+ international publishers, represented at major book fairs, and put in front of the agents that have established relationships. Membership scales with your catalog from lead title to your full list.
Learn more about publisher membershipFor International Publishers
Every title in the DropCap marketplace has been reviewed by our agents for international acquisition potential. Browse by genre, territory, and format, or work with our team directly to find titles that match your acquisition priorities.
Browse the marketplaceAt a Glance
Opportunities And Paid Marketing Add-Ons
Licensing Simplified
When a buyer expresses interest, you're in control. Our DropCap agents can step in and manage the deal from inquiry through contract leveraging their decades of experience to get the best deal. Deals cover advance, royalties, territory, and term. You can opt to negotiate yourself as well.
See Membership Options (membership/pricing)
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For Authors
- Negotiate directly or let DropCap’s team manage the deal.
- Gain licensing support without exclusivity.
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For Publishers
- Maintain your internal process or leverage our team when bandwidth is tight.
- Scale your rights program using our tools and expertise.
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For Agents
- Use the platform as a tool to supplement traditional outreach.
- Let DropCap handle deals in markets where you lack direct access.