Representation for Books That Are Ready for the World.
Dropcap Rights Agency
Our agency represents compelling, carefully curated, and exclusive titles.
DropCap Rights Agency offers exclusive in-house representation for authors and publishers whose books have demonstrated the potential to succeed in international markets. Representation is by invitation only extended at our agents’ discretion, based on their assessment of your book’s potential and market fit.
How the Invitation Happens
THERE IS NO APPLICATION. THERE IS NO FORMULA.
DropCap’s agents are always evaluating books in the marketplace. When a book generates strong buyer interest through inquiries, fair engagement, sample requests, or simply because an agent recognizes exceptional potential, they may reach out directly to discuss representation.
WHAT AGENTS LOOK FOR
Representation invitations are based on our agents’ professional judgment, informed by decades of experience in international rights. Some of the signals that matter:
- Consistent buyer interest across multiple markets or territories
- Strong Rights Readiness Score combined with commercial traction
- Genre and positioning that aligns with current international acquisition activity
- An author or publisher who is actively investing in their book’s visibility and longevity
- A book that our agents genuinely believe in which matters more than any metric
TIMING
Representation can be offered at any point. Early in a membership if an agent sees immediate potential, or after sustained traction builds over time. There is no minimum listing period or performance threshold. There is judgment, applied by people who know the market.
Some of our partners from around the world:
We are always on the lookout for exceptional English language books to represent in the global marketplace.
You Receive an Invitation
The Invitation Moment
One of our team will reach out directly. There are no applications. No deadlines. Just a conversation about your book and whether full representation is the right next step. We’ll explain what representation includes for your specific title, answer your questions, and let you decide.
What It Includes
- Exclusivity — we handle all aspects of the licensing process end-to-end on your behalf.
- Hand-pitching of your book during face-to-face meetings with key partners
- Inclusion in curated marketing materials designed by our in-house team
- Priority promotion to our strategic network of global co-agents for deeper market penetration
- Ongoing royalty management for the life of all licensing contracts
Our Agents
The agents behind every deal.
ALLISON OLSON — CSO & CO-FOUNDER
With 30+ years in the rights industry, Allison co-founded DropCap in 2018 after running her own independent agency, Letter Soup, and has a track record of building enduring client partnerships and landing international bestsellers. DropCap is one of the first agencies to represent indie authors internationally, and Allison, alongside V.P. of Business Development Monica, personally negotiates every deal for their publisher and author clients.
MONICA — VP OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Following a 10+ year tenure as Rights Director at Hay House, Monica's 30+ year industry experience draws from having worked in Toronto, London, and New York, and brings with her unique new publisher-clients to DropCap from her wide-reaching global network. In addition to her foreign territories, Monica also focuses on primary and film agenting.
Contact UsWhat 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 SOLDFrequently Asked Questions
DropCap has partnerships with traditional publishers, indie presses, and successful self-published authors to help us discover titles for our ever-growing database. Check with your publisher to see if they work with DropCap, and if they don’t, have them contact us.
We also created DropCap Marketplace as a way to scout great titles to represent.
No—an Agent Evaluation is an advisory service, not a guarantee of licensing or representation. The purpose is to give you professional feedback so you can understand how your book may be viewed in international markets and decide if purchasing a subscription to DropCap Marketplace is the right next step for you.
Through our outstanding agenting team, with a combined 30+ years experience in foreign book rights. Additionally, we showcase our titles in several ways, including hand-pitching titles to our international partners and attending international book fairs.
Yes! DropCap is a unique literary agency specializing exclusively in foreign rights contracts with global book buyers.
These contracts can be on top of or in conjunction with any contracts you already have in place with your publisher.
We do! We work with traditional publishers, indie publishers, and self-published authors alike.
If you are a self-published author with a great book you would like to pursue foreign rights for, check out DropCap Marketplace.
Probably not.
Foreign rights, also known as translation rights are a whole different sector of the publishing world, and many small to mid-sized publishers don’t have agents that are experienced in the global market.
That’s what makes DropCap so special.
Anyone who’s worked in publishing or written a book knows how complicated the industry can be.
Everything from production to distribution to marketing requires a wealth of knowledge, and that is just here in the US.
Foreign rights include understanding the global book market, the needs of each region, and the cultural know-how to reach a mutually beneficial contract agreement.
That’s what we specialize in at DropCap, and why we are leading rights literary agency in the world.
We could never promise an author or a publisher that their book will be picked up by our worldwide partners.
What we can promise is that with the team at DropCap you’ll have the best in the business actively marketing, pitching, and showcasing your titles, curating them very specifically to the buyers we know will be the most interested in licensing and publishing your work in their region.