Following yesterday’s announcement of the resolution of the dispute between Random House and The Wylie Agency over the electronic rights to 13 titles published by Andrew Wylie’s start-up Odyssey Editions (see below for the full text), the publisher has said publicly that the Wylie Agency was not offered preferential terms and the deal is “consistent with agreement we’ve reached with other literary agencies for other backlist e-book rights.” And indeed, sources confirm to us that the royalty rates agreed to between Random House and the Wylie agency are no greater than what the publisher has agreed to for other titles […]
