They typically retain the copyright to their works and sell the rights to publishers in time-limited contracts.

It is negotiating to sell the data, broken down by geography and other categories, to publishers.

In April 2005 the intellectual property and technology rights were sold to various publishers and the studio was closed.

Getty Images' primary business is selling to advertisers and commercial publishers.

Bertelsmann sells to publishers through its printing, technology and distribution divisions.

Even before the auction the book sold to several foreign publishers.

At that point, the novel had been sold to publishers in 15 countries.

He has already sold a second book to North American publishers.

By 2012 it had sold all of its properties to other publishers.

Eventually, they sold these rights to foreign publishers, taking a 20 to 25 percent cut on each sale.