{"id":3767,"date":"2021-09-23T15:01:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T15:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=3767"},"modified":"2021-09-23T15:01:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T15:01:11","slug":"what-is-licensing-and-how-do-publishers-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/what-is-licensing-and-how-do-publishers-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What is licensing and how do publishers do it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ysokD-UeK6A\">Today<\/a> on the People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing podcast, Joe and Elly tackle the topic of licensing. This is <em>the<\/em> key business concept for any publisher to understand and consider. Licensing is sort of the engine fuel that makes the industry and your piece of it work; publishers license work from authors to put out as books and then sometimes go on to license different editions and formats. Here it is broken down in a way that will help you see your part in that ecosystem a little more clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is Licensing? 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This is <em>the<\/em> key business concept for any publisher to understand and consider. Licensing is sort of the engine fuel that makes the industry and your piece of it work; publishers license work from authors to put out as books and then sometimes go on to license different editions and formats. 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