We sell foreign rights on more than 25 per cent of our list. We also have distribution of our books in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Micronesia, Indonesia, Philippines, China, Japan, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Hong Kong, Brunei, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Latin America, Caribbean, Taiwan and Canada. All books shipped same day or within 48 hours from order received. Publicity With seven full-time media pros with more than 35 years of experience, the publicity department represents 15 percent of the Sourcebooks staff. Each publicist has a minimum weekly booking goal of 25 interviews, with emphasis on placements in the top 25 markets.
Every book promoted by a publicist is read before any media contacts are initiated.
A thorough and professional message training session is conducted to prepare each author before broadcast interviews are booked. In a typical six-month period, Sourcebooks' frontlist authors will be seen or heard on 1,435 hours of broadcast interviews. In a typical six-month period, Sourcebooks' backlist authors will be interviewed on 3,103 media outlets. In a typical six-month period, every Sourcebooks publicist will book an interview in each of the 50 states and on more than 20 network or cable television stations. Marketing Even before a book is taken on, the sales manager, the publisher and the editor decide the various ways that it should be pitched.