Hello, everyone. I see no other Experts have chimed in on this one, and I think I know why. Unlike
its sister question, this one has two problematic answers in (C) and (D). Although it is not necessarily true that (D) will lead to more book sales, the transaction outlined in (C) is static and would
not allow the publisher
to capitalize on the anticipated success of the film. That is, a $200,000 sale for
production rights could just as easily be $1 or any other arbitrary number, even $0, and although the publisher would be materially advantaged from such a transaction if money had been exchanged, there is no way to tie
the anticipated success of the film to more sales of the rereleased book. Perhaps the studio would never produce the film. (This happens all the time in Hollywood with purchased scripts.) The publisher would still, in the original scenario, be able to pocket the $200,000 and release another edition of the novel, but the point is that the success of that novel would not then depend at all on the success of the film. For me to get behind (C), the question would have to be rephrased, as in,
EACH of the following, if true, supports the soundness of the publisher's plan to capitalize on the film project EXCEPT.
Selling
production rights to the studio would then qualify as capitalizing on the film, even if that film were never produced. I am with the nay-sayers on this one.
- Andrew
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