I blogged this post for the iCommons blog, happy to find an established author experimenting with new ways of promoting film rights, creating opportunities for smaller, independent film-makers. Perhaps we could experiment with something similar to generate more films from the work of South African writers.

Here is the first paragraph of the iCommons blog:

I scan the Open Access and Creative Commons blogs regularly for new developments, but it is gratifying when news of a new venture in commons thinking comes not from the open community, but from industry sources. I was interested, therefore, to see this piece from the Publishers Lunch Newsletter, a lively daily commentary on the publishing industry written by publisher Michael Cader. By the way, Publisher’s Lunch is itself a very successful example of a mixed business model – it provides a free daily online newsletter and a longer and more detailed version in return for a very low subscription ($15 a month).
Subscribers get access to a directory of literary agents, a rights trading market, and a database of book reviews. The site carries
advertising, but I will give it a free advertisement – for anyone who wants the low-down on what goes on in this very secretive industry, from a lively voice, this is the place to go.

Read the rest here.