Rights Direction

ALPSP – Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
Associazione Italiana Editori (AIE/EDISER – Italian publishers association)
Attwooll Associates Ltd licensing agency – www.attwoollassociates.com
Bertoli Mitchell
John Blake Publishing
Boydell & Brewer
Fire Protection Association
IT Governance
JigsawBox Ltd
The London Book Fair
Oxford Journals, Oxford University Press
Practical Action Publishing
Publishing Training Centre at Book House
UNESCO Publishing

Clients of Clare Painter’s self-employed business up to 2009 included:

Academic Books Division, Oxford University Press
Andromeda Oxford
Attwooll Associates
Education Division, Oxford University Press
Egmont UK
Hersilia Press
Oxford International Centre of Publishing Studies (Oxford Brookes University)
Oxford Journals, Oxford University Press
Publishing Training Centre at Book House
Red Zebra Books, Cambridge

“Clare Painter is a brilliant rights and licensing professional, with a rare talent for combining strategic vision, market savvy, and a forensic eye for contractual detail. She has a particular expertise in digital rights, but can cover a range of more ‘conventional’ print rights and consultancy, as well as training seminars, etc. Clare and I have worked together for over 17 years, both at Helicon and now at Attwooll Associates’ digital licensing agency, where she plays an indispensable role.”

David Attwooll, Attwooll Associates

“As part of an extensive digital rights audit, Clare set out practical steps which we can use to accelerate our digital rights clearance with authors and other contributors. She identified some of the most favourable ways for us to distribute our ebooks and digital publications, and explained how commercial business models currently function. She provided some concrete suggestions about the balance between our purpose as an IGO, and producing commercial digital publications.”
Top Qualities: Great Results, Personable, Good Value

Ian Denison, UNESCO Publishing

“We have had a long-term working relationship with Clare Painter who fulfils the role of permissions consultant for OUP. Clare provides a reliable and professional service which is extremely important as OUP puts a strong emphasis on ‘customer services’ with our academic editors and scholarly partners. Communications need to be fast and informative and Clare ensures that advice on the complex world of third-party permissions is delivered clearly and effectively thus making the publishing process more efficient and helps foster good relations with our editors and authors. Clare manages a wide portfolio of contacts across a range of subjects and oversees the process of supplying appropriate documentation and tracking materials to keep the service running smoothly. This is an essential and appreciated service for OUP and our external contacts”.

Clare Morton, Senior Publisher, Humanities Journals, Oxford University Press

“At a time when digital rights are fast changing and the issues difficult to anticipate Clare provided valuable insight into a complex
contract we had with an electronic publishing partner and enabled us to understand aspects of what we were agreeing to and negotiate terms to suit our requirements. She also offered essential advise on the package we should be offering to authors: in particular the re-wording of our author contracts to cover the digital age, ensuring that we understood what we were, and what we should be, asking our authors for and that this was worded in a way which all parties would understand.”
Top qualities: Personable, On Time, High Integrity

Rachel Reeder, Boydell & Brewer