Cindy Riggins, president of Riggins International Rights Services, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of her company this month.

After serving 10 years as international rights director for Thomas Nelson, she opened Riggins International in July 2003 to help other publishers manage their rights program.

"Our clients are comprised of both small ministry publishers as well as large publishing houses," Riggins said. "While the economy and industry changes have impacted our client list through the past decade, we are proud that we still service some of our first clients.

"Abingdon Press and AMG [Publishers] hired us in 2004, then Upper Room and Warner Press in 2005," she added. "We are in our seventh year of service for B&H Publishing Group, New Growth Press, New Hope Publishers and No Greater Joy Ministries. The last few years we have added Faith Alive, Rose Publishing, Thoene Books and Worthy Publishing."

In addition to U.S. clients, Riggins recently began representing international publishers on a title-by-title basis.

"This is a growing area of our company, which we plan to expand in 2014," she said. "In addition to marketing titles for license, our experienced staff negotiates and issues licenses, then manages the full contract and royalty process. Each staff member has between five and 30 years Christian publishing experience. Also, we are the only rights service that utilizes a licensed paralegal for our contract management. We are a full-service organization, not just an agent."

Riggins has been very active with the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) as one of the founders of the International Rights Management Association, serving on its steering committee for several years. She was also co-author of the original ECPA International Rights Guide.

A previous board member for the Global Publishers Alliance, ECPA's sister organization that supports publishing initiatives in developing countries, Riggins serves as rights manager for Asia, the Middle East and Scandinavia.

For more information, visit www.rigginsrights.com.

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