1.   The first two impressions of the report sell out before publication, and there is fierce competition for the paperback rights.

2.   After its paperback rights were resold, it became an international best seller.

3.   Grove quickly scrambled for paperback rights to the two books as well as five other previously untranslated Oe titles.

4.   Movie options, paperback rights, overseas sales are making its unknown author a millionaire.

5.   No one had bothered to sell the paperback rights before the book came out.

6.   Paperback rights have just been sold to Vintage, one of the most respected publishers.

7.   Paperback rights have been sold and a movie is in the works.

8.   The paperback rights to the book never sold.

9.   Thus the publisher can approach an author with an attractive package that includes hardcover and paperback rights for multiple countries.