June 2023 marks twenty years since Riggins Rights Management began serving the Christian publishing community.
The company was started by Cindy Riggins in 2003 after ten years as Rights Director at Thomas Nelson. Her goal was to help other companies proactively market their subsidiary rights, link publishers acquiring rights to client copyright holders, then properly manage the full rights process and compliance.
The company first began representing Integrity Publishers, then Abingdon Press and AMG soon followed. Through the years, they have represented over thirty clients, with 24 current clients. They represent a broad Christian theological spectrum from Evangelical to Mainline Protestant, Messianic Jewish, and Catholic…a mosaic of inspirational content within the Christian faith. Several clients (Abingdon, AMG, B&H, New Growth Press, Iron Stream Media, No Greater Joy, Upper Room, and Warner Christian Resources) have remained clients for over fifteen years. Their full client list is available at www.rigginsrights.com.
But what is most important is the results. Clients have expanded their global reach through rights sales, licensing partners around the world have great products in their own language or format, and millions of lives have been reached through the products. In fact, Riggins Rights Management has issued over 8,500 agreements in 75 languages, resulting in 10+ million products distributed and possibly impacting 20+ million lives around the world.
The company has grown to become a global team that provides over 100 years of combined rights experience. Four of the team are US-based and two team members live outside the US; one covers Europe from Ukraine and another covers Africa and Latin America from Brazil. If you would like to evaluate if they can be of service to your company, contact Cindy Riggins at cindy@rigginsrights.com
In addition to industry veteran Carolyn Weidmayer, Paul Hendrickson joined the Riggins Rights Management Board of Directors this month. Paul has worked with Riggins Rights Management as a client and a licensee, so understands their business well. Paul served as the general manager of the Hendrickson Publishing Group (HPG), which included the Rose Publishing imprint, from 2013 to 2023. HPG is noted for original biblical language materials, academic reference titles, and a wide variety of Bible products. Paul also served as director of new business development for Christian Book Distributors, LLC, the largest internet and catalog retailer of exclusively Christian products. Paul has held numerous board positions including serving on the Board of Directors for the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. Prior to the Christian publishing industry, Paul was a managing partner of Creative Information Concepts (CIC), an international management consulting company, for over 25 years.
Riggins Rights Management serves as the rights department for over 20 Christian publishers. They are a “business-to-business” service linking inspirational copyright owners and publishers acquiring rights for publication in different formats or languages, then managing the full licensing and compliance process. They have issued over 8,500 agreements in 75 languages, resulting in 10+ million products distributed and possibly impacting 20+ million lives around the world.
Contact: Cindy Riggins, cindy@rigginsrights.com 931-216-0760
