Understanding and Negotiating Book Publication Contracts

Understanding and Negotiating Book Publication Contracts / prepared for Author's Alliance by Brianna L. Schofield [and 6 others].

Authors are sometimes so grateful to receive a publication offer that they may be tempted to sign the first version of a publication contract that they receive, especially if negotiating seems complicated, intimidating, or risky. But there is a lot at stake for authors in a book deal, and it is well...

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VerfasserIn:
Schofield, Brianna,
HerausgeberIn:
Bridge, Katherine
Graefin vom Hagen, Karen
Sonstige:
Kuksenkova, Anna
Walker, Robert Kirk
TeilnehmendeR:
Schofield, Brianna L.
:
Walker, Robert Kirk
Schofield, Brianna L.
Author's Alliance,
Place / Publishing House:Baltimore, Maryland : : Project Muse,, 2019
©2019
Year of Publication:2018
2019
Language:English
Series:Authors Alliance ; no. 4.
Physical Description:1 online resource (280 pages.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. About this guide
  • Contract basics
  • Negotiation fundamentals. The grant of rights
  • What rights?
  • The grant of rights clause
  • Subsidiary rights. Your obligations
  • Your book
  • Future works. Getting your book to market
  • The finishing touches
  • Copyright registration
  • Advertising and promotion. Follow the money
  • Advances
  • Royalties
  • accounting. Parting ways
  • Assignment provisions
  • Termination
  • Conclusion.

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