The term «subsidiary rights» refers to
the rights the author grants the publisher to «sub-license» his or her book («the work») for various formats and adaptations in addition to the primary format.
The solution is simple: All subsidiary
rights an author grants to a publisher should be subject to reversion after the author's demand if they are not exercised or exploited within eighteen to twenty - four months of publication.
Grant of Exclusive
Rights Author grants Publisher exclusive rights to the Work, unless this agreement is terminated for any reason, for the full term of all copyrights throughout the world, in all languages, forms, versions, editions, and written or printed media now and hereafter known.
Not exact matches
But Wharton professor and «Originals»
author Adam
Grant argues that we should expand our conception of procrastination to include not just laziness but also waiting for the
right time.
Also, in connection with the exercise of these
rights, you
grant us and anyone authorized by us, the
right to identify you as the
author of such material by name, email address or user name, and to use your image and likeness if provided, in connection with such material.
She is the
author the book, Revising Flannery O'Connor: Southern Literary Culture and the Problem of Female Authorship, a project that was one of the first recipients of the National Endowment for the Humanities Dissertation
Grant, and of the white paper commissioned by the International Cesarean Awareness Network, «Protecting and Enforcing the
Rights of Women Seeking Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (VBAC): A Primer.»
Authors from institutions that might limit the authors» ability to grant to AAAS any of the rights described in AAAS's license must obtain an approved waiver from their institution to publish with the Science J
Authors from institutions that might limit the
authors» ability to grant to AAAS any of the rights described in AAAS's license must obtain an approved waiver from their institution to publish with the Science J
authors» ability to
grant to AAAS any of the
rights described in AAAS's license must obtain an approved waiver from their institution to publish with the Science Journal.
They found the ad's
author, a writer living in the mountains of Oregon, and after gaining his trust over a period of years, he
granted the filmmakers the
rights to use his ad.
Moreover, these exclusive
rights are
granted at the moment of creation — something most
authors don't know.
So, regardless of which subsidiary
rights are then listed, the
author still
grants Dymocks a license to exercise all
rights in the Work other than its first volume and electronic publication
rights.
On repayment of all monies this agreement terminates and the
rights granted to Dymocks revert to the
Author.»
An
author now
grants non-exclusive subsidiary
rights to D Publishing (but the
author can not «reasonably withhold permission for D Publishing to exercise a subsidiary
right»).
Rights are granted from the moment an author submits the Publishing Agreement but Dymocks can keep exclusive worldwide rights if they do as little as make an ebook available in any language in one ebook store anywhere in the
Rights are
granted from the moment an
author submits the Publishing Agreement but Dymocks can keep exclusive worldwide
rights if they do as little as make an ebook available in any language in one ebook store anywhere in the
rights if they do as little as make an ebook available in any language in one ebook store anywhere in the world.
«The
Author grants to D Publishing a licence: -LSB-...] to exercise, including by way of sub-licence, all
rights in the Work other than its first volume and electronic publication rights (Subsidiary Rights).&
rights in the Work other than its first volume and electronic publication
rights (Subsidiary Rights).&
rights (Subsidiary
Rights).&
Rights).»
For me, stickler for proper word use that I am, it's about the misappropriation of terminology (seriously, if you don't own your ISBN number and have
granted rights to someone else, you are no more — and no less — independent than a commercially - published
author) and the use of euphemisms — trying to escape the negative implications of something by calling it something else.
Authors grant an exclusive license to Dymocks for commercial
rights worldwide for the duration of the copyright, including all subsidiary
rights to the work.
On December 15, the
Authors Guild posted a response to Dohle's letter that stated: «A fundamental principle of book contracts is that the
grant of
rights is limited.
Amazon has a potentially industry - changing idea on its hands here with Kindle Scout, as the system provides a way to give books a stamp of approval that can cut out the noise and sheer volume of self - published titles out there, and yet it manages to provide a better deal to
authors than most big publishing house deals, including a 5 - year term on publishing
rights granted to Kindle Press, a $ 1,500 advance, 50 % royalties paid on e-book sales, built - in Amazon.com marketing and what Amazon terms «easy
rights reversion.»
All U.S.
authors have the statutory
right to terminate a
grant of
rights 35 years after publication under 17 U.S.C. 203.
The publisher will also include language
granting them the
right to reject the manuscript the
author presents, and either requiring changes or canceling the book contract.
Any indie
author that I've run into on a blog here who has wanted
rights back from Kensington was
granted them if they wrote to us.
Publishers acquire only the
rights that they bargain for;
authors retain
rights they have not expressly
granted to publishers.
Here the
author grants the publisher the
right to publish the work, as protected by copyright law.
Amazon requires that in exchange for enrolling an eBook in Kindle Unlimited, that an
author grant Amazon the exclusive
right to sell that eBook.
This would include the book illustrator
granting all
rights of the project illustrations to the
author or self publisher.
It sounds conflicting, but
author and translator have to
grant exploitation
rights to each other to market.
When a book publisher contracts with an
author to publish a book, in essence, the
author (who is the copyright holder)
grants the publisher the
right to publish the work for an agreed - upon amount of money.
These days this is a personal decision each
author has to make, but if publishers would negotiate on terms, a marginal advance deal might work if the number of years for digital
rights can be limited before they would automatically revert back to the
author (ie 2 - 3 yrs only) or if UK
rights were
granted but digital
rights in the US are retained.
«Our contract with Jean Craighead George, the
author of Julie of the Wolves,
grants us the exclusive digital
rights to the book, and Open Road's e-book edition violates our
rights.
If
rights have not been exploited for a year, or were never exploited within two years of a
grant, then the
author automatically gets the
rights back.
Does the contact specify what sorts of intellectual property and moral
rights that you as an
author would be
granting Fiberead, such as how your photo and biography will be edited and displayed?
To let the publisher make and sell these products, the
author has
granted the publisher a bunch of «primary»
rights.
Any
rights that are not exploited within two years after they are
granted should revert automatically to the
author.
In that initial transaction — the
author's
grant of
rights to a third party — the
author often loses control and much of the benefit of her work.
«The
Author (s) have supplied the work for publication to the publisher and hereby
grant (s) to the Publisher, the full and exclusive
right on the terms specified in this agreement, to print, publish, and to sell the work and all subsequent revisions and adaptations thereof only for South Asia, Afghanistan, Mauritius and UAE in English, Hindi, Urdu languages, in hard or soft cover and in text, trade, reprint, and other Print editions.»
Certainly
authors feel perplexed about this problem, and even the concept of partial
rights — as in a major seller
granting only print
rights to a big house while retaining e-
rights (Andre, Howey, etc.)-- even that is in question as the industry takes a breath and asks itself how quickly precedent might become standard procedure.
However, Harlequin, before and after the signing of these agreements, performed all the publishing functions related to the agreements, including exercising, selling, licensing, or sublicensing the e-book
rights granted by the
authors.
Making books available for library lending is an obligation which comes with the
rights granted under copyright law, and is limited in very important ways which mean that it has relatively little effect on
authors» earning power, and for the vast majority of them it makes up a very small proportion of their total income, so the zero - sum effect doesn't really kick in.
Explore Your Options In the publishing industry, publishing contracts often contain clauses that state if audio
rights are
granted to the print book publisher, but not brought to life reasonably soon after a book's publication (for example, sixty or ninety days after print publication of the book), the audio
rights revert back to an
author.
«All
rights granted to the publisher revert to the
author automatically upon termination of this agreement, regardless of the reason for termination.»
The rates vary depending on the
rights granted but in general, the
author should get at least 50 % of the sub-licensed
rights.
In re-reading my 2007 contract, I find I have express media
rights retained as well as some that would fall under this «
authors retain
rights they have not expressly
granted to publishers» dynamic.
The
author will retain the copyright, but
grant specific
rights to a publisher regarding the production, distribution, and sale of a specified work.
Author hereby
grants and assigns to Smashwords the nonexclusive worldwide
right to digitally publish, distribute, market and sell («Publish»), and to license others to do so, the work identified on the front page of your submission (the «Work»).
Translation: The writer is
granting to
Author Solutions the exclusive
right to distribute the book in print, digital, audio and any other format, in any language.
A broad
grant of exclusive
rights makes sense in a traditional publishing contract because the traditional publisher is investing money into editing, designing, and marketing the
author's work.
As it is with all of our titles, the
author continues to own all
rights because they are only
granting us permission to publish and distribute their book in exchange for monthly royalties paid on each book sold.
Effective as of the date we remove each fan
author's work, we will revert the
rights granted to us by that fan
author.
Granted, not many are reputable; many are indeed self - pub services — but they are still considered contracts to the
authors signing their
rights away.
Our reversion letter to each applicable fan
author will provide that such reversion is subject to the
rights we
granted to you in the Kindle Worlds License Agreement between you and us.