Sentences with phrase «in publishing contracts»

It's possible that the publisher has a clause in the publishing contract saying the author must pay if the publisher gets sued.

How is it toxic to encourage writers to demand higher percentages and more rights in a publishing contract?

I've wanted to give up, but I didn't; and persistence finally paid off, resulting in a publishing contract.

A third - party agreement does not belong in a publishing contract between a writer and a publisher.

Most of what I saw in my publishing contract was about two sides working together.

And my point of this wasn't to get down into the hundreds of really ugly contract problems in publishing contracts.

All are covered in more detail in the publishing contract, which we suggest you thoroughly read before building your publishing plan.

An IP lawyer will be able to advise you of what you should, and should not, be signing away in a publishing contract.

He or she must also be relentless in keeping up with developments in publishing contracts, editorial taste and digital publishing.

Actually, I was specifically referring to regional and language - specific rights as specified in publishing contracts, not distribution and sales practices.

This is one reason to pay close attention to the Assignment clause in publishing contracts.

Of course, there are many other clauses that do not belong in a publishing contract, not the least of which is the agency clause.

For details on what to look for in a publishing contract, read «The Nuts and -LSB-...]

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I've written before about termination fees in publishing contracts: why they are bad not just for authors, but for publishers, and how publishers can abuse them.

By the way, if someone is avoiding getting the book Mr. Bell suggested, «The Nine Worst Provisions in your Publishing Contract» because of funds, it is currently free on Amazon.

Its evocation of the challenges for authors in publishing contracts is couched in a document called Unfair Contracts: A Blueprint For Change from February 2014.

We undertake a clearly defined, limited promotional program designed specifically for your book, as outlined in your publishing contract proposal.

Literary agencies will usually have what's called an «Agent Clause» inserted in your publishing contract, listing the agency and / or agent as the official «Agent - of - Record» for the deal, along with the appropriate literary agent commission and the agent's contact information.

• Self - published books will receive a single copy edit or proofread, unless otherwise stipulated in the publishing contract.

In light of this new agency commission model where Amazon and Apple will no longer carry the product per se but have an agreement to sell titles via their site in exchange for a 30 % commission on the sale (see earlier post to get up to speed), suddenly agents need to re-examine the whole definition of net receipts in publishing contracts.

Hurray for your happy - ending, but I was wondering if there are clauses in publishing contracts regarding these late changes to e-book only?

If they hadn't, we'd never have clauses in publishing contracts requiring authors to not publish with anyone else or tying up every form of the novel in whatever format or means available, even those not yet invented or imagined.

Many standard acceptance clauses in publishing contracts allow the publisher to reject a manuscript based on nothing more than a whim, which undermines the very essence of the contract — that it is an agreement to publish a work, provided the work is written and delivered as agreed.

All terms in a publishing contract can be negotiated, either by an agent or attorney familiar with the various options and between - the - line meaning of the boilerplate.

Keep abreast of what's being offered in publishing contracts (Kris Rusch is currently running a great series on this subject.

Manuel from Ogden, Utah No, on the contrary, publishing houses will often give you money up front (it is known as an advance payment against royalties) for the rights to publish your work, and you will also be entitled to royalties and other payments as negotiated in your publishing contract.

Hopefully you kept all movie rights and proceeds in your publishing contract...

Two weeks ago, on the Red River Writer's podcast, I was asked, what kind of advice I'd give to new authors and I answered, «Authors need to know what's normal in a publishing contract.

And in fact, superstar authors typically receive advances so large they're designed not to be earned out, but function instead as a de facto higher - than - normal digital royalty rate (the technique is a way of evading the digital royalty «most favored customer» clauses that are common in publishing contracts).

Publishers began to produce and sell ebooks themselves, and they began to include them in the primary grant of rights in their publishing contracts.

Continue reading Termination Fees in Publishing Contracts: Why They're Not Just Bad for Authors

I told them about the Kindle Scout contest, which had resulted in my publishing contract.

A place to start is with attorney David Vandagriff's book, The Nine Worst Provisions in Your Publishing Contract.

The brainchild of (the other) Jane Friedman and Manjula Martin, Scratch mixes in - depth interviews with reporting on the business side of writing, photo essays, helpful graphics, and even a series on understanding clauses in publishing contracts.

That is the clause (or clauses) in your publishing contract that tells you when you get your book back.

Book royalties are proceeds paid to authors based on a percentage agreed to in the publishing contract.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware A few years ago, I blogged about early termination fees, a.k.a. kill fees, in publishing contracts, and why they are not a good thing.

This goes a long way toward explaining ever more restrictive reversion and non-compete clauses in publishing contracts.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareNOTE: This post has been updated.I harp a lot here on how important it is to read the fine print — in your publishing contract, on websites that host user content, in literary contests.

Worse, a lot of NY authors actually have in their publishing contracts that they are liable for getting rid of fan fiction done on their works.

Do you have option clauses in your publishing contracts?

The reversion of rights is triggered by a clause in a publishing contract.

A few years ago, I blogged about early termination fees, a.k.a. kill fees, in publishing contracts, and why they are not a good thing.

In Publishing contracts: Three key things to watch out for, author and game designer Dave Morris is closer in his thinking to Geller's::

I look at some of the clauses coming out in publishing contracts these days, and I think writers are getting screwed.