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    Rights and Contracts; What YOU Need to Know About Copyright, Rights, ISBNs, and Contracts
    Rights and Contracts; What YOU Need to Know About Copyright, Rights, ISBNs, and Contracts
    Rights and Contracts; What YOU Need to Know About Copyright, Rights, ISBNs, and Contracts
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    Rights and Contracts; What YOU Need to Know About Copyright, Rights, ISBNs, and Contracts

    By Mary Rosenblum

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    Rights and Contracts is a must for the new author marketing his or her book in today's expanding publishing arena. Scams abound and if you do not understand the rights you own, and what copyright actually is, you can lose the book that you have worked so hard on. From the nature of copyright, to the various rights you own and can sell, to a dissection of an actual publishing contract, this book focuses on making the complex tangle of rights and contract terms clear to everyone. Before you sign a contract or agree to publish your book, read this one!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMary Rosenblum
    Release dateJul 17, 2013
    ISBN9780989737807
    Rights and Contracts; What YOU Need to Know About Copyright, Rights, ISBNs, and Contracts
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    Mary Rosenblum

    Mary Rosenblum attended the prestigious Clarion West Writers workshop in 1988, where she sold her first SF story to Asimov's Magazine editor Gardner Dozois and her writing career took off. She published 8 novels with NY publishers as Mary Rosenblum in SF and Mary Freeman in mystery, was a Hugo and Nebula finalist, won the Sideways and Compton Cook awards, and received a lot of critical acclaim for her fiction, both short stories and novels. She began teaching writing, fell in love with that, and now works one-on-one with novice writers as a 'literary midwife' taking authors through drafts, final editing, publisher-matching, and self promotion of their books, to make sure it gets done well. She has twice returned to teach the Clarion West workshop and lives in rural western Oregon where she flies a small plane to as many cool faraway places as she can.

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      Rights and Contracts; What YOU Need to Know About Copyright, Rights, ISBNs, and Contracts - Mary Rosenblum

      The Literary Midwife Presents:

      COPYRIGHT AND CONTRACTS

      What YOU Need To Know About Copyright, Rights, ISBNs, and Contracts!

      A GUIDE FOR THE NEW AUTHOR

      by

      Mary Rosenblum

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

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      Published by

      Mary Rosenblum on Smashwords

      Copyright And Contracts

      Copyright © 2013 by Mary Rosenblum

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      Thank you for purchasing this book. I hope it helps you publish your book safely in today's bold new publishing world. Your book represents your dreams and a lot of hard work, so keep it safe and I hope it fulfills all your expectations

      Mary Rosenblum, the Literary Midwife

      This book is the copyrighted property of the author and may not be reproduced, scanned, or distributed for any commercial or non-commercial use and may not be resold or given away. If you did not purchase this book, or it was not purchased for you, please return to Smashwords and purchase your own copy. Quotes used in reviews are permitted. No alteration of content is allowed.

      Your support and respect for the property of this author is appreciated! Thank you!

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Rights, Rights, Rights -- What Do You Own?

      The Author Trap -- All Rights

      Protect Yourself -- Registering Copyright

      ISBNS -- Yours or Theirs?

      The Book Contract -- Author -- Publisher Interface

      Contract Questions to Answer

      Be a Savvy Author

      About The Author

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      What are my rights, anyway?

      How do I protect my copyright?

      What does that contract really mean?

      As today’s publishing world explodes with new publishers and new forms of publishing, such as ebook and Print on Demand publishing, it is becoming easier and easier to get your book or short story collection published. Many naïve new writers are leaping into publication and all you have to do is open your browser to find a host of ads waiting for you; publish your book with us today! Alas, many new authors are leaping into publication without really understanding what rights they own, what they are actually selling or giving away, and what that means for that book and for future books. Copyright, rights, and contracts can seem very very confusing when you’re just starting out. It is so easy to just ignore the whole issue, or to assume that the nice publisher you’re working with, who says such great things about your book, will protect your best interests.

      That can be a very costly mistake, folks.

      Rights Rights Rights – What Do You Actually Own?

      Let’s start at the beginning and go through the entire ‘rights’ thing. It really helps to understand just what you own when you hit ‘save’ on the computer or write your first draft on a piece of paper for that matter. When you write something, you own those words It doesn’t matter whether they are

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