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Territories (EC & Australia considerations): Where can the rights be exercised? Some publishers will seek worldwide rights but industry customs favor a more nuanced approach, given that translation rights are implicated. Publisher ideally should agree to register copyright in Author’s name (or at least allow the Author to do so – avoid registering copyright in Publisher’s name).ī.

If you can’t avoid “work made for hire” or express assignment to Publisher, be sure to address the termination of the grant/contract and reversion of rights to Author (see “out of print” below at 9.F and 15.E).

Author should own the copyright (though academic publishers often demand an assignment of the copyright) ideally it should state that rights not specifically granted are reserved to Author.

Copyright ownership: Who will own and control the bundle of copyrights, in what media, and in what geographic regions (see below)?

Rights granted (Form, Language, Market, Time):Ī. The following is not meant as legal advice, but rather as a checklist and guide to the issues typically covered, and the terms publishers typically offer, so you can identify issues to consider and possibly address and thereby make the time spent with your lawyer or other advisor more efficient. But if you’re an author who can’t find, wait for, or afford a lawyer, how do you know what terms are standard, reasonable or fair?

The path to publication generally requires authors to sign a “publishing contract” that covers such topics as: manuscript delivery and acceptance, copyright ownership and grants royalty advances, rates and payment author warranties and indemnities contract duration and rights reversion (out-of-print) options on new works and limitations on competing works. Book Publishing Contracts Checklist of Deal Terms