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Copyrights, Permissions, and Liability Lightning Rods — by Ann Marie Ackermann
by, Audrey Arnold
March 26, 2019

Ann Marie Ackermann, author of Death of an Assassin: The True Story of the German Murderer Who Died Defending Robert E. Lee, will be at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, on April 9. She will give a book talk with the Tippecanoe Civil War Roundtable. This is her third trip from Germany to the U.S. to promote her book since it was released by… [Read More]

Filed Under: Ann Marie Ackermann, Copyright, copyright infringement, copyright permissions, Death of an Assassin, Fair Use, German Copyright Law, Germany, Kent State University Press, Purdue University, US Copyright Law
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Why You Need to Join the Authors Guild
by, Jill Swenson
January 17, 2017

The Authors Guild is the nation’s oldest and largest professional organization for writers in the United States, aiding and protecting authors’ interests in copyright, fair contracts, and free expression since 1912. It supports working writers, advocates for author rights, and provides a community for its members. Until recently you needed to be a published author before you met eligibility requirements for membership. This past year the Authors… [Read More]

Filed Under: Authors Guild, Copyright, Emerging Writer Membership, royalties
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The Evolution of Copyright in the United States
by, Sharon K. Yntema
March 22, 2016

As a writer, you may assume you will have the copyright of your book when it is published. If you write for magazines or newspapers, you may need to negotiate rights over your own written material — one time use — but these days, once you write something, you are assumed to own the copyright from that moment on. Although historically there were some European… [Read More]

Filed Under: Berne Convention, bookseller, Copyright, Daniel Webster, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Ledyard, Publisher, Ralph Waldo Emerson
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What can you expect in a contract for publication?
by, Jill Swenson
March 15, 2016

Not every author has an agent or an intellectual property rights attorney who can advocate for their rights and protect their work. So what do you need to know? You might be surprised if you “lawyer up,” your contract offer may be withdrawn. Why? Most publishers offer contracts which use boilerplate language and they do not negotiate every term and condition for each contract they… [Read More]

Filed Under: advances, Authors Guild, contracts, Copyright, Fair Contract Initiative, remainders, rights, royalties
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DRM – The Acronym that’s Deleting (or Saving?) Books
by, Claire Webber
November 3, 2012

DRM is an acronym that readers may not associate with good experiences – you’ll encounter it a lot in articles about the woman who had her digital library remotely wiped from her Kindle by Amazon  or ones about the poetic deletion of George Orwell’s 1984 from hundreds of e-reader devices. DRM is a topic that gets people in flames – and as a future author,… [Read More]

Filed Under: Copyright, DRM, e-readers, ebook, iPad, Kindle, libraries, Publishing, Readers, technology, US Copyright Law
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How Authors Can Overcome the 10 Mistakes Big Publishers Make
by, Jill Swenson
February 18, 2011

So you want to get your book published, but your chances of securing a contract with a big publisher continue to diminish and they bleed financially. Amazon undercuts the publishers’ price; making it increasingly difficult to recover production costs. Borders files for bankruptcy this week while the small and independent bookstores of Main Street continue to close up shop. J.E. Fishman of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania,… [Read More]

Filed Under: Acquisition Editors, advances, Amazon, Authors, Borders, Business, Copyright, J.E. Fishman, Publishers, Readers, Story Business
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