copyrights

Copyrights

Simplified intellectual property rights for writers

From Rick: Recently, my local writers group had a presentation from a lawyer on intellectual property rights focusing on copyrights and permissions. Of course, the presenter’s first words were, as you might expect, a disclaimer that anything in the presentation

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Copyrights

Copyright and intellectual property legalities for authors

From Rick: For any would-be author, the decision to write a book falls into one of two categories: hobby or business. As soon as you decide to seek a traditional publisher, you’ve moved from hobby to business because you’ve committed

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News and updates on important topics for writers

(1) Bookstores, and Barnes & Noble in particular. In case you haven’t heard the news about B&N being up for sale, here’s Kris Rusch’s take on it and on bookstores in general and how they have applied to authors. Once

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Why the offer of a publishing contract should scare you

From Rick: Those of you who have read previous blog posts here on publishing and publishers know that Scott and I are strong advocates of self-publishing, and by “self-publishing” we don’t mean paying someone to publish your book for you.

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Copyrights and permissions

From Rick: As more new writers indie-publish their work, I’m seeing an increase in the number of issues with copyrights and permissions as it pertains to the use of others’ work. What I’m talking about is writers using copyrighted material

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