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Legal · Article | 12.01.16 What You Need to Know About Fair Use
by Steve Gillen

Copyright protection is automatic in the US and most of the civilized countries of the world....

Legal · Article | 10.01.16 What You Need to Know About Copyright Mandatory Deposit
by Steve Gillen

You could be in the book publishing business for a very long time and never see one. But if by...

Legal · Article | 09.01.16 Getting the Royalty Treatment
by Juli Saitz & Steve Gillen

The relationship between publisher and author is an interdependent one. If the author...

Legal · Article | 09.01.16 Termination of Book Publishing Rights: An Overview
by Jonathan Lyons; Jesseca Salky

The US Copyright Act of 1976 presents authors and their statutory successors the opportunity to...

Legal · Article | 03.02.16 10 Tips for Crafting an Equitable and Secure Publishing Contract: A Rebuttal
by Georgia McBride

This blog post is in response to the January 2016 Independent article 10 Tips for Crafting an...

Legal · Article | 02.01.16 10 Tips for Crafting an Equitable and Secure Publishing Contract
by Mary Rasenberger

PUBLISHED JANUARY 2016 by Mary Rasenberger, Executive Director, Authors Guild On March 3,...