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Business Operations · Legal · Marketing & Publicity · Article | 08.04.23 The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Publishing Is Now
by Alesha Brown

Coming off of this year’s IBPA Publishing University, I can tell you artificial...

Business Operations · Article | 08.04.23 Generative AI and Publishing
by Deb Vanasse

Everyone is talking about ChatGPT and similar generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools that...

Legal · Article | 10.01.22 On Guard: Self-Published Authors Must Know Their Rights
by Christian W. Freed

The time has finally arrived. The culminating moment every author dreams of: That day when you...

Legal · Article | 01.02.21 Director’s Desk: Congrats on the Passage of the CASE Act
by Angela Bole

PUBLISHED JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 by Angela Bole, CEO, Independent Book Publishers Association...

Legal · Article | 01.01.21 What You Need to Know About Protecting Your Copyrighted Content
by MJ Courchesne

PUBLISHED JANUARY/FEBRAURY 2021 by MJ Courchesne, Founder & President, Gryphon Publishing...

Industry News · Article | 11.01.20 IBPA Advocacy Committee’s Summary of Ongoing Copyright-Related Cases
by MJ Courchesne

PUBLISHED NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020 by MJ Courchesne, Founder & President, Gryphon Publishing...

Legal · Distribution · Article | 05.01.20 The Curious Incident of the Red Tractor Rental in the Nighttime
by Lee Klancher

PUBLISHED MAY/JUNE 2020 by Lee Klancher, Founder & Publisher, Octane Press -- Lee KlancherAs...

Industry News · Article | 03.02.19 Director's Desk: Understanding IBPA's Position on Controlled Digital Lending (CDL)
by Angela Bole

PUBLISHED MARCH/APRIL 2019 by Angela Bole, CEO, Independent Book Publishers Association -- ...

Legal · Article | 03.01.19 What Publishers Need To Know About Copyright Notices
by Leonard D. DuBoff,Amanda-Ann Bryan

PUBLISHED MARCH/APRIL 2019 by Leonard D. DuBoff and Amanda-Ann Bryan, Lawyers/Authors -- Two...

Legal · Article | 09.01.18 Late Justice
by Lee Foster

PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018 by Lee Foster, Author, An Author's Perspective on Independent...

Legal · Article | 08.31.18 Two Questions: Title Rights and Libel Laws
by Dee Chips

PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018 by Dee Chips, Owner & Manager, Transpersonal Publishing LLC &...

Legal · Article | 01.01.18 A Few Lessons in Publishing and Copyright from 2017
by Steve Gillen

PUBLISHED JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018 by Steve Gillen, Lawyer & Partner, Wood Herron & Evans -- ...

Editorial · Legal · Article | 09.01.17 The World of Fan Fiction: Where Creative Expression and Copyright Collide
by Matt Knight

PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 2017 by Matt Knight, Author, THE GENE POOL - Watch Joshua Robertson's video...

Legal · Article | 07.01.17 There’s Something New You Need to Know About Copyright Safe Harbor
by Steve Gillen,Seth Owens

PUBLISHED JULY 2017 by Steve Gillen & Sean Owens, Wood Herron & Evans -- Steve Gillen Sean...

Legal · Article | 01.31.17 Navigating the Legal Landscape of Manuscript Reviews
by Helen Sedwick

PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 2017 by Helen Sedwick, Author and Attorney -- Helen SedwickSuppose you...

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 | 11.15.13 Tools for Dealing with Piracy, Including a Brand New One
by Steve Gillen

It’s a ubiquitous complaint these days: One of your titles is being offered as a free...

Legal · Article | 12.01.10 Pollyanna, Titles, and Trademarking
by Steve Gillen

In the early 1900s, Eleanor Porter wrote the first of a series of inspiring books for children...

Legal · Article | 06.01.10 Dealing with Piracy Problems
by Tad Crawford

Allworth Press, the company I founded more than 20 years ago, publishes many books for graphic...

Legal · Article | 06.01.10 Dealing with Piracy Problems
by Nancy Seifer

Allworth Press, the company I founded more than 20 years ago, publishes many books for graphic...

Legal · Article | 01.31.03 Fair Use of Trademarks
by Lloyd Rich

When is it permissible to use or write about a trademark without obtaining permission from the...

Legal · Article | 04.30.02 Don't Run Afoul of Fair Use:<br>Guidelines on Quoting & Copying
by Tad Crawford;Kay Murray

This article is adapted from the Third Edition of The Writer’s Legal Guide: An...

Legal · Article | 03.31.01 Napster and "Fair Use"
by Ivan Hoffman

Ivan Hoffman[/caption]Much has been written (and will continue to be) about the recent decision...

Legal · Article | 07.01.99 The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
by Tad Crawford & Laura Mankin

On October 27, 1998, President Clinton signed into law the "Sonny Bono Copyright Extension...

Legal · Article | 01.31.98 Book Plagiarism in the UK. Has It Happened to You?
by Al Siebert

Imagine yourself in this situation: You discover that a highly plagiarized version of a book you...

Legal · Article | 07.31.96 The Best Books on Publishing Law and Book Contracts
by John B. McHugh

As a publisher, you need to understand publishing law. If your publishing responsibility is new...