Home Agent Articles Author Page Blog Archive Bookstore Client List Good News Need Program? Other Authors Public LibrariesTestimony Writing Link Library

COPYRIGHT, CONTRACTS AND LEGAL

Volunteer lawyers for the arts http://www.starvingartistslaw.com/help/volunteer%20lawyers.htm

7 myths of copyrights http://www.sitepronews.com/

13 digit ISBN numbers - explanation http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/isbn/transition.asp

Book Club clauses in contracts http://www.ivanhoffman.com/clubs.html

Contracts - information http://www.burryman.com/biz.html

Understanding contracts http://www.powernet.net/~scrnplay/pub.html

Don't sign anything you're unsure about http://www.adlerbooks.com/contract.html

Negotiating contracts http://www.tarakharper.com/k_negoc.htm

Top ten things to negotiate in a contract http://www.ninc.com/tips/cntrt.asp

There is a lot of publishing contract information in this article:
http://www.right-writing.com/checklist.html
The American Society of Journalists and Authors also has a lot of contract tips at:
http://www.asja.org/pubtips/pubtips.php
Also the Author's Guild has periodical and book contract advice at:
http://www.authorsguild.org/?p=100

Best Effort Clauses http://www.ivanhoffman.com/bestefforts.html

Contract terms http://www.nwu.org/bite/gloss.htm

Contracts and payscales http://www.canauthors.org/links/contracts.html

Copyright http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

Copyright basics http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/intprop/circ1.html

Copyright registration forms http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/

Copyright web site www.benedict.com/

Electronic issues in publishing contracts http://www.ivanhoffman.com/electronic.html

(The) Law good portal for legal stuff http://findlaw.com

Legal encylopedia http://www.nolo.com/

Novice Writer's Guide To Rights part of the Writers Write website. (DRO) http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/dec97/cew3.htm

Publishing Law Center http://www.publaw.com

Tips on proper trademark usage. http://www.inta.org/tmcklst1.htm

US Copyright Office: http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/

writing/publish legal issues http://www.ivanhoffman.com