book deals
Author signing bonuses
Book deals are contracts between authors and publishers for the rights to publish a work.
The term often appears in entertainment news when celebrities or public figures secure agreements to write memoirs: She landed a seven-figure book deal.
A book deal typically specifies advances, royalties, and publication terms.
The size of the deal signals market confidence in the author's commercial appeal.
Enforceable written agreement
- advanceMove or progress forward
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- agentOne who acts independently
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
acquisition · rights · manuscript · proposal · bidding · auction · imprint · editor
Written personal recollection
- ghostwriterUncredited hired author
- tell-allRevealing, candid account
- autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
exclusive · tabloid · confessional · exposé · fame · publicity · revelations · endorsement
Exchange of goods/money
- agreementShared position between parties
- termsConditions of an agreement
- clauseProvision in agreement
- percentageProportion out of hundred
licensing · intellectual property · legal · signing · partnership · distribution · merchandising · film rights
contract
Enforceable written agreement
negotiation · acquisition · rights · manuscript · proposal · bidding · auction · imprint · editor · submission
memoir
Written personal recollection
- ghostwriterUncredited hired author
- tell-allRevealing, candid account
- autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
scandal · exclusive · tabloid · confessional · exposé · fame · publicity · revelations · endorsement · brand
transaction
Exchange of goods/money
percentage · licensing · intellectual property · legal · signing · partnership · distribution · merchandising · film rights · adaptation
- book fairspublishers, exhibitors, exhibition halls, author signings, author readings
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, publications
- bookstoresbookshelves, bookstores, bookshops, booksellers, indie bookstores
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, paperback, hardcover
- writingwriting, drafting, authors, author, authoring
- British LiteratureShakespeare, Dickens, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Austen
book dealsself-publishing
Releasing work without publishers
DIY publishing · unpublished manuscripts · vanity press · print-on-demand · desktop publishing
book, deal, books, booking, bookish, booklet, bookkeeper, bookstore, bookshelf