publishing contract
Author's formal agreement
A publishing contract is a legal agreement between an author and a publisher that grants the publisher rights to produce, distribute, and sell the author's work.
These contracts specify royalty rates, advance payments, territorial rights, and duration of the arrangement.
Key terms include who controls subsidiary rights like film adaptations or translations: She signed a publishing contract that gave the publisher world English rights but let her retain film rights.
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- advanceMove or progress forward
- agentOne who acts independently
- authorCreator of written works
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Unwritten mutual commitment
verbal agreement · gentleman's agreement · implied agreement · tacit understanding · no strings attached
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Releasing work without publishers
independent publishing · vanity press · print-on-demand · DIY publishing · blog post
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