publishing deal
Author's distribution contract
A publishing deal is a contract between an author and a publishing company granting rights to produce and distribute the author's work.
The term appears most often in music, where a publishing deal covers songwriting rights and royalties, distinct from a recording contract: She signed a publishing deal before landing a record deal.
In book publishing, it typically means an agreement to publish a manuscript: He finally got a publishing deal after years of rejections.
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- advanceMove or progress forward
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- agentOne who acts independently
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- agreementshandshake, contract, nod, accords, verbal consent
- Music Publishingsongwriter, music copyright, performance rights, music rights, song rights
- music rightsmusic copyright, copyright, music rights, music royalties, performance rights
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
- music documentssheet music, liner notes, album credits, song lyrics, concert program
publishing dealself-publishing
Releasing work without publishers
vanity press · print-on-demand · samizdat · desktop publishing · zine
publishing dealrejection letter
Written refusal notice
rejection · slush pile · passed over · turned down · rejection slip
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