If you’re so fortunate as to attract a publisher for your book, you will soon find yourself looking at the notorious boilerplate book contract. The boilerplate is the version of the contract that the traditional publisher sends you and hopes that you’ll sign without question. Unless you are an established author, a rising novelist, a criminal, a celebrity, or a politician, your boilerplate contract will stink, especially if it is with an academic press. The publisher’s lawyers have seen to that. But it’s a lot worse if you go into negotiations in ignorance. You don’t have to ever again, if you know in advance what to expect from your book contract, what the clauses mean, and how to negotiate. Understand Your Boilerplate Book Contract In upcoming entries, I introduce you […]
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