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Author
attorneys share contract negotiation advice
Author attorney
Michael Lennie compares author-publisher contract negotiations to car
shopping. "The sticker price of a car on the lot is always negotiable,"
he said. "So is an authoring contract." Lennie and fellow author attorney
Lilly Ghahremani share the following advice for negotiating contracts:
- Be reasonable
with the delivery date.
- Remember that
permissions can be very expensive - the permission clause only talks
about who's going to pay.
- Beware of vague
words like "satisfactory" and "acceptable".
- When working
with a new co-author, be frank, and get everything in writing.
- Keep a record
of everything you send in a revision. Also keep a copy of all e-mails,
files, etc.
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