My new white paper, “The Author’s and Artist’s Guide To The Book Contract: Demystifying the publisher’s agreement and the economics of book publishing” is now available for sale.
By demystifying the book publishing process, the economics of publishing (including royalties and advances and how they are derived), and the key sections of the typical book contract, I hope to empower authors and artists to be more successful. This paper should help authors and artists to better understand the business of publishing; refine their book proposals to be more market-focused; conduct more substantive discussions with their agent, attorney, and editor; and enable effective and successful negotiations with publishers.
While this paper is not a substitute for legal advice, it will help you better understand it when you get it.