{"id":272,"date":"2011-09-15T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/?p=272"},"modified":"2011-09-15T13:03:25","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T20:03:25","slug":"the-authors-and-artists-guide-to-the-book-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/15\/the-authors-and-artists-guide-to-the-book-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"The Author&#8217;s and Artist&#8217;s Guide To The Book Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title= \"Tweet: The Author&#8217;s and Artist&#8217;s Guide To The Book Contract\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=The%20Author%27s%20and%20Artist%27s%20Guide%20To%20The%20Book%20Contract&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F09%2F15%2Fthe-authors-and-artists-guide-to-the-book-contract%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\"><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"LikeThe Author&#8217;s and Artist&#8217;s Guide To The Book Contract\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F09%2F15%2Fthe-authors-and-artists-guide-to-the-book-contract%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-button\" href= \"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F09%2F15%2Fthe-authors-and-artists-guide-to-the-book-contract%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: The Author&#8217;s and Artist&#8217;s Guide To The Book Contract\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-button\" href= \"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/15\/the-authors-and-artists-guide-to-the-book-contract\/&media=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&description=The Author's and Artist's Guide To The Book Contract\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: The Author&#8217;s and Artist&#8217;s Guide To The Book Contract\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/15\/the-authors-and-artists-guide-to-the-book-contract\/\" title=\"The Author&#8217;s and Artist&#8217;s Guide To The Book Contract\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"272\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"f689f9e8af\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\" \/><\/div><p>My new white paper, &#8220;The Author&#8217;s and Artist&#8217;s Guide To The Book Contract: Demystifying the publisher&#8217;s agreement and the economics of book publishing&#8221; 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