By Susan Spann Last month’s RMFW #PubLaw post talked about contract language authors want to see when juggling multiple contracts for different types of rights. This month, we’ll take a look at the other clauses authors need to watch for. Even contracts which seem to address only limited rights sometimes contain additional terms that impact…
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Awesome Events Ahead from Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
Attend a Class Online Class Editing and Revision for Fiction Writers Presented by Cindi Myers 3 Week Course Start Date: Monday, February 3 End Date: Sunday, February 23 $35 Members – $40 Non-Member Register E.B. White said “The best writing is rewriting.” No matter how much care you put into your first draft, only when…
Do You Know How to Juggle … Contracts?
By Susan Spann Last week, someone asked me if I’d ever written a post about the legalities of contracting with multiple publishers (or publishers and others) for various forms and formats of the same creative work. In simpler language: “What do I need to know before I license print rights to one publisher and then…
Never Give Up!
By Mark Stevens Regrets? I’ve had a few. One bothers me more than most. I knew it at the time, when I first read Gary Reilly’s stuff. We’d meet in coffee shops, frequently the Europa Café on South Pennsylvania Street in Denver. Hip joint. Cool vibe. Gary would pluck a stack of things from his…
Don’t Get Caught in the Royalty Net
By Susan Spann My last guest post here at the RMFW blog took an overview look at publishing rights, with a focus on the “Big Four” – Exclusivity, Geography, Translation, and Formats. Today, we’re taking a look at royalties – specifically, at royalty calculation and the contract language which bases an author’s royalties on “gross”…