Law and Authors
eBook - ePub

Law and Authors

A Legal Handbook for Writers

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Law and Authors

A Legal Handbook for Writers

About this book

Everything a writer needs to know about the law.

This accessible, reader-friendly handbook will be an invaluable resource for authors, agents, and editors in navigating the legal landscape of the contemporary publishing industry. Drawing on a wealth of experience in legal scholarship and publishing, Jacqueline D. Lipton provides a useful legal guide for writers whatever their levels of expertise or categories of work (fiction, nonfiction, or academic). Through case studies and hypothetical examples, Law and Authors addresses issues of copyright law, including explanations of fair use and the public domain; trademark and branding concerns for those embarking on a publishing career; laws that impact the ways that authors might use social media and marketing promotions; and privacy and defamation questions that writers may face. Although the book focuses on American law, it highlights key areas where laws in other countries differ from those in the United States. Law and Authors will prepare every writer for the inevitable and the unexpected.

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Information

Edition
1
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Authorship
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. Copyright Basics
  7. 2. Know Your (Copy)Rights
  8. 3. Writing for Someone Else
  9. 4. Fair Use Basics
  10. 5. Specific Fair Uses
  11. 6. Contracts with Agents and Publishing Houses
  12. 7. Self-Publishing Contracts
  13. 8. Protecting Your Author Brand
  14. 9. Writing about Real People
  15. 10. Damaging Someone’s Reputation
  16. 11. Marketing and Social Media
  17. 12. Photographs, Illustrations, and Other Artwork
  18. 13. Finding Additional Help
  19. Notes
  20. Index