The Law
(in Plain English)
for Writers

  
by Leonard DuBoff and Bert Krages

4th Edition, Sourcebooks (2005)

Writing is your passion. Making a living with your words is your dream. Taking charge of your business is like having it all.

The Law (In Plain English) for Writers describes how to take advantage of your skills and profit from your work. It looks at the business of being a writer and explains how to succeed in every area affecting a writer's livelihood. Learn all the essential details of:

• Submissions
• Permissions
• Freedom of Information Requests
• Book and Magazine Contracts
• Taxes
• Royalties
• Copyright Ownership
• Dispute Resolution

The ability to work with others is another critical component in a writer's business. Agents, collaborators and editors can take your work to the next level - discover how to make these relationships work. Designers, illustrators and photographers may be critical to making your writing come alive - use employment and copyright laws to protect yourself. Vanity presses, print-on-demand presses and self-publishing may be your ticket to bigger and better projects - find what you need to know about these alternatives.

For every writer - whether first-time author, seasoned freelancer or professional journalist - The Law (In Plain English) for Writers unveils the mysteries of getting published.

"No writer will want to be without this book."
- Jean M. Auel, author of The Clan of the Cave Bear and other books in The Earth's Children series.