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Denise Quoted at Huff Post!

Arielle Ford, one of America’s top book publicists and a columnist for the Huffington Post, interviews Denise Gibbon about a literary attorney’s role in reviewing, revising and/or negotiating a publishing contract for an author even when the author has an agent.

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Rock N’ Roll Law Podcast With Denise

Interview with Jim Jess – Listen to a lively discussion between copyright attorneys Jim Jesse and Denise Gibbon about how self-publishing has changed the book publishing industry; what authors need to avoid regarding self-publishing; what authors need to know about book advances, publishing contracts, and literary agents; plus, who owns the copyright in a book.

Jim Jesse specializes in music copyright law and is the founder of the website Rock N’ Roll Law. Former General Counsel for Cool Music Network (THECOOLTV), Jim is the author of The Music Copyright Law Manual. See www.rocknrolllaw.com.

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Smith Publicity, Inc.

Read Denise’s article, Happy Endings for Authors – How to Make Your Publishing Contract Work for You, to learn how to evaluate the grant of rights in a publishing contract. A book marketing agency since 1997, Smith Publicity conducts national and international book marketing campaigns for authors in all genres and offers free podcasts and articles about publishing and marketing. See www.smithpublicity.com.

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  • Book Proposals
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  • Don't Assume – Get an Attorney
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  • Negotiation Points
  • Permissions
  • When Words Matter
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Denise Gibbon is a licensed attorney in California and New York. However, this website is not a law firm and any legal advice or services provided by this website’s author are unrelated to this site. This material is for informational purposes only. No information provided here constitutes privileged and confidential legal advice for or to any reader and is not intended to substitute for the advice of an attorney. Prior results of legal matters mentioned here do not guarantee a similar outcome in any future matter.