Services

For a flat fee, we review all kinds of writing and publishing contracts as well as non-disclosure agreements. Here’s the process for reviewing yours:

• Send it to us in Word or as a PDF—we’ll review it and prepare notes that both explain the meaning of provisions and suggest revisions that benefit you;
• We return the notated contract to you for your review—you can prepare some questions for us based on our notations; and
• After you review our notes, we’ll have a conference call for forty-five to sixty-minute where we review the contract together and you ask as many questions, time permitting, as you like!

We’ll review your contract and make suggestions about possible changes to the content. If you decide you want those changes, we can insert questions and revisions so that the other contracting party understands the exact nature of the revisions you want to make.

• Whether you, your agent or your attorney negotiates the contract, having revisions that state clearly what you want are often a help in speeding up the negotiations process.
• Once the other side can see what your priorities are, you’ll soon find out what theirs are as well.
• Even if the other party refuses to incorporate all or part of your suggested revisions, you’ll have a better idea of what to expect from the contract and whether you really want to sign.

• Publishing Contracts
• Agency Agreements
• Joint Author Agreements
• Work-for-Hire and Ghostwriter Agreements
• Licensing Agreements
• Permissions
• Releases
• Non-disclosure Agreements
• Limited Liability Company (Articles and/or Operating Agreement)

And any other documents you might not know about but are necessary to your success!

• Book Proposal Drafting
• Creation/Writing Issues
• Using quotations
• Citing sources
• When to obtain permissions
• Interviews: Best Practices
• Copyright Questions
• Copyright Registration
• Pre-Publication Review for Libel and Privacy Issues
• Editing
• Websites
• Ad Copy
• Manuscripts
• Articles
• Business/Legal Letters
• Contract Negotiations
• Dispute Resolution
• Cease and Desist
• Business Proposals

We will soon release From Copyright to Contract, a three-part series for authors and self-publishers. If you want to know when, add your name to either of the opt-in boxes above or below.

Module I: You Want to Write? What Copyright Has to Do With It

Module II: Corralling Your Copyright! Protect Your Work and Publishing Future

Module III: A Stick for You and A Stick for Me — Using Contracts to Grant and Reserve Your Copyrights