Author Contract

Author Contract

_______________________ (hereafter "Author") and _______________________ (hereafter "Publisher"), hereby agree to the following regarding ___________________ (hereafter "the Work"), a book of approximately __________ {pages/words}:

The Author hereby verifies and attests that they are the sole author and owner of the Work, that no other parties have any interests, rights, or claims to the Work, and that they have the ability to grant the rights to the Work to the Publisher.

The Author verifies and attests that the book is completely original, previously unpublished, and is not part of the public domain. They further verify that no part is libelous, plagiarized, or in violation of rights of privacy of other parties. Any copyrighted material used in the manuscript has been approved in writing by the copyright holder before the submission of the manuscript to the Publisher.

The Author shall indemnify and hold harmless the Publisher and all if its agents, officers, directors, and employees harmless from any claims, suits, demands, prosecutions, or proceedings that are made on the grounds that the Work violates the privacy of other parties or is libelous, plagiarized, or unlawful in any manner. The Publisher shall not be held responsible for any damages, costs, or expenses from such proceedings.

The Author shall present the manuscript of the Work to the Publisher by {date} as a {hard copy/file type}. The Publisher will have {amount of time} to determine whether they consider the Work to be publishable in its given form. If not, the Author will have {amount of time} to implement changes at the Publisher's request or withdraw the manuscript from consideration.

Once the Work has been accepted, the Publisher will have {amount of time} to present the Author with copyedits for approval.

The {Author/Publisher} will provide the {ISBN, cover art, pagination, book design etc.}

The Author grants the Publisher the right to publish the Work under the following conditions:

• The Publisher shall have the exclusive rights to print, publish, and sell the work in {country/language} in the following format(s): {paper, cloth, e-book}.
• The Publisher shall have the exclusive rights to license other sellers, publishers, distributors, book clubs, marketers, and media to print, publish, sell, distribute, or promote the Work.
• The Publisher shall have the exclusive rights to license selections of the Work to outside parties; to license complete, condensed, or adapted versions of the Work; to reprint the Work; and to grant copyright permission for selected use.
• The Publisher shall have the right to use the Author's personality and likeness in promoting and selling the Work.

The Publisher shall apply for copyright protections on behalf of the Author and renew such applications as necessary.

The Publisher agrees to publish the Work in a reasonable amount of time. If the Work has not been printed, published, and distributed within {amount of time} of the manuscript's submission, all rights revert back to the Author.

The Publisher shall pay the Author an advance against future royalties of {$} payable upon the following schedule: {schedule}.

The Publisher shall pay the Author {percentage} of all sales made of the first {number} copies sold, {percentage} of all sales made of the next {number} copies sold, and {percentage} of all copies sold after that. The Author shall receive {number} complimentary copies of the Work and be permitted to purchase copies at a {percentage} discount in perpetuity. The {Author/Publisher} will pay the shipping costs for these copies.

The Publisher agrees to promote, publicize, and advertise the Work in the following ways: {social media, website, readings, ads, etc.}.

In witness to their agreement to the terms of this contract, the parties affix their signatures below:

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Author, signature & date

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Publisher, signature & date

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