| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction setting the stage : a primer on the law for writers -- Copyright basics -- Know your (copy)rights -- Writing for someone else -- Fair use basics -- Specific fair uses -- Contracts with agents and publishing houses -- Self-publishing contracts -- Protecting your author brand -- Writing about real people -- Damaging someone's reputation -- Marketing and social media -- Photographs, illustrations, and other artwork -- Finding additional help. |
| Summary |
"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 simple legal guide for all kinds of 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. With a focus on American law, the book 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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Authorship.
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Authorship. |
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Copyright.
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Copyright. |
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Fair use (Copyright)
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Fair use (Copyright) |
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authorship. |
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copyright. |
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LAW -- Intellectual Property -- General. |
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Authors -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lipton, Jacqueline D. Law and authors. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] 9780520301801 (DLC) 2020001791 |
| ISBN |
9780520972247 (ebook) |
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0520972244 |
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9780520301801 (cloth) |
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9780520301818 (paperback) |
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