The Writer's Legal Guide: An Authors Guild Desk Reference

by Tad Crawford, Kay Murray, Luke Crawford, et al.

Book Overview

In an increasingly digitized and complex publishing world, writers need to know how to protect themselves against copyright infringement, legal trouble, and unwise concessions to publishers. Still the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581152302
• ISBN13: 9781581152302
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Allworth Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Five Stars for a Top Writer's Reference!

This comprehensive quick reference guide is a must have for writers. *Especially first-time authors.* I recommend it to all writers that I mentor. Believe me - when you demonstrate at least some knowledge of contracts - you'll get a better one!

A Writer's Best Friend

The Writer's Legal Guide is an invaluable reference for published and unpublished writers alike. Relevant and significant areas of the law are explained in helpful and easy to understand terms. This book is essential to dealing successfully with the business side of publishing, as all writers must at some point in their careers. Learn your rights and responsibilities as a writer, become knowledgeable about Copyright and First Amendment law, and be prepared to handle publishers and agents. The Writer's Legal Guide is well prepared to be your "guide".

The best legal guide for writers.

This is a terrific guide that tells writers at all levels what they need to know to avoid legal problems and negotiate successfully. It has the broadest coverage and is clearly written with many cases turned into fascinating and eduational anecdotes. I can't recommend it too highly.