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What about Copyright Permissions?
by, Jill Swenson
February 28, 2017

If you seek traditional publication for your book manuscript, then it is incumbent upon you to obtain copyright permissions for any text or images which are not original. The book will not go to print until every written permission has been secured. Because publishing is a for-profit venture, an author cannot include the copyrighted work of others without permission and it is not covered under… [Read More]

Filed Under: citations, copyright permissions, images, poems, quotations, song lyrics
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Copyright Permissions: 5 Myths debunked for authors
by, Jill Swenson
September 18, 2012

Do you have a song lyric you plan to use as your epigraph? Is there a piece of artwork you’d like to see between the pages of your book? Do you want a poem to be inserted into the narrative? Have you excerpted a long passage from another book? Do you use trademarked brand names? Are there tables or diagrams, schematics or sketches that are… [Read More]

Filed Under: artwork, ASCAP, copyright permissions, Fair Use, photographs, poetry, publishing contract, song lyrics, trademarks, US Copyright Law
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