Clarks Publishing Agreements have long been the “must have” legal resource for the publishing industry. This comprehensive book offers 24 model agreements, ranging from author contracts to merchandising rights, e-book distribution, e-book distribution and data mining. Lynette Owen (General Editor and Contributor) is a freelance counsel. She began her career as a legal department at Cambridge University Press and also worked at Pitman Publishing and Marshall Cavendish before joining Longman Group Ltd (now Pearson Education) until May 2013 as Director of Copyright. She regularly lectures on copyright and rights courses in the UK and abroad. She is also the author of Selling Rights in its 7th edition and published by Routledge.She received the London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 and an OBE for international publishing and trade services in the Queen`s New Year Honours in 2009.Contributors are Huw Alexander, Angela Bianchi, Rachel Feebury, Ben Russell and Suannez Smith. Clarks Publishing Agreements have long been the “must have” legal resource for the publishing industry. This comprehensive book offers 24 model agreements, ranging from author contracts to merchandising rights, e-book distribution, e-book distribution and data mining. It contains an introduction to “legal developments” that provides an overview of existing and future legislation (UK and international). It also covers new industry initiatives and serves as an essential checklist for industry professionals. The effects of these developments have been updated in the previous ones, their accompanying notes and their annexes. It also includes an “introduction to electronic precedents,” which highlights ongoing developments in the field of technology and their impact on licensing practices and contract formulation.
For the tenth edition, all the previous ones, the explanatory explanations and the annexes have been thoroughly revised to take account of the latest developments, including: – copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988- coverage of the new EU DSM Directive and its impact on the CT – Report on the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty, which introduces a wide range of new copyright exceptions for the visually impaired (or other barriers to printing) – new annexes on Creative Commons librarians and licenses an experienced author of Publishing Agreements or new exceptions in the De Clarks Publishing Agreement sector are invaluable in ensuring that your publishing agreements are written professionally and effectively. This book comes with an electronic download of the previous ones for you to customize and use in your contracts. When you purchase, you`ll receive a code and web link from which the previous ones can be downloaded in a generic format such as .doc compatible with all operating systems. “This is a real Tour de Force from key people in the publishing industry… Clark`s is truly a truly indispensable work of reference for any publisher or literary agent who wants to do his work in a professional and commercial way for the benefit of all actors. “Review of the 9th edition”This relevant and well-presented book is to be recommended without reservation. “European Intellectual Property Review” more useful than ever… the full notes on the previous ones are the real gold dust… Clark`s is the Voice of Reason” “Review of the 9th edition”Clark`s Publishing Agreements (9. Edition) is an indispensable book for all publishers and for many others working in the publishing industry” “Review of the 9th edition” This book should be on the shelf of each publisher “The great strengths of the book are its notes and comments” Criticism of a previous edition “Another Herculean Effort by Lynette Owen and her team” Logos “Every Word Is Unaffordable” “Editer Matters Give your mobile phone number” or email address below and we`ll give you send a link to download the free Kindle app.