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This book should be on every publisher's shelf The Bookseller Clark's Publishing Agreements has long been the 'must have' legal resource for the publishing industry. This comprehensive book provides 25 model agreements, from author agreements to merchandising rights to online licensing to e-book distribution to text and data mining. Whether you are an experienced drafter of publishing agreements, or new to the industry, Clark's Publishing Agreements: A Book of Precedents will prove invaluable in ensuring that your publishing agreements are expertly and effectively drafted. For the Eleventh Edition, all the precedents, explanatory notes and appendices have been thoroughly revised to take account of the latest developments including: - Precedent for a social media influencer - New precedent on Open Access book author agreements - Coverage of audio deals, including arrangements with narrators - Electronic download of the precedents for you to adapt and use in your contracts This new edition will appeal to the legal practitioner market, copyright practitioners, general IP practitioners, media law practitioners, in-house legal market, publishing houses, and literary agents.

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It is a true tour de force from key people in the publishing industry...Clark's really is a truly indispensable work of reference for any publisher or literary agent who wishes to undertake their work in a professional and commercial manner for the benefit of all parties involved. -- Martin Woodhead * Review of the 9th edition * This authoritative and well-presented book is unreservedly recommended. -- Professor Charles Oppenheim * European Intellectual Property Review * more useful than ever...the extensive notes on the Precedents are the real gold dust...Clark's is the voice of reason -- Jessica Kingsley * Review of the 9th edition * Clark's Publishing Agreements (9th edition) is an indispensable work for all publishers and for many others who work in the publishing industry -- Linda Bennett, Founder of Gold Leaf and a Director of Salt Publishing * Review of the 9th edition * This book should be on every publisher's shelf -- The Bookseller * Review of a previous edition * The book's great strengths are its notes and commentary -- Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice * Review of a previous edition * superb...Another Herculean effort by Lynette Owen and her team -- Logos * Logos * Every word is priceless * Editing Matters *

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Lynette Owen (General Editor and Contributor) is a freelance copyright and rights consultant. She started her publishing career in rights 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 Copyright Director. She regularly lectures on copyright and rights courses both in the UK and abroad. She is also the author of Selling Rights now in its 7th edition and published by Routledge. She received the London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 and an OBE for services to publishing and international trade in the Queen's New Year Honours in 2009. Contributors include: Duncan Calow, Hugh Jones, Chris Bennett, Aleksandar Kaludjerovic, Kevin Stewart, Rachel Richards, Diane Spivey, Suzanne Barlow, Anji Clarke, Michael Ridley, Alan Williams, Nick Fitzpatrick, Anna Vernon, Carlo Scollo Lavizzari, Andrea Shallcross, Claire Hodder, Sarah Faulder, Alicia Wise, Catriona Stevenson and Huw Alexander.

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