“An anthology publisher owes me royalties! What can I do?”
Anthology publisher ripping you off? Rescind the rights to your story AND then invoice them for copyright infringement!
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“A marketing company says my book was ‘endorsed’ by movie producers but they want $5K! Is this too good to be true?”
Movie deals are rare yet many authors pay thousands to these types of firms.
“Someone stole and republished my blog posts AND photos as her own! What can I do???”
An elder lady writer has been stalking me for 7+ years every single day. She has copied my blog posts and used some of my blog post ideas as her own. She didn’t even bother to change the name of…
“Can I recreate someone else’s photograph I found online, and use on my book cover?”
Is recreating a photo you find online copyright infringement?
What is a fair rate to pay an illustrator for my book?
How does paying an illustrator work? How do you determine how much to pay them?
“How can I release a book into the public domain?”
What I want to do is put my aunt’s three books into the public domain now, and make them available through digital preservation efforts. But, I first need to prove that I actually have the right to donate them…
“My friend left me the rights to his book. His estate disagrees. I have email proof! What do I do?!”
“My friend left his book rights to me via an email message, and verbally. The estate claims it belongs to them. What do you think?”
“I want you to refer your authors to me for editing and illustrations. What are your criteria?”
We launched this service to counter the greedy rights’-grab currently occurring in the industry…
“I sued Tate Publishing, and won, but Amazon is still selling their edition of my book!”
I sued my publisher (Tate Publishing) for 5 counts of breach of contract, including stealing all the royalties, and won. I just learned from a friend that she ordered my book on Amazon and got it…
“Should I wait for the Library of Congress to process my copyright registration before I publish my book?”
When registering a copyright for a book, nobody waits for the government anymore…