“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?”
copyrights
“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…
AUTHOR ALERT! Can Your Book’s REVIEWS Get You Sued? Yep!
Authors often think they can use emails from readers for marketing purposes without asking permission.
“My cousin and I co-wrote a book but then she left my name off of it!”
Did the cousin, who is now deceased, do this on purpose? And, what recourse does the co-author have?
“Can I use old yearbook photos in my book or on my blog?” NOPE!
Old yearbook photographers could seriously get into the litigation business with all of the copyright infringement occurring online right now!!
“Can I publish other writers’ short stories in my anthology without permission?”
Can you pull short stories from the Internet and include them in your book? NO!
Mailing Your Manuscript to Yourself Does NOT Copyright Your Work!
I know an author needs to copyright a book in order to sue anyone who might try to steal it. What about short stories? How does an author protect himself with that type of writing?
“An Anthology Used My Story Without Permission. What do I do???”
I saw your post on the WritersWeekly board and I see that you were able to help other writers in a similar situation.
Yesterday, I became aware that a publisher used a short story in their anthology without my knowledge or consent.