“I want to publish the lyrics from an old song but the rights holder hasn’t responded to me. What can I do?”
I’ve emailed ASCAP, and Sony, who owns the publishing rights, for permission and no one has gotten back to me…
copyrights
“When writing under a pseudonym, should I put my REAL name on the copyright page of my book?”
If something goes awry in the government database (which is a question of when, not if), someone searching for your pseudonym could find your home or mailing address, put two and two together…
Karen Wasted a Year Writing a Book She CAN’T Publish
Don’t be Karen! Research publishing laws BEFORE writing that book!
“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!
“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?”