Negotiate Book Contracts with Publishers

By the end of the workshop participants will be able to: ● Define the basics of copyright. ● Discuss why retaining copyright is useful for academic authors. ● Recognize the sections of a publishing contract. ● Identify common book contract terms and explain why they are important to authors. ● Revise book contract terms to better reflect the needs of authors. ● Plan to negotiate changes to a publishing contract that are advantageous to the author. ● Identify 2-3 sources of additional information on negotiating with publishers to keep copyright