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Sample Contracts
Intro to Publishing Contracts
This 34 page .pdf document by Sean P. Fodera and C. E. Petit provides an overview to publishing contracts.
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Amazon Kindle Contract Review and Annotation
This .pdf document is an annotation of the Amazon Kindle contract as it was posted on Amazon’s Web site (downloaded in February, 2008).
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SFWA Model Author-Agent Contract
This contract was written under the direction of the SFWA® Contracts Committee. The model or sample contracts have been written as a guide to writers in understanding common publishing contracts and to help them negotiate better contracts. They are not intended to be used as boilerplate contracts by publishers, writers, or agents, nor should such [...]
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MODEL CONTRACT: HARDCOVER
1989
This contract was written under the direction of the SFWA® Contracts Committee. The model or sample contracts have been written as a guide to writers in understanding common publishing contracts and to help them negotiate better contracts. They are not intended to be used as boilerplate contracts by publishers, writers, or agents, nor should such [...]
MODEL CONTRACT: ANTHOLOGY
1989
This contract was written under the direction of the SFWA® Contracts Committee. The model or sample contracts have been written as a guide to writers in understanding common publishing contracts and to help them negotiate better contracts. They are not intended to be used as boilerplate contracts by publishers, writers, or agents, nor should such [...]