The phrase "author contracts" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to agreements or legal documents that outline the terms between an author and a publisher or other parties involved in the publication of their work.
Example: "Before proceeding with the publication, we need to finalize the author contracts to ensure all parties are in agreement."
Alternatives: "writer agreements" or "publishing contracts".
Mrs. Lifton, 28, negotiates author contracts for Random House.
In other cases, the publishing company doesn't know whether it even owns the work, since author contracts in the past were not as explicit as they are now.
Because e-books were not explicitly mentioned in most author contracts until about 15 years ago, disputes have arisen about who has the right to publish digital versions of older books.
While most traditional publishers have included e-book rights in new author contracts for 15 years, many titles were originally published before e-books were explicitly included in contracts.
In this workshop, MIT librarians will show you what to look for in author contracts and go over ways to hold onto rights to share and reuse your work, including via MIT's open access policies.
This intern will have the opportunity to learn about aspects of intellectual property law and contracts in academic book publishing, including standard author contracts, agented contracts, rights agreements, subsidiary rights, permissions, and copyright.
To protect themselves, nearly every author contract requires writers to indemnify the publishers, who also have protective insurance.
Other authors' contracts expire soon, and agents report a steady stream of calls from publishers inquiring how happy their clients are at Penguin Putnam.
The News Corporation's HarperCollins Publishers, which took a $270 million charge for unsold inventory and unearned advances, took the extraordinary step of canceling some authors' contracts for unfinished books.
The company maintains that it is respecting authors' contracts with other publishers because it is not signing them to write works that are book length.
Michael Korda, the former editor in chief of Simon & Schuster, said some authors' contracts call for bonuses as high as $100,000 for hitting No. 1 on the Times list.
