Brandon Sanderson’s 2012 Semester at BYU: Creative Writing, Lecture 12
This video is a mirror of the materials posted by user writeaboutdragons. I’ve linked together the parts of the lecture into a single video, and provided some notes with timestamps below. Enjoy!
*Notes*
1:52 / Avoiding scams in traditional publishing
- Money should always flows towards the author
- - No up front fees; no reading fees; conditional publish clauses
- Various online forums to help, e.g., WriterBeware blog: accrispin.blogspot.com/
11:20 / Contracts for novels
- Rights of first refusal clause
- Everything is negotiable
- Advances
- - Common is half on signing, half on publication
- Royalties
- - Covered in lecture 2012.8 • Sanderson 2012.8 - Age...
22:47 / IP Rights, Translation, etc
- Keep 100% for yourself normally
- - Except for world English
- Publisher normally keeps Book Club rights
- Ebook rights are a battle ground
- Keep your dramatic rights
- Audio rights are negotiable
44:43 / Small but important clauses
- Indemnity clause
- Copyright
- Due date, reversion of rights date
- Marketing plan
52:26 / Short story contracts
- Usually paid per word (1 cent - 25 cents)
56:25 / Getting a good agent
- Can be hard to find
- Tons of scam agents
- Check their client list to see if they are legit
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All advice and notes relating to contracts and deals are for educational purposes only and should not be construed or taken as legal advice