Getting Published is Just the Beginning: A guide to Intellectual Property (IP) Rights for traditionally published authors and creative writing students

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Take charge of your author career

Are you an un-agented novelist managing your own writing career?

Have you written a book and don’t know where to start with getting a publisher?

This book is for you.

I have worked in the Intellectual Property (IP) and licensing sector for over a decade. I’m also a novelist and creative writing mentor.

Over the years I’ve answered a lot of questions from authors who are at the start of their traditional publishing careers. A lot of writers find the business of licensing IP confusing and contracts impenetrable. Often, even when they seek legal advice, they aren’t given a context in which to interpret this advice.

This easy-to-read guide will give you the tools you need to take charge of your author career.

You will learn:

Chapter 1: Becoming a professional Writer

Chapter 2: Intellectual Property

Chapter 3: Slicing up IP - Your work is more than the one thing you wrote

Chapter 4: Contracts

Chapter 5: Publishing Pathways

Chapter 6: Traditional publishers

Chapter 7: Vanity publishers

Chapter 8: Self publishing aka Independent (‘indie’) publishing

Chapter 9: Working with an agent

Chapter 10: Branding and Pen names

Chapter 11: Self promotion

Chapter 12: Alternative sources of income (until you have your big hit)

Chapter 13: It’ll be okay, keep writing

Chapter 14: Resource list