Own Your Rights - Introduction

Introduction | Presentation | Activity | Further Resources

Topic

Recognize your rights as an author and familiarize yourself with publishers' contracts.

What you will learn:

  • Your “bundle” of copyrights
  • How to identify the key elements of publishing contracts
  • How to push back against publishers to retain more of your rights

This module will prepare you for:

  • When you have a manuscript accepted for publication

Table of contents

  1. Presentation - Get to know your rights as an author (10 minutes - video and Google Slides)
  2. Activity - Review a sample contract and analyze the clauses (20 minutes)
  3. Further Resources

Credits: The content for this session was developed over multiple iterations, with contributions from Colleen Cressman, Colin Lukens, and Rebecca Martin.

For Facilitators: Visit the Facilitator's notes page Links to an external site. for information and file downloads.

Introduction | Presentation | Activity | Further Resources