Significant Implications Under the Copyright Law
Attorney Ivan Hoffman continues his explanations about this important new California law. The last two moth Ivan discussed several important issues related to California’s new law, AB 5. But there…
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Do you know what “fair use” means under the copyright law?
“Well, it depends.” That pretty much sums up “fair use.” As publishers, authors, website designers, recording artists, and other creators of intellectual property, as well as users of such property,…
Are Copyrights Community Property?
All writers have copyrighted materials (Intellectual property). But what happens when you get a divorce? Who owns all or part of your works? Attorney Ivan Hoffman gives an in-depth analysis…
ePublishing and Copyrights
by Bobbie Christmas Q: I have a couple of questions about ebooks, as I’ve had two responses to queries from ebook publishers. 1. Should my manuscript be copyrighted before I…
April 23 is World Book and Copyright Day
During the month of April, WPN member Rhonda Rees is staging a PSA campaign to alert authors and publishers to check their books to correspond with World Book and Copyright…
6 Questions Writers Ask about Copyright and the Law
Imagine you’re at a writers’ conference. You’re getting ready to pitch that great novel idea to a bunch of powerful agents. You walk up to the microphone, you start to…
The Publishing Game
by Jay Hartman April showers bring May flowers. What do May flowers bring? Pilgrims. That’s a very old (and very bad) dad joke, but timely. As we head into April…
Editor’s Choice March 2024
Amazon Advantage vs Amazon Seller Central: Sell Your Own Print Books by Jason Hamilton, reprinted with permission So let’s assume that you have printed multiple copies of your book and…
Editor’s Choice February 2024
25 Podcasts for Authors on Writing, Publishing, and Book Marketing Vignette Books Succeeds in Selling Surprise Vintage Titles Vignette Books is an online bookstore that offers books like “blind date…
WPN Insider January 2024
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