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For Authors: July 03, 2019 Issue [#9627]




 This week: Copyright
  Edited by: NaNoNette Author IconMail Icon
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2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
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6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

Dear Authors on Writing.Com,

I am NaNoNette Author Icon and I will explore that scary word Copyright with you today.


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Letter from the editor

Copyright


You have a right to own your words. Others have a right to own their words.


Let me preface today's newsletter with this disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. I have no legal training in any way shape or form that would qualify me to help you to decide whether you might get in trouble with copyright laws through your writing. The discussion about copyrights came up in the newsfeed last week and I also received a few questions via email after my last For Authors newsletter that explained ISBN. This newsletter is in no way a substitute for asking a qualified copyright lawyer for legal advice. Today's aim is to show you where to find resources here on the site to help you make your own best informed decisions and to help you know where to find additional help should you want it.

You may have noticed (or not, but now you will) that each item you create here on Writing.Com has a disclaimer right below it.

© Copyright 2019 Octobersun (UN: octobersun2 at Writing.Com). All rights reserved.
Octobersun has granted Writing.Com, its affiliates and its syndicates non-exclusive rights to display this work.

This means that you own words or images you posted. Writing.Com hosts our writing and our artwork. The copyright remains with us creators for each of those items. In order to show them to the world, you allow Writing.Com to show it for you (since they own the site.) While your work is now linked to your username here on Writing.Com, this copyright notice does not mean another person can't come after you and say you stole from them. "Writing.Com 101" Open in new Window. article "Writing.Com Copyright Policy" Open in new Window. helps you to find out to what degree your writing here on the site is protected and which rules you have to follow so that you don't infringe on others copyright by posting things to your portfolio that you didn't create.

Aside from the excellent collection of articles about copyrights assembled by GabriellaR45 Author Icon that I link to below in the editor's picks, you can also find more resources about copyright on this page on Writing.Com

https://www.writing.com/main/info/about/copyrights.html

You can easily find the above link by going into your left sidebar, click on Writing Resources. The second option from the top is this link to the copyright information provided by the site.



Editor's Picks

 
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Placing Copyright Notices: advice/instructions for writers who submit work outside W.Com
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 Using Artwork that You don't Own Open in new Window. (E)
Avoiding Copyright Infringement
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Copyright & Fair Use Written by Richard Sims
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 Copyright Basics Open in new Window. (E)
Provided by the US Copyright Office.
#1515132 by Lilli 🧿 ☕ Author IconMail Icon

Orphan Works Copyright Legislation Open in new Window. (E)
How this proposed legislation will impact your copyright rights.
#1435203 by Lilli 🧿 ☕ Author IconMail Icon

Copyright for Authors Looking to Publish Open in new Window. (E)
Provided by Princeton University Press
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 Copyright Infringement  Open in new Window. (E)
Is it always against the law to copy the works of others ? Read on....
#1515170 by Lilli 🧿 ☕ Author IconMail Icon

 Clip Art Copyrights  Open in new Window. (E)
Making use of Clip Art on the internet.
#1458146 by Lilli 🧿 ☕ Author IconMail Icon

 Derivative Works under Copyright Law Open in new Window. (E)
This includes manipulated art and artifacts
#2133989 by Lilli 🧿 ☕ Author IconMail Icon


 
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Ask & Answer

I received the following replies to my last For Authors newsletter "International Standard Book Number" Open in new Window.:

kdelightful Author Icon wrote: This newsletter is very helpful in regards to getting a ISBN for publishing books. I had no clue that Kindle Direct own the ISBN that is purchased through them. I am glad I did not go through them.

I have to admit that I only found this out recently and I thought it was a good bit of information to share that the ISBN given out by third party entities come with strings attached.

Osirantinous Author Icon wrote: I am presuming you're talking to US authors mostly, because I'm lucky enough to be in New Zealand where ISBNs are free. Though they'll only give you bulk ISBNs if you can prove you're actually going to use them (here they have a shelf-life for use). I've got a novel and a short story on Kindle but the novel is also available via several other sites as PoD and ePub so I was always going to get an ISBN. I know Kindle gives you an ASIN but I don't really care about that one. ISBN all the way (makes you feel like you really have published).

You are correct. I am talking to US authors. I don't think it's possible for anyone to keep up with all the different rules applicable all around the world. Nice that you can have free ISBNs in New Zealand.

hbk16 wrote: I Like this information which is really new for me. It is useful and each time you unreal the publishing process. So ISBN is a publishing personal number. I did not know that such number is first needed in order to publish. Really thank you so much for bringing us such useful information. I am personally grateful to you.

Thank you for reading and your kind reply.

Pepper Author Icon wrote: Great info! I have two projects in the works so I'll be purchasing two ISBN numbers and am saving this newsletter. Thank you!

Glad to be of help. *Smile*

Beholden Author Icon wrote: Excellent information on ISBN numbers for which thank you.
I am also extremely grateful for the article since it has opened my eyes on some of the complications of becoming a published writer. Suddenly I'm quite glad that I've never been published!
Seriously, I mean it - thanks very much. :)

Don't let these finer bits of legal stuff keep you from publishing though. At some point, jump and see if it floats!

isokarifrancis Author Icon wrote: Thanks for the eye-opening write-up on ISBN.

Thank you for reading and your kind reply.

Christopher Roy Denton Author Icon wrote: That was an incredibly informative newsletter! I had no idea that Kindle Direct assigned ISBN numbers were not owned by the author. Two questions, though. 1) How much does an ISBN number cost? 2) If I published using their ISBN number, can't I later republish a new edition with my own ISBN number?

Answer to question 1: It fluctuates. Go to the Bowker website (linked in "International Standard Book Number" Open in new Window.) to find out the current price.
Answer to question 2: Yes. But that makes it an entirely new book, which means you lose all reviews attached to the old ISBN on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc. Best to stick to one ISBN if possible.


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