Publishing Agreement
(Trade Book) (Pro-Publisher)

Summary

This template Publishing Agreement is between a trade book publisher and an author with key clauses most beneficial to the publisher and most protective of its rights. The template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, and alternate and optional clauses (including optional electronic rights provisions). For a checklist on the key issues that publishers should address when negotiating and drafting a trade book publishing agreement, see Drafting a Trade Books Publishing Contract Checklist (Pro-Publisher). For other types of publishing contracts, see Publishing Contract (E-book) and Publishing Contract (E-books, Promotion via Social Media).