Publishers and editors, prepare professional contracts and agreements with our template Publishing Forms.
Create publishing agreements, copyright assignments, screenplay contracts, and much more. These Publishing Forms are fully editable to meet your needs.
Academic Research & Writing Service Agreement
If you research and write academic papers, such as theses, essays and dissertations, ensure that you get paid by having your customers sign this Academic Research & Writing Service Agreement prior to beginning work on their project. The writer's ability to deliver the services may be restricted b...
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Publishers and authors, prepare an Assignment of Copyright with this template form, under which an author assigns to a third party all of his/her worldwide rights in, and title to, the copyright in a specific work by the author. The Assignment also grants the author a personal license to use extr...
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Assignment of Copyright and Waiver of Moral Rights (Canada)
Canadian publishers, use this template to prepare an Assignment of Copyright and Waiver of Moral Rights. The author of a work assigns his/her right and title to copyright in the work to a third party, and waives his/her moral rights in the work, pursuant to the Canada Copyright Act. An author'...
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Book Publishing Agreement (Canada)
Canadian publishers, create contracts with authors using this template Book Publishing Agreement in accordance with Canadian laws. Provisions of the Publishing Agreement include: The author grants the publisher an exclusive worldwide license to publish the work, including the right to prepare deri...
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Book Publishing Agreement (USA)
USA publishers, create contracts with authors using this template Book Publishing Agreement in accordance with US copyright laws. The author grants the publisher an exclusive worldwide license to publish the work, including the right to prepare derivative works based on the work. The publisher h...
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Book Publishing Agreement with Nonexclusive Worldwide Rights
Publishers, create contracts for authors with this template Book Publishing Agreement with Nonexclusive Worldwide Rights to publish and distribute a previously published work. The author grants the publisher a non-exclusive worldwide license to publish the work. The publisher will pay royalti...
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Collaboration Agreement Between Screenwriters (USA)
If you are collaborating with another writer on a story, screenplay, treatment or other work, put the terms of your relationship down in writing with this Collaboration Agreement Between Screenwriters template for the USA. The agreement is between the writers themselves and not with a production ...
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Commission Agreement for Strip Cartoon (United Kingdom)
UK publishers, commission an artist to create a comic strip for serialization in newspapers or magazines with this Commission Agreement for Strip Cartoon. The cartoon characters will be based on existing characters from literary or film sources, or on real people. The artist agrees to remain fa...
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Consent to Use Quote, Photograph or Personal Statement
Publishers, do you need to get the consent of the owner / author to use a quote, photograph or personal statement in a printed work or publication? Use this easy template form to obtain the consent of the relevant party for use in the work or works specified in the Consent Form. This Consent ...
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Contractor Work for Hire Agreement for Publishing House (USA)
USA publishers, create a Contractor Work for Hire Agreement for illustrators, writers, editors and other independent contractors with this template form. The contractor agrees to provide services and create the work strictly on a work made for hire basis, for a one-time fee. The publisher will r...
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Exclusive Cover Illustrations Agreement (UK)
UK publishers, offer your authors cover design services with this Exclusive Cover Illustrations Agreement. The publisher agrees to provide the services of an artist to create the illustrations, based on the author’s description and/or preliminary sketches. The artist’s fee is a flat rate charge, u...
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Exclusive Cover Illustrations Agreement (USA)
US publishers, offer your authors cover design services with this Exclusive Cover Illustrations Agreement. The publisher agrees to provide the services of an artist to create the illustrations, based on the author’s description and/or preliminary sketches. The artist’s fee is a flat rate charge, u...
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Freelance Manuscript Editing Agreement
Freelance editors, prepare an agreement to rework an author's manuscript with this template Freelance Manuscript Editing Agreement. The author will retain all copyright and other rights associated with the manuscript, including intellectual property, electronic rights, and rights to marketing and...
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Publishers, hire a freelance writer to write articles on various topics with this easy-to-use Freelance Writing Agreement template. The publisher has no control over the writer's work, but has sole control over which articles (if any) are published. The writer will be paid by the word, and is...
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Illustration Commission Agreement with Fixed Fee Payment
Hire an artist to illustrate your book, e-book or other publication on a fixed fee basis with this Agreement to Commission Illustrations for Original Published Work. The form contains a work-for-hire clause for USA contracts, which can be deleted for other countries. The artist will be paid a fix...
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Illustration Commission Agreement with Royalty Payments
Hire an artist to illustrate your book, e-book or other publication with this Agreement to Commission Illustrations for Original Published Work - royalty basis. The artist will be paid an ongoing royalty for use of the illustrations in the work. The royalty will be based on net profits from sales ...
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Publishers, prepare a Journal Publication Agreement with this easy-to-use template. The Agreement is between the publisher of an industry journal and an author who wants to submit his / her written work for publication in the journal. The author grants the publisher the write to publish the wor...
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Letter of Intent to Edit Manuscript
Editors, before you sign a formal agreement to edit a manuscript for an author, make sure that both parties are clear on the terms by putting them in writing in this Letter of Intent. Key points of the Letter of Intent include: The author will retain all copyright and other rights associated with t...
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Literary Acquisition Option & Purchase Agreement Package (USA)
Film producers, secure worldwide motion picture rights to a previous published work from the writer of the work with this Literary Acquisition Option & Purchase Agreement package (USA). The writer grants the publisher an exclusive and irrevocable option to purchase the rights to the published wor...
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Literary Management Representation Agreement
Are you a literary manager whose clients include screenwriters in the film and television industry? Prepare your client contracts quickly and easily with this Literary Management Representation Agreement template. The manager will be paid a percentage of any gross compensation paid to the scree...
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Magazine Article Royalty Agreement
Magazine publishers, use this template to prepare a Royalty Agreement with an author for an article he/she has been hired to write for publication in an upcoming issue of the magazine. The publisher has control over the style, format, design, layout and editorial changes. If the author fails to d...
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Online Magazine Subscription Agreement
Magazine publishers, if you provide online copies of your magazines, sign up subscribers with this Online Magazine Subscription Agreement. Provisions of the Agreement include: The subscriber agrees to let the magazine publisher provide certain statistical information to advertisers, except for pe...
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Screenplay Template & Cover Page
Are you an unpublished author trying to make your mark as a screenwriter? Before you submit your work to a producer, make sure it's properly formatted with this free screenplay template, which sets out how the cover page should look, and how to format the actual script pages. This screenplay temp...
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Are you a film / TV producer who solicits scripts from screenwriters? Have the writers make their submissions in writing under the terms and conditions of this Script Submission Agreement. The screenwriter acknowledges that the submission of the script and the execution of the Agreement does not...
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Tax Tips for Small Businesses, Publishers & Authors (Canada)
This 9-page guide to Ten Timely Tax Tips for Small Businesses, Publishers & Authors is provided by Chimo Financial Services Inc.. The document discusses tax strategies for the small business owner in Canada, and is particularly aimed at businesses involved in producing and publishing books and ot...
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Publishers, secure the right to translate and republish an original literary work with this Translation Rights Agreement. The owner of the rights to the original work grants the publisher the exclusive right in perpetuity to translate the work from English into a different language, and to publis...
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Translation Rights License (UK)
UK publishers, secure the right to translate and republish an original literary work previously published in a different language with this Translation Rights License. The owner of the rights to the original work (Grantor) grants the publisher an exclusive licence to print and publish the work in t...
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Translation Services Agreement
Translators, hire out your services for translating documents and other materials on an as-needed basis with this Translation Services Agreement. The translator's services include translation of documents, interpretation of spoken language, inputting translated documents, translation research, lang...
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Waiver of Moral Rights in Copyright
Publishers, use this template to prepare a Waiver of Moral Rights, under which the author of a work waives his or her moral rights in the copyright of the work, in order to allow a third party to make use of the work anywhere in the world. An author's moral rights comprise the right to be identif...
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