More than four years have passed since publication of the last edition of Clark's Publishing Agreements, and since then there have been many developments which have affected the publishing industry - legislative and technical as well as changes in practice within the industry itself which impact on the way contracts now have to be drafted. The rationale for copyright legislation as a means of protecting intellectual property and as the underlying framework for trading in the digital environment remains under scrutiny both in the UK and internationally. New rights have arisen; these range from recent moves by major trade publishers to digitise their repertoires (a move made by legal and scientific publishers over a decade ago as a result of customer demand) to the downloading of audio versions of books and podcasting to syndication of print material to enhance websites - all these affect the rights which can be traded and may need to be covered in contracts between author and publishers, and between publishers and their licensees.
Note
Ed. rev. : "Publishing agreements edited by Charles Clark, 3rd ed. 1989."
Formatted Contents Note
1. General book; 2. Educational, academic, scientific and professional book; 3. Agreement for general editor of a book; 4. Agreement for contributor for a book; 5. Book series; 6. Academic journal: editor's agreement; 7. Journal contributor agreements; 8. Agreements for serial rights; 9. Translator's agreement; 10. Agreement for sale of translation rights appendix: transitional and post transitional markets; 11. Same-Language low price reprint agreement; 12. Illustration and artwork agreement; 13. Packaging rights agreement; 14. International Co-edition agreement; 15. Film, television and allied rights: option and assignment agreements; 16. Merchandising rights agreement, introduction to electronic precedents; 17. Licence to software developer/Producer to utilise existing print material in carrier form.