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Publishing Agreement


The publishing agreement between a poet or author and The Lives You Touch Publications consists of the following:


  1. 1.There is no monetary payment to authors who are published by The Lives You Touch Publications.


  1. 2.In exchange for the publication of a chapbook, The Lives You Touch Publications will provide the author with a total of fifteen (15) numbered copies of the chapbook without charge.  These copies will include 10 odd numbered copies of the first 20 copies signed by the author beginning with #1 and ending with #19.  The remaining 5 copies will continue in this odd numbered sequence from 21 to 29.  The 20 chapbooks to be signed by the author will be delivered to the author by The Lives You Touch Publications.  It is the responsibility of the author to ensure the safe return of the 10 signed, even numbered copies, beginning with #2 and ending with #2o to The Lives You Touch Publications.  Failure to return the 10 signed, even numbered copies, that begin with #2 and end with #2o, that will be retained by The Lives You Touch Publications within thirty (30) days for any reason will result in the forfeiture of the additional 5 numbered copies provided to the author as noted above and all lifetime author discounts stipulated below.  The Lives You Touch Publications will maintain all publication rights and copyrights to the author’s work as stipulated below.


  1. 3.Print runs will be noted in sets of 100, e. g. the first 100 copies printed will be noted as the "First Printing," the second 100 copies will be noted as the "Second Printing," and so on.


  1. 4.An author will receive a lifetime discount on all of his or her chapbooks published by The Lives You Touch Publications.  This discount will consist of 30% off the sale price for the first 50 copies ordered by an author for their own chapbooks.  Orders beyond the first 50 copies will receive a 15% discount.  For example, at a selling price of $15, the cost to an author for the first 50 copies ordered of his or her chapbook would be $10.50 per copy.  Beginning with ordered copy number 51 and all copies ordered beyond the quantity of 51, the discounted price would be $12.75.  The copies provided to an author as stipulated in item #2 above are not counted towards this discount.  Volume discounts are available.  See addendum below.  Please contact us for an estimate of the production time for all volume orders over 50 copies.  An author will also receive a lifetime discount of 15% off the selling price on chapbooks written by other authors published by The Lives You Touch Publications.  This discount is different from the author discount for our journal, Touch: The Journal of Healing.


  1. 5.In exchange for the author's discount, an author agrees not to sell the chapbooks for less than the price printed on the chapbook without our prior approval.


  1. 6.The Lives You Touch Publications will remain the exclusive publisher for the selection of poems or works in the manuscript titled with the chapbook's title that an author submits to us, as a body of work, for five years from the date the chapbook is first offered for sale.  This does not preclude the publication of selected individual poems or works from the manuscript by an author in other venues when those poems or works first appeared in the chapbook as long as The Lives You Touch Publications is credited as the first venue of publication and as long as the author receives prior written approval from us to release any poem or work for REPRINT RIGHTS to another publication.  All rights to publication of any poems or works included in the manuscript that we do not select to publish in a chapbook remain with the author.


  1. 7.The copyright to each poem or literary work, photograph, or artwork included in the manuscript, submitted to us by the author, remains with the author.


  1. 8.Copyright to the graphics, layout, style, and formatting of the chapbook, as a chapbook, remain with The Lives You Touch Publications.


  1. 9.The Lives You Touch Publications retains the right to continue to publish the selection of poems or works in the manuscript titled with the chapbook's title that an author submits to us, as a body of work, indefinitely.


  1. 10.The Lives You Touch Publications is receptive to reaching unique publishing agreements with each author independently.  It is very important to us that an author is comfortable with this agreement because it is their work that will be presented by us.


  1. 11.The Lives You Touch Publications, will at its discretion, use any and all components of a chapbook manuscript in the development and distribution of promotional materials for any and all of its publications or products.



    AUTHOR VOLUME PRINT COPY DISCOUNT *            effective 11/16/09


    Copy Quantity        Discount % Off Cover Price $15        Discount Price


           100 -250                                          20%                                                 $12


           251 - 500                                          25%                                                 $11.25


           over 500                            contact us for pricing




        * This includes the author 15% discount.












Amended 1/6/10