Publishing Agreement
The publishing agreement between an author and The Lives You Touch Publications consists of the following:
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1.There is no monetary payment to authors who are published by The Lives You Touch Publications, for the contents of a chapbook, for the use of an image of the chapbook cover, for any graphics or digital audio files of any composition supplied by an author that are used in or for the chapbook, or for any and all promotional and advertising materials created by The Lives You Touch Publications which use any of the preceding components.
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2.In exchange for the publication of a chapbook, The Lives You Touch Publications will provide to an author a total of fifteen (15) numbered copies of the chapbook. These copies will consist of the fifteen (15) odd-numbered copies of the first thirty (30) copies printed by The Lives You Touch Publications beginning with #1 and ending with #29. With the shipment of the fifteen (15) odd-numbered copies of the first thirty (30) copies printed by The Lives You Touch Publications beginning with #1 and ending with #29 that will be sent to the author, The Lives You Touch Publications will also deliver to the author a total of thirty-five (35) printed chapbook title page sheets, (hereafter known as title pages), containing the fifteen (15) even-numbered publisher copies of the title pages from the chapbook beginning with #2 and ending with #3o and the sequentially numbered title pages 31 through 50 for the author’s signature. It is the responsibility of the author to ensure the safe return of these thirty-five (35) author signed chapbook title pages to The Lives You Touch Publications. After receipt of the thirty-five (35) author signed chapbook page sheets that will be retained by The Lives You Touch Publications by The Lives You Touch Publications (within thirty (30) days from the date they were shipped to the poet or author), the author may then place an order for additional copies of his or her chapbook in accordance with the author discounts stipulated in item three (3.) below. The Lives You Touch Publications will maintain all publication rights and copyrights to the author’s work as stipulated below irregardless of whether The Lives You Touch Publications receives the thirty-five (35) author signed chapbook title pages from the author. For this reason we recommend the return of the title pages via United Parcel Service (UPS) or Federal Express (FedEx), or another reputable shipping service that provides a tracking method. It is the responsibility of the author to provide The Lives You Touch Publications with the shipment tracking number at the time he or she ships the title pages for return. Any additional chapbook copies signed by an author for The Lives You Touch Publications will be delivered to the author and returned to The Lives You Touch Publications at the expense of The Lives You Touch Publications.
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3.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 thirty (30)% off the sale price for the first fifty (50) copies ordered by authors for their own chapbooks. Orders beyond the first 50 copies will receive a fifteen (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 two (2.) above are not counted towards this discount. Volume discounts are available. See AUTHOR VOLUME PRINT COPY DISCOUNT below. Because our chapbooks are crafted by hand, authors should contact The Lives You Touch Publications for an estimate of the production time for all 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.
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4.The standard first print run of a chapbook will consist of a set of 200 copies noted as the "First Printing" with the second print run noted as the "Second Printing," the third print run noted as the “Third Printing,” and so on. Each print run after the first printing will be in sets of 100 copies unless previously agreed upon by the author and The Lives You Touch Publications.
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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 prior written approval from The Lives You Touch Publications.
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6.The Lives You Touch Publications will remain the exclusive publisher for the selection of poems or
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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 the publication of any poems or works included in a submitted manuscript that are not selected for publication in a chapbook published by The Lives You Touch Publications remain with the author.
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7.The copyright to each poem or literary work, photograph, or artwork included in the manuscript, submitted to The Lives You Touch Publications by an author, remains with the author.
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8.Copyright to the graphics, layout, style, and formatting of the chapbook, as a body of work, remain with The Lives You Touch Publications.
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9.The Lives You Touch Publications retains the right to continue to publish the selection of poems or works (including photographs and artwork) published in the chapbook that an author submits to The Lives You Touch Publications, as a body of work, or as individual or groups of poems, in any other publication published by The Lives You Touch Publications, indefinitely.
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10.The Lives You Touch Publications is receptive to reaching unique publishing agreements with each author independently. It is very important to The Lives You Touch Publications that an author is comfortable with this agreement because it is their work that will be represented by The Lives You Touch Publications.
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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 1/23/11
Amended 1/6/10
Amended 11/16/09
