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    This agreement outlines the terms for an author to write a book for an owner. The author agrees to write a [NUMBER]-word book on a specified subject, get it edited, and transfer all ownership rights to the owner. This includes the manuscript, ideas, notes, and completed work. The owner will pay the author fees for writing and editing, but the author is not entitled to royalties. The author must keep all details of the project confidential and cannot use any plagiarized material. Either party can terminate the agreement with 30 days notice.

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    Author Agreement

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    This agreement outlines the terms for an author to write a book for an owner. The author agrees to write a [NUMBER]-word book on a specified subject, get it edited, and transfer all ownership rights to the owner. This includes the manuscript, ideas, notes, and completed work. The owner will pay the author fees for writing and editing, but the author is not entitled to royalties. The author must keep all details of the project confidential and cannot use any plagiarized material. Either party can terminate the agreement with 30 days notice.

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    This agreement outlines the terms for an author to write a book for an owner. The author agrees to write a [NUMBER]-word book on a specified subject, get it edited, and transfer all ownership rights to the owner. This includes the manuscript, ideas, notes, and completed work. The owner will pay the author fees for writing and editing, but the author is not entitled to royalties. The author must keep all details of the project confidential and cannot use any plagiarized material. Either party can terminate the agreement with 30 days notice.

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    514 views3 pages

    Author Agreement

    Uploaded by

    Emmanuel535
    This agreement outlines the terms for an author to write a book for an owner. The author agrees to write a [NUMBER]-word book on a specified subject, get it edited, and transfer all ownership rights to the owner. This includes the manuscript, ideas, notes, and completed work. The owner will pay the author fees for writing and editing, but the author is not entitled to royalties. The author must keep all details of the project confidential and cannot use any plagiarized material. Either party can terminate the agreement with 30 days notice.

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    The document outlines an agreement between an owner and author for the author to write a book. It specifies payment terms, confidentiality requirements, ownership rights, and termination conditions.

    The author agrees not to disclose any confidential information related to the project without written consent from the owner. Confidential information includes all project materials, content, ideas, notes, etc.

    The owner has sole ownership over all materials produced for the book, the book content provided by the owner, any ideas or notes related to the book, and the author's work product. The author transfers all copyrights to the owner.

    AUTHOR AGREEMENT

    This Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into on____________both the parties describedherein.


    ____________________________also described as the ‘Owner’;
    and___________________________ also described as ‘Author’, do hereby agree to all the terms
    described and given below.

    1. Owner is entrusting Author with the project to writing a _________-wordbook(“Book”) on


    the subject: ______________________

    2. Author shall get the aforementioned Book edited by a pro-editor before submission.

    3. The title of the Book shall be_____________________

    . This title may be changed as the Owner sees fit.

    4. Owner agrees to pay fees to the Author for a project that will include the following:
    1. Writing the content of the Book on the guidelines of Owner.
    2. Getting it edited by a pro-editor before submission.

    5. Author is NOT ENTITLED to any royalty or commission on the sales of the Book.
    6. Author acknowledges and agrees that all information related to this project, including without
    limitation, its content, writings, work product, audio tapes, notes and diagrams, is of great
    value to Owner (“Confidential Information”). Accordingly, Author agrees not to divulge to
    anyone, either during or after the term of this Agreement, any Confidential Information
    obtained or developed by Author while working on the Book and related project. Upon
    expiration of this Agreement, Author agrees to deliver to Owner all documents, papers,
    drawings, tabulations, reports, audiotapes, video tapes and similar documentation and
    recording devices which are furnished to or produced by Author pursuant to this Agreement.
    Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement, Author agrees to make no further use
    or utilization of any Confidential Information. Author may only disclose Confidential
    Information to third parties upon the express written consent of Owner. The provisions of
    this section on “Confidential Information” shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
    Likewise, Owner will accept sole responsibility and liability for the written contents of this
    project in which he exclusively provides.

    7. Author agrees that the/she will refrain from taking the help of any plagiarism, meaning he
    will avoid using borrowed material or ideas in this Book exactly as they are found elsewhere.
    8. All rights, title and interest in the following shall be the sole and exclusive property of
    Owner, including:
    (i) All materials, including but not limited to word files, power point presentations, tapes, and
    completed manuscript, the completed project and/or other product resulting from this effort;

    (ii) The content of the subject matter of the Book provided by Owner; (iii) Any ideas,
    works, documentation or notes conceived related to the Book;

    (iv) All writings by Author related to or associated with the Book; and

    (v) All Author’s work product related to the Book.

    To the extent that ownership of the items stated above do not automatically vest in Owner, Author
    hereby transfers and assigns to Owner all right, title and interest in and to the same, whether or not
    copyright applications are filed thereon. The Author grants the Owner the rights to publish the book
    in the territories, languages and formats they have selected. Finally, any other rights not specifically
    outlined here are implicitly given to the Owner by the Author as well. The provisions of this section
    shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

    9. Owner will enjoy absolute freedom to set the retail price of this Book and deal with any
    publisher. Author will have no say in setting the price of this Book.

    10. This Agreement may be terminated before the deadline, for any reason, provided that at least
    30 days' advance written notice of termination is given to the non-terminating Author the
    terminating party.

    The undersigned agree to the terms of this Agreement.

    Owner

    _____________________________________ Signature
    Name: _______

    Author

    ______________________________________Signature
    Name: _______

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