On-Demand Book Contracts

If you are signing a contract with an on-demand publishing company, make sure the contract is for a limited term, so that you don't sign away all the rights to your book forever. Look out for (and avoid) contracts which:

• Ask for all rights for the full copyright term.
• Ask for other rights to your work.
• Try to keep an interest in your work beyond the life of the contract
• Try to make you purchase unsold copies before returning all rights to you.
• Allow the publisher to edit your work without consulting you.
• Base royalties on net income rather than gross income.