Sample book copyright page getting your book published. How to create a copyright page in 5 minutes with template. Works lacking in originality are not eligible for protection. Definition of copyright all rights reserved legal beagle. All in all, it should only take you a few seconds to write a good notice, but if you want any further guidance, here are a few examples below. Knowing how to a book the right way is something that scares the crap out of most authors. The phrase all rights reserved is often used in conjunction with a notice. All the warning notice does is notify people that you consider it to be ed. Include your notice on your work in a place and manner that reasonably gives others notice of your. To see the place of the page within the book as a whole, check out an unabridged list of the parts of a book. Like the protections of unregistered works, the meaning of fair use is widely misconstrued. For example, if you write a screenplay, novel, or even a blog post, youve.
All rights reserved for you ebook by sudeep nagarkar. Last time i gave examples of long and short pages that you can use in your book. Authors have the right to sell, rent or lend their work or copies of their work. What you want them to contain is basic info, disclaimers, how to contact publisher that could be you, year, who owns it, isbn, lccnor a statement that it is in the library of congress database. The title itself is much attractive to drag the reader towards the book. And for some selfpublishing rights information, the following are some. Im guessing youre here because youre proud of your work, and you dont want anyone stealing it. Theres no book police thats going to punish you for not writing one up. All rights reserved indicates that the owner reserves all the formal. Ironclad book copyright page examples that will protect you. All software developed at uc berkeley should be protected and thereby bear a clear, standardized notice along with a disclaimer notice.
One common misunderstanding, for example, is that another author, not the original. Over 300,000 authors trust the professionals on reedsy, come meet them. The smallest number that you see indicates the printing. How to copyright a book quickly stepbystep with examples. All rights reserved is a formality indicating that the holder reserves, or holds for its own use, all the rights provided by law. If your book is being published by a traditional publisher, or if. No part of this book may be reproduced in any written, electronic, recording, or photocopying without written permission of the publisher or. Every relationship requires effort but a longdistance relationship requires extra effort aditya is a writer while the mere thought of reading repels jasmine. An author owns the to a book the moment it is writtenbefore publishing the book or looking at registration.
The authors rights extend to the performance or display of a work. The page is traditionally the second side of the first page of the book. And some statement giving notice that the rights to reproduce the work are reserved to the holder. Love wins over all odds, respect to, your love is true love. Heres an example of a page that has the necessary elements. Most people retain all rights to their, but it is possible to reserve only some rights or. Otherwise known as cataloguinginpublication data, this is the library of congress bibliographic record for a book. Im about to publish my first ebook, how to hack your sony vaio, and am wondering what kind of notice and copy prevention verbiage i should include. I have a book written in a first page all right reserved alone can i. Examples of how to correctly use the copyright symbol. Kindle book copyright page examples for self publishing. The only elements required on a page are the notice itself.
I do know that all intellectual property is protected by law from the moment of its creation. It simply means that you withhold all rights to the maximum extent allowable under law. Library and archives canada allows all writers to declare a with no fuss at all. Every piece of film, print, and digital file should have a notice to assert your, that is, expressing your rights and wishes.
To a book completely, however, the author needs the added. The statements and opinions are the expression of author, not legalzoom, and have not been evaluated by legalzoom. If you choose to print with diggypod and we hope you do. A common example of a statement can be found on the back of the title pages in books, indicating the year the was created, the name of the owner, and the rights that are held. The plot of the story is long distance relationship. Any unauthorised broadcasting, public performance, copying or rerecording will constitute an infringement. And if your book is printed and ready to go in the latter half of the year say, fall 2018, be sure to use the next year 2019 as your date, thereby making your book current for a whole year. Copyright page template to use in your book book design.
This may mean for example that a copy of a book that does not infringe in the country where it was printed does infringe in a country into which it is imported for retailing. Were going to take you through the requirements for your notice, and a nifty js or php trick for ensuring that your year is always up to date. Copyright page template to use in your book book design made. When teaching when teaching business english, you will do far better to focus on functions than on traditional. This way, the author declares the right to be attributed as the author of the work. As selfpublished authors it is absolutely vital that we protect our written works. All rights reserved, a copyright relic above the law. If you are ing website pages, place the notice at the bottom of each. Copyright all rights reserved businessenglishebook. After all, if you get it wrong, someone could steal your work and pass it off as their.
Simply fill in your information isbn, year, publisher, printer, website, etc. My work consists of working on affiliate marketing niche websites and helping local businesses increase their. In this ebook you will notice a stress on functional lessons. But we ll take you through the elements below with examples so that. Use the above examples as templates when creating a selfpublished page in your book. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof. Now, if you dont want that to happen in all of your work notice, the best. To make a notice, start by including the appropriate symbol, which is a c inside of a circle or a p inside of a circle if youre ing a sound recording. As shown in the above example, the word and the symbol should constitute the first part of your notice. If someone does do something to violate your, like copy your blog post and attribute it to himself, or try to claim authorship of your screenplay, law makes it possible for you to enforce your rights against the other and maintain your ownership. Today i have two types of information you might want to add to your page. In a physical book, its usually printed on the back of the title page.
It is critical that your book contain a page for legal reasons. While notice is no longer required for works created today, it can still serve a useful purpose, for example, to provide information to users that the work is indeed under. Copyright page samples you can copy and paste into your book. Simply write your notice and reservation of rights item 2 below in your book and you are done. Copyright page example of copyright pages free copyright. All rights reserved also means other people dont have those rights. At right is the book that was on top of the pallet that arrived at my house in the u. For an overview of how traditional publishing rights work, read this general article on book advances and book royalties.
The symbol, or the word copyright, or the abbreviation. One of the most common questions i get from new selfpublishers is, what do i put on the page. The owner may use the to prevent others from using the work. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. These days, the most common violation committed by most of the people on the internet is plagiarism or stealing a published worked. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping.