Rights and Contracts is a must for the new author marketing his or her book in today's expanding publishing arena. Scams abound and if you do not understand the rights you own, and what copyright actually is, you can lose the book that you have worked so hard on. From the nature of copyright, to the various rights you own and can sell, to a dissection of an actual publishing contract, this book focuses on making the complex tangle of rights and contract terms clear to everyone. Before you sign a contract or agree to publish your book, read this one!