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I've tried all the links on the copyright thread etc. etc. and googled for hours and hours but I still haven't found the answer to this one. I guess an agent, being an agent, should know.
Exclusivity.
When you get a contract from a publisher who wants exclusive rights to a piece of fiction and for a limited time (let's say two months) what exactly does that mean?
Does it mean:
1) that you can't publish the story anywhere else until it's printed by the publisher with whom you signed the contract, and once the exclusive period is up the rights revert back to you so that you can do what you like with it?
2) that you can do what you like with the story, except for that period of exclusivity - meaning you could publish it somewhere else first but it must be free during the period you signed for in the contract so that it is exclusive in that sense?
3) that you can't publish the story anywhere else except with the publisher even after the period of exclusivity is up?
It may seem obvious to you, but I'm no lawyer - as you can tell.
One other thing. Exclusivity doesn't mean you've signed away first rights, correct?
Cheers.
Exclusivity.
When you get a contract from a publisher who wants exclusive rights to a piece of fiction and for a limited time (let's say two months) what exactly does that mean?
Does it mean:
1) that you can't publish the story anywhere else until it's printed by the publisher with whom you signed the contract, and once the exclusive period is up the rights revert back to you so that you can do what you like with it?
2) that you can do what you like with the story, except for that period of exclusivity - meaning you could publish it somewhere else first but it must be free during the period you signed for in the contract so that it is exclusive in that sense?
3) that you can't publish the story anywhere else except with the publisher even after the period of exclusivity is up?
It may seem obvious to you, but I'm no lawyer - as you can tell.
One other thing. Exclusivity doesn't mean you've signed away first rights, correct?
Cheers.