Writer’s Tips – Plagiarization, Signing Contracts, and Book Covers

For this week’s edition of Writer’s Tips, I found some helpful and informative articles around the web on how to deter copyright thieves from our writing, caveats when signing contracts, and a wonderful article from Andrew Joyce, guest writing at The Story Reading Ape’s blog on why it’s important to have a great book cover.

 

The ‘cut and paste’ thief and what to do if you find your work being plagiarized

https://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-cut-and-paste-thief-and-what-to-do.html

 

Another informative post from Hugh Roberts – How to discover if your work is being plagiarized and how to go about rectifying

https://hughsviewsandnews.com/2019/05/13/how-to-help-stop-somebody-stealing-your-blog-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-80843

 

Great info from Alex at Standout Books on learning your rights when it comes to signing contracts.

https://www.standoutbooks.com/legal-obligations-self-publishing/?tl_inbound=1&tl_groups%5B0%5D=21603&tl_period_type=3

 

By now I’m sure most of you know how important a book cover is for selling books. I’d say that the three most important things in getting someone to plunk down cold hard cash for one of your books are: 1) word of mouth, 2) your book cover, and 3) your blurb. However, you’re not going to get any word of mouth unless you first sell a few books, and to do that you’ll need to have a dynamite and unique cover … and a great blurb. But the cover has to come first. .

https://thestoryreadingapeblog.com/2019/05/12/book-covers-guest-post-by-andrew-joyce/

 

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