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Editorial Review

This is a fantastic reference for writers interested--and all should be--in legal issues concerning contracts, collaboration, agents, defamation, copyright, taxes, and high-tech publishing. Authors Brad Bunnin and Peter Beren have written this guide with such style and clarity that you might find yourself reading it, rather than just consulting it. But that's okay: you can't help but feel empowered by having read such a thorough and, when appropriate, opinionated text. Consider, for instance, the book's first chapter, "The Publishing Contract." Contrary to what publishers tell you, Bunnin writes (Beren contributed the chapter on "The Author and the Business of Publishing"), there is no such thing as a standard book contract. In fact, he says, "virtually without exception, publishers willingly change contracts at the author's request." Bunnin proceeds to lead his readers, line by line over 63 pages, through every single element of a publishing contract, including the grants-of-rights clause; warranties and indemnities; royalties, revisions, and remainders; and "all that incomprehensible, apparently unimportant stuff at the back of the contract." Whether or not you've retained a literary lawyer to work on your behalf, you'll want a book such as this on your shelves, to refer to when you need advice on avoiding defamatory statements, protecting yourself against copyright infringement, or even knowing which home-office expenditures you may deduct come tax time. Read more

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This novelist wouldn't do without it!
Without this book, I would never have been able to negotiate my first book contract.Bunnin and Beren gave me the necessary tools:book contract language and what it means, fair and unfair clauses, negotiating tactics, and how to get most of what I wanted.The sections on contracts alone are worth the price.They are by far the most valuable aspect of this book Knowledge really is power
Aside from writing every day and knowing his craft like a master, the best thing any writer can do for himself is to understand writing as a business. "The Writer's Legal Companion" is an excellent tool to get you started down that road. Never Sign the First Contract
To understand why, I will begin with a page on author-publisher contracts from my own book: Successful Nonfiction: Turning Thoughts into Books.Read more

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State-of-the-Art Resource on the Topic
After reviewing this book, I bought over 50 copies for distribution within the engineering and consulting firm for whom I serve as in-house counsel.It is a useful tool for construction lawyers, and a fantastic guide and education resource for design professionals who deal with contract and risk management issues.

A necessary tool
Kent Holland's Risk Management & Contract Guide for Design Professionals belongs in evey law office, insurance brokerage and design professional risk management office.It is an invaluable, easily accessible reference for the constantly reocurring topics in design professional contracting.It is usually the first volume I reach for in responding on these issues.

Risk Management Made Easy
Kent has done an admirable job in not only identifying the various pitfalls faced by design professionals, but also providing practical "real world" solutions to these issues. Any design professional who is serious about managing his/her risk should read this book and take its lessons to heart. ... Read more

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Understanding and Negotiating Turnkey and EPC Contracts
It is a very interesting practical guide to Turnkey construction contracts in addition to defining other look-alike contracts. I believe it is a valiable addition to any lawyer and contract manager library, in fact it was of a great assistance in a recent arbitration I had trailed. I highly recommend it, it is a better version than the previous one by the same author. ... Read more

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don't bother
You can only access briefs five times, and then you're shut out. Also, you must choose which casebook's material to install - you don't have access to all the material. Buy a print version instead - you'll have unlimited access and you can resell it. ... Read more

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WOW - Detailed info presented in an understandable organized way - PERFECT
I'm only about 1/3rd of the way through this book, and I'm SO impressed I have to give it 5 stars already.It has already answered all my questions, and taught me SO much.I have found it easy to read - especially the first chapters.I'm not sure anyone could have possibly made the more confusing topics any easier to understand.
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It's about content.
I've read the other reviews, and yes, I agree that Waxman would have been well served by having a better technical writer do a professional run-through to clean up the style. Releasing awell-edited second edition would be an improvement. That having been said, however, I agree with other reviewers that in CONTENT this book is well worth the investment and the read.If you are an employer or an employee and you want to know the pros and cons and how-tos of independent contracting vs. conventional employment, then you will not be disappointed with what there is to be learned by reading this book.Having read it, you will be in a position to create a good relationship with contractors, the local authorities, and the IRS, and you will know what to ask them, and what to tell them. Forgive the style; it is good data.
Poorly and unprofessionally written, self-aggrandizing
This book never should have been published. It is one of the most poorly written (I daresay, ignorently written) books I have had the displeasure to encounter. The author has a big axe to grind about government, and is highly politicized. There may be kernals of information here, but I don't trust anything the author says. I doubt that the content was controlled with fact-checking, corroboration, or even basic editing. These bits may give you a sense of how the book goes:
Potentially useful, but approach with caution
Writers Club Press is a publish-on-demand vanity press, so this book has not been through the normal editorial and fact-checking procedures of similar books from established publishing houses. The lack of editing shows in the writing style of the first several chapters, which read like an advertising brochure for the author's law practice. The author also has the irritating tendency to use self-coined two-letter acronyms throughout without explaining them the first time they come up (he includes a list in the very front of the book, instead, which makes for lots of flipping back and forth). In between the "I can set this up for you" comments, though, is some potentially useful information, stated in easy-to-understand terms.
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