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AGREEMENT
BETWEEN AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER
This agreement is made the
...............day
of...............19.....................BETWEEN
ABC. aged about....................years, son
of........................resident
of............................(hereinafter for
the sake of brevity referred to as the
"Author") of the ONE PART, AND The
United Publishing Company Ltd., a company
incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 having
its registered office at.........acting through
its Managing Director........... (hereinafter
also for the sake of brevity referred to as the
"Publisher") of the OTHER PART.
WHEREAS the Author has
written a book entitled................on the
subject of the manuscript of which is ready and
fit for the press and is such form runs into 1000
typed written pages.
AND WHEREAS the Publisher
is desirous of publishing the said Book and the
Author is willing to manuscript publication
thereof the said Publisher.
NOW THEREFORE THIS
AGREEMENT WITNESSES AS FOLLOWS:
1.That in consideration of
the payment by the Publisher to the Author of a
sum of Rs.............only, receipt whereof the
Author hereby acknowledges the Author has today
handed over to the Publisher the 1000 page,
typewritten manuscript of his book titled as
.......................on the subject of
publication and sale in accordance with the terms
hereinafter laid down.
2.That the Publisher shall
print cause the said book to be printed, final
proofs of such shall be placed before the Author
for correction and approval and the book placed
for sale in the market within a period
of................months from the date hereof at
the price of
Rs.................................per copy. If
the printing of the Book is delayed for no
unforeseen circumstances, but due to willful
default of the Publisher for a period
beyond...............months the Author may at his
option terminate this agreement and forfeit the
sum of Rs.......................given to him by
way of Royalty and referred to in Clause I above.
3. That the form, display,
size, composition and the paper shall be such as
usually used in such books, and in any case
before use shall be subject to the approval of
the Author.
4. That the Publisher is
allowed to print under this agreement
only.......................copies of the said
book. All costs and expenses of publication,
which shall include binding, advertising and
placing the book in the market in a saleable form
be borne by the Publisher.
5. That the Publisher shall
not sell the book at any price other than
Rs..................... mentioned in Clause 2
above and keep a separate account of all sales of
the said book and pay to the Author on all sales
a further Penalty of
.....................percent. Accounts to be
adjusted between the Author and the Publisher
every third month Any sales at a price lower than
Rs................per book will be resorted to
only with the prior consent of the Author.
6. That the Publisher will
supply to the Author free of
cost..................copies of the said book for
presentation purposes only. All such copies shall
not be sold or parted with by the Author on
payment of any money.
7. That the Author hereby
declares and assures the Publisher that the Book
written by him is his sole work and would not
infringe the copyright of another and does not
contain any matter prejudicial, obscene,
injurious or prohibited by law. And in case the
sale or circulation of the book is stopped
outright or for a in this para the Author shall
if so adjudged be liable to Publishers and shall
be responsible for all losses and damages
sustained by such stoppage.
8. That any and all
subsequent editions of the Book shall be
published on the condition of a lump sum royalty
and a percentage royalty not exceeding the amount
or percentage herein agreed by the Publishers
from time to time as may be decided by the
Publisher. In case, however, the Publisher does
not desire to bring out any further editions of
the Book or cases to exist the Author shall have
the right to entrust the publication of the book
to any other publishers
9. That the copyright in
the said book shall continue to vest in and
remain with the Author, who will in the event of
any action brought by the Publisher if so
required by them, join in as plaintiff for the
purposes of preventing only infringement of such
copyright or realising damages for such
infringement..
10. That the terms the
"Publisher" and the "Author"
herein used shall include, if not repugnant to
the context in the case of the former their
successors, representatives and assigns and in
the case of the letter his heirs, representatives
and assigns.
IN WITNESS whereof the said
Author and the Publisher have hereto signed the
day and year first above mentioned.
- SIGNED,
SEALED AND DELIVERED
- by Mr. ABC
the within named Author
- in the
presence of Mr.[name] and
- Mr.[name]
- SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED
- by the withinnamed Publisher
- by the hands of its
authorised
- representative/Director
Mr.[name]
- in the presence of Mr.[name]
and
- Mr.[name]
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