Self Publishing Guidelines for Avoiding Legal Issues

Emily Veeh — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 20:39:46 +0000

Here is a list of articles we put together to provide authors with some good self publishing guidelines for avoiding legal issues. These articles give you a good overview of some of the legal issues that can be involved in self publishing including getting permissions, using photos, defamation, privacy and more.

These self publishing guidelines for avoiding legal issues are particularly important to read if you are writing a memoir, expose or quoting extensively from other articles or books.

When Do I Need to Get Permissions? | Bookstand Publishing

Read this if you quoting other books or articles in your book manuscript.

Guidelines on Using Photos in Your Self Published Book | Bookstand Publishing

Read this if you are using photographs or images in your self published book.

A Writer’s Guide to Defamation and Invasion of Privacy | WritersDigest.com

Good article from Writers Digest on avoiding defamation and invasion of privacy in a memoir.

Copyright in General (FAQ) | U.S. Copyright Office

General answers to questions about Copyright. Please note that you do NOT need to have your book registered by the US Copyright Office to be protected by copyright law.

Defamation – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Definition of Defamation so you be sure you haven’t committed it in your book.

The ‘Fair Use’ Rule: When Use of Copyrighted Material is Acceptable | Nolo.com

Good article on Fair Use which sometimes allows you to make limited use of another copyrighted work without asking permission.

The First Amendment Handbook | Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Guidelines on the web for writers on avoiding libel, defamation, privacy infringement and more.

Avoiding legal issues – Bookstand Publishing