Model Trade Book Contract

35.

Appendices.

Deal Memo

GRANT OF RIGHTS      
Author   Title  
Date   Publisher/Editor  
Advance $ Territory/Languages  
Ebook/

Enhanced ebook

  Ppk guaranty  
Audio   Print guaranty  
Collaborator,

If applicable

  Imprint guaranty  

  

PAYOUT   KEY DATES  
on sig $ Due date & length  
d & a $ Final copyedited manuscript/pdf  
Pub/by: (date) $ Author galleys  
Ppk pub/by: (date) $    
Joint accounting   Author/Agent Book Copies  

 

BONUSES  
Best Seller  
Performance (sales threshold/reserve, ebook and audio included, time frame)  
Earnout (reserve, ebook and audio included, time frame)  
Movie (TV and Film)  
Awards  

 

ROYALTIES      
HC ____% to ____ ____% to ____ ____% to ____
Ppk trade ____% to ____ ____% to ____ ____% to ____
Ppk mass market ____% to ____ ____% to ____ ____% to ____
Electronic ____% to ____ ____% to ____ ____% to ____
Enhanced electronic ____% to ____ ____% to ____ ____% to ____
Audio ____% to ____ ____% to ____ ____% to ____
Audio download ____% to ____ ____% to ____ ____% to ____
Graphic ____% to ____ ____% to ____ ____% to ____
Canada ____% to ____ ____% to ____ ____% to ____
UK HC ____% to ____ ____% to ____ ____% to ____
UK trade ____% to ____ ____% to ____ ____% to ____
UK mass ____% to ____ ____% to ____ ____% to ____
Export ____% to ____ ____% to ____ ____% to ____
Direct Sales ____% to ____ ____% to ____ ____% to ____
Bundling of Formats (print, ebook, audio)      
Ebook renegotiation language      
Multimedia/Enhanced Electronic renegotiation language      
Digital audio renegotiation language      

 

SUB RIGHTS Split Escalation Approval/

Consult

Reversion of rights
HC (Initial/Reprint)        
Ppk (Initial/Reprint)        
Electronic (Ebook/Enhanced)        
Audio        
Graphic Novel        
Anthologies/Condensations/ Abridgments        
Bookclub        
First Serial/Second Serial        
Canada        
British        
Translation        
Dramatic        
Merchandising        
Multimedia        
Pass-through on sub-rights at min. of $_____ w/in ____ days.        

 

APPROVALS/CONSULTATIONS  
Jacket  
Catalog copy  
Flap copy  
Marketing material  

 

ADDITIONAL POINTS  
First Proceeds  
Permissions (Responsibility, Forms, Budget, Due Date)  
Option on next work/time frame  
Non-Compete  
Out of Print

(min sales, min $, POD, electronic, audio included?)

 
Definition of Open Market/Schedule of Excluded Territories  

 

Schedule A Territory List Reserved by the Author from the US Publisher

Ascension

Australia

Bangladesh

Belize

Botswana

British West Indies, comprising of:

     Bahamas

     Barbados

     Bermuda

     Guyana

     The Caicos, Cayman, Leeward, Turks, and Windward Islands

Brunei

Burma

Egypt

Falkland Islands

Gambia

Gibraltar

Ghana

Hong Kong

India

Iraq

Israel

Irish Republic

Jamaica

Jordan

Kenya

Kuwait

Lesotho

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Malta  & Gozo

Mauritius

Monaco

Namibia

Nepal

New Zealand

Nigeria and the Cameroons

Pacific Islands, comprising of:

     Solomon Islands

     Tonga

     Western (UK)Samoa

     Nauru

     Vanuata

     Kiribati

     Tuvalu

     Norfolk Islands

     Papua New Guinea

Pakistan

Pitcairn Island

San Marino

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Somali Republic

South African Republic

South Yemen

Sri Lanka

St. Helena

Sudan

Swaziland

Tanzania

Tasmania

Trinidad and Tobago

Tristan da Cunha

Uganda

United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, the isle of Man and the Channel Islands

Zambia

Zimbabwe