Last updated: April 27, 2022
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Governing Law
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Royalties
In guided publishing (self-publishing) as per the package and in traditional publishing of SPI no royalties and profit are provided to the author.
Royalty = Book Selling Price – Distribution Fee – Printing Cost (Book Distribution Fee on SPI Store = 20% and other channels like Amazon etc. 50%)
The payment of the royalty will be made into the registered bank account of the Author within the Company as per the following payment schedule:
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- From the year of Publication- Single payment once every 6 months (total 2 payments in a year)
Refund
Publishing fee paid by the Author for participating in the anthology is non-refundable.
Grant Of Publishing Rights
The Author hereby grants and assigns to the Publisher, its successors, representatives, the sole and exclusive right to publish (i.e., print, publish, and sell) the Work one-time in the anthology that the author has submitted the Work for and distribute that anthology globally using multiple online and offline sales channels.
Non-Disclosure
- The Publisher warrants to the Author that it will not share the Work of the Author with any third party apart from its partners/associates for Advertising and Promotional purposes without the permission or consent from the Author.
- The Publisher will take all necessary measures to ensure that the Author’s Work is not misused by any third party. However, the Publisher shall not be held responsible after the publication if any third party uses the Author’s Work without informing the Author or the Publisher for their own benefits.
Advertising And Promotion
- The Publisher shall have the right to use, and to license others to use, the Author’s name, image, likeness and biographical material for advertising, promotion of the Work and the other rights granted under these terms and conditions.
- The Publisher shall have the right to determine the time, place, method and manner of advertising, promotion of the Work.
Subsidiary Rights
Additional rights which the Author grants to the Publisher are:
- Reprint of the entire Work and of selections and shortened versions in other anthologies and other volumes;
- Share the Work strategically within large industries like movie production houses, music production, OTT Platforms and other streaming services in order to benefit the Author;
- Reprint of selections and shortened versions in any magazine or newspaper for advertising purposes;
- Recording and photographic reproduction of all or part of the text; dramatic (stage, radio, television, motion picture) commercial visual and/or sound presentation, reproduction, recording;
- Developing or licensing for use in all other mechanical or electronic visual and sound reproducing rights of the Work; and
- Reproduction of the text for the physically handicapped.
provided the Publisher has taken consent of the Author before undertaking any of the rights granted by the Author in the above 6 sections.
Reserved Rights
All rights in the Work now existing or which may hereafter come into existence, except those hereby specifically granted to the Publisher are reserved to and by the Author for Author’s use.
Force Majeure
The failure of the Publisher to publish any of the Work shall not be deemed to be a violation of this Agreement or give rise to any right of termination or reversion if such failure is caused by restrictions of government agencies, labour disputes, or inability to obtain the materials necessary for its manufacture, or occurs for any other reason beyond the Publisher’s control; and in the event of delay from any such cause, the publication date or reissue may be postponed accordingly.
Amendments
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Laws Applicable
This Agreement shall be interpreted according to the laws of India, except that its conflicts of law provisions shall not apply. Any litigation relating to this Agreement shall be pursued in the District Court of Gurgaon.
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