Draft Contract 1
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You agree to deliver to us, in substance, content, form, and style satisfactory to us, on or before November 15, 2010, an original double-spaced manuscript plus one (1) clean and legible copy of the Work, including double spaced notes, tables, references, and captions; the originals of all documentation required under paragraph 3; and one set of illustrations ready for the printer, prepared according to specifications that we shall supply. You agree to retain one copy of these materials yourself. You also agree to submit with the manuscript a copy of any electronic version of the Work that may exist. | You agree to deliver to us, in substance, content, form, and style satisfactory to us, on or before November 15, 2010, an original double-spaced manuscript plus one (1) clean and legible copy of the Work, including double spaced notes, tables, references, and captions; the originals of all documentation required under paragraph 3; and one set of illustrations ready for the printer, prepared according to specifications that we shall supply. You agree to retain one copy of these materials yourself. You also agree to submit with the manuscript a copy of any electronic version of the Work that may exist. | ||
| + | If in our judgment any of the materials that you deliver need to be retyped, redrawn, or relettered, and if you choose not to do such work yourself, then we shall be free to have this work done by someone else, and you agree to reimburse us for this expense. | ||
| − | If in our judgment any of the materials that you deliver need to be retyped, redrawn, or relettered, and if you choose not to do such work yourself, then we shall be free to have this work done by someone else, and you agree to reimburse us for this expense. | + | If you fail to make delivery of an acceptable manuscript by the date specified above, and unless within (60) days thereafter we consent in writing to postpone the delivery date, this contract will terminate. In such event, you agree to return all monies advanced under this Agreement, if any, and then we shall grant back to you all the rights granted to us in paragraph 1.You agree, moreover, that you will not thereafter permit the Work to be published elsewhere without first having offered to reinstate this agreement on the same terms as contained herein. If we do not accept this offer within ninety (90) days of our receipt of it, then you will be free to publish the Work elsewhere. |
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| − | If you fail to make delivery of an acceptable manuscript by the date specified above, and unless within (60) days thereafter we consent in writing to postpone the delivery date, this contract will terminate. In such event, you agree to return all monies advanced under this Agreement, if any, and then we shall grant back to you all the rights granted to us in paragraph 1.You agree, moreover, that you will not thereafter permit the Work to be published elsewhere without first having offered to reinstate this agreement on the same terms as contained herein. If we do not accept this offer within ninety (90) days of our receipt of it, then you will be free to publish the Work elsewhere. | ||
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(b) On sales of any paperback edition in North America: 10% on the first 2,000 copies; 15% thereafter. | (b) On sales of any paperback edition in North America: 10% on the first 2,000 copies; 15% thereafter. | ||
| − | (c) On sales of any hardbound or paperback edition outside North America: two-thirds of the applicable domestic rate in section (a) or (b). | + | (c) On sales of any hardbound or paperback edition outside North America: two-thirds of the applicable domestic rate in section (a) or (b). |
(d) On sales of overstock: 5 percent of our actual cash receipts from the sales, in lieu of any other royalty, except that if our net receipts from the sale of such copies are less than the manufacturing cost of the copies sold, no royalties will be payable, and no such royalties will in any event reduce our receipts to less than the manufacturing cost of the books sold. | (d) On sales of overstock: 5 percent of our actual cash receipts from the sales, in lieu of any other royalty, except that if our net receipts from the sale of such copies are less than the manufacturing cost of the copies sold, no royalties will be payable, and no such royalties will in any event reduce our receipts to less than the manufacturing cost of the books sold. | ||
