Studio B works exclusively with best-selling computer book authors and experts. If you want to take your career to the next level, e-mail us or call 1-800-STUDIOB.

How the Author Agency Agreement Works

The author agency agreement is relatively simple and straightforward. After we decide to work together, we'll send you our agency agreement to you for your signature.

Here are the highlights of the agreement:

We Represent Your Interests

We consult with you throughout the selling and negotiating process to make sure you understand and agree with our strategies. We're working for you and your interests. We agree to send you all correspondence and keep you informed of anything relating to your books. Nothing is agreed to without your consent. In fact, only your signature can execute a contract.

Exclusive Book Representation Relationship

In order for us to do our best work, it's very important that we make a serious commitment to you, and that you make a serious commitment to us. If we have the same goals and interests, we'll be able to do a better job for you.

After you sign up, you'll be working with an entire team of agents who will work to bring various opportunities to you. We will encourage you to be selective, and to only choose the opportunities that make the most sense for your career.

By working together to evaluate the opportunities that have come to you while evaluating the opportunities that we found for you, we'll be in a position to map out a strong plan to advance your career.

However, if you're pursuing opportunities on your own while we are busy pursuing opportunities for you, we'll effectively be competing with your efforts. This diminishes our negotiating strength and reduces our ability to add value to your career.

If you have pre-existing relationships with publishers on specific books, or for columns, or a particular employer, we will work with you to exclude existing commitments from the exclusive agreement.

Agency Clause

Our agreement requires that you insert an agency clause into your agreements with book publishers. This clause basically states that:

1.    You've permanently appointed Studio B to be your exclusive agent on the book, and any extensions to the project, including revisions, extensions, and derivative works.

2.    The publisher pays the agent on behalf of the author. The agent receives the payment, deducts the 15% agency commission, and promptly sends you the money.

No Additional Costs to You

Other than the agency fee, we do not charge you a penny for phone calls, copying costs, or any other normal overhead costs. If we don't sell your project, you have no obligation.

Termination

The contract lets either party terminate the agreement at any time. However, for projects that we are in the process of representing for you, or for projects that we have sold for you in the past, the relationship will continue and Studio B will serve as your exclusive agent--even for revisions or extensions of contracts that we've signed with you. However, for future projects where we have not been involved in any way, you'll be free and clear to pursue contracts on your own.

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