Memoir, business book, or industry exposé, if your manuscript covers your time at a previous company you have to think about NDAs, non-disparagement clauses, trade secrets, and defamation. Here is what your old NDA actually restricts, what non-disparagement clauses prevent, what
The 50/50 co-author split is the default and rarely the right answer. Four variables determine the split that actually fits: who brings the audience, who brings the substance, who does the writing, and who handles the launch. Here is the math behind each common split structure an
Sometimes the ghostwriter relationship fails. The voice is wrong, the pace has stalled, communication has broken down, or trust is gone. A mid-project firing is rare but it happens. Here is how to tell the relationship is actually broken versus just having a rough patch, how to e
Co-author and ghostwriter are not the same deal in different wrappers. They are structurally different agreements with different IP outcomes, different revenue splits, and different effects on the book’s commercial life. Here is how to choose between them, when each one is the ri
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