Contracts People

Contracts People is a consultancy specialising in book publishing agreements. We provide advice and support to a range of clients based in the UK and overseas including publishers, packagers, literary agencies, licensing agencies and unagented authors / illustrators. We offer a comprehensive contracts service which includes: - Drafting, vetting and negotiating all forms of publishing agreements; - Boilerplate negotiations with literary agents/publishers; - Representation agreements for literary, sales and licensing agents and for distributors; - Amendments to existing agreements; - Supplying templates e.g. for publishing deals, associated rights, publishing service providers, permissions, remainder notifications, reversion and other termination; - Advising on commercial terms and industry practice e.g. recommending appropriate terms and conditions for inclusion in your standard contracts, reviewing offer letters and terms for specific deals etc; - Reviewing contracts procedures and recommending best practice; - Training and mentoring contracts assistants, executives and managers; - Providing maternity/paternity and annual leave cover for contracts personnel.