Publishing AgreementThis Agreement is between Holy Fire Publishing and _________________________ <your name> for the work titled_________________________________________________________ <name of book> said parties entered into this Agreement on this date ________/________/________ <month/day/year>; whereas, the author who wishes to publish the work, grants Holy Fire Publishing the nonexclusive right to advertise, take orders for, print on demand, and sell and ship the work; and grants Holy Fire Publishing the right to distribute the work , and collect all monies for books sold by Holy Fire Publishing. Holy Fire Publishing agrees to submit an online statement and pay royalties on a 90 day basis. |
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Holy Fire Publishing will (upon receipt of a signed Agreement, acceptable files, and payment): |
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1) Assign an ISBN to the book and submit the title to the "Books in Print" database for all publishing plans except the basic plan. 2) Create a barcode for the back cover (necessary for bookstore related sales) and enter the book into their "print-on-demand" system so that the book may be printed with the exception of the basic publishing plan. 3) Submit information about the book to Third-Party booksellers such as Amazon.com, but will not be responsible for how these parties handle this info. 4) Design a standard cover or custom cover depending on package purchased Holy Fire Publishing will submit a digital proof of the book cover for author approval. 5) Pay the author a royalties based on the price selected by the author. The Royalties apply for distributed sales, not author orders. Royalties will be calculated by the retail price minus the distributor discount and author price. 6) Give the author a discount on retail price based on publishing plan purchased 7) Not be held responsible for errors in the book including, but not limited to spelling errors, grammar, punctuation, style of work, page numbering, corrupted files, computer formatting errors, missing fonts, etc. and will issue a digital proof to the author for approval. 8) Reserve the right to reject any work for any reason, at any time. Should Publisher cancel this agreement authors may qualify to receive a refund of submission fees less $50 and expenses incurred. Refunds are only available prior to authors approval to go to print. 9) Reserve the right to market the work, using methods it deems appropriate and have the right to market and distribute the book world wide. 10) Keep a running account of royalties due to the author available to view on author log on page. 11) Mail a royalty check to the author every 90 days when royalties exceed $20. All returned books will be deducted from future royalties. 12) Endeavor to care for and return submitted photos and artwork with returned self addressed envelop provided by author, but will not return submitted CD disks, floppy and zip disks; and is not responsible for loss or damage of any submitted material. 13) HFP does not guarantee book sales because we can not determine how popular you book will be or how many people will want to buy it. 14) Issue a Form-1099 as required by the Internal Revenue Service only for royalties exceeding US$699 in any year. 15) Not be responsible for, but will make every attempt, to forward author's correspondence not originating from Holy Fire Publishing. |
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The Author: |
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1) Will pay Holy Fire Publishing a one-time base set-up fee for the package chosen and any other options chosen by the author. 2) Will pay the annual digital catalog fee of $19.99 upon billing. The first catalog fee is included in the set up cost. 3) Maintains that he or she is the sole author of work and owner of the copyright and all of the contents of the work and has full power to enter into this Agreement; that he or she has not engaged in plagiarism with respect to the work; and that the author, if submitting work that is to include any content that does not originate from the author or to which the author does not own the copyright to, has obtained the copyright owner’s written permission to use any such material and will provide Holy Fire Publishing with a copy of all written permissions for use at the time of submission to Holy Fire Publishing, and that all such uses will be so noted in the work. 4) Guarantees Holy Fire Publishing that the work is accurate, is not in violation of anyone’s privacy, is not injurious, obscene, libelous, slanderous, or otherwise a violation or infringement of any federal, state, or local law, statute, or code, and further agrees to hold Holy Fire Publishing, its employees, directors, shareholders, representatives, heirs and assigns, harmless for any damages resulting from any litigation resulting from publication of the work. 5) Agrees that Holy Fire Publishing shall not in any way acquire ownership of the work and that the author is free to pursue any and all publishing ventures, and is providing Holy Fire Publishing with the right to provide services limited to the world-wide distribution of the book, advertising, sales, and printing of the work and that Holy Fire Publishing assumes no responsibility for editing, misspelling, rewriting, page-numbering, indexing, reviewing, or any other errors in the work. Author is free to market and advertise the book. The only advertising HFP will provide is what is purchased by the author. 6) Understands that Holy Fire Publishing will take the author’s digital book file and do its best to fix any obvious problems that are the result of the file being transferred from the author’s computer to Holy Fire’s Publishing’s computers before sending the author their first digital proof; and any changes that are made to the book after digital proof approval will be made solely at the author’s request and expense at a rate of $150 for revision to interior text plus $150 for revision to the cover. If the interior revision changes the page count the cover will have to be revised for size as well. If the author changes retail price or distributor discount after book has gone to print there will be a $50 charge per change. 7) Reserves the right to terminate this Publishing Agreement for any reason, at any time, providing that a 60 day notice is communicated in writing to Holy Fire Publishing. If contract is terminated prior to publication the author agrees to pay a $50 cancellation fee and all costs incurred related to the publishing of their book at time of written notification. 8) Will provide a Social Security Number as required by the Internal Revenue Service, so that Holy Fire Publishing could issue a Form-1099 if necessary. 9) The Author agrees to fully indemnify, defend and hold harmless Publisher, its employees, owners, and/or its affiliates against all manner of claims, losses, damages, judgments, settlements, or expenses (including attorney’s fees) it sustains in connection with any breach or alleged breach of the representations set forth in this agreement, or in connection with claims by any third party regarding ownership, libel, slander, plagiarism, or privacy. Publisher reserves the right to cancel this agreement if breached by the author. 10) Author will keep HFP up to date with their email address, address and phone number. 11) By signature below ratifies all the terms and conditions of this Agreement. |
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General Provisions:All monetary transactions will be in US dollars only. This written Agreement contains all and is the only Agreement, and supersedes any other agreement, oral, written, or otherwise construed as a prior agreement between the author and Holy Fire Publishing. This Agreement cannot be appended, changed, modified, word or words added or deleted except by the mutual written agreement of the author and Holy Fire Publishing; and further, is binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns of the author and Holy Fire Publishing. |
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Title of work: _____________________________
Author’s Legal Name: _____________________________ As it will appear on royalty checks
Author’s Pen Name: ______________________________ As it will appear on the book
Author’s Street address: _______________________________ Where royalty checks and statements are mailed _______________________________
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Author’s shipping address: _______________________________ Where we ship books that are ordered No P.O. Boxes please _______________________________
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Author’s phone numbers: ________________________________
Author’s Email address: _____________________________________________
· My book is
set-up to be printed this size ________________ Use the online calculator to determine your retail price and distribution discount found at http://www.christianpublish.com/royalties.htm I want the retail price of my book to be:________________
I want the
distributor discount to be: ________________
Pick no more than three words that best
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Required One time title set up fee: ____________
Options Book Cover Design Standard ($199) Custom ($299) : ____________
Advertising Package ($249): ____________
Press Release Package ($249): ____________
Worldwide Newswire Package ($249): ____________
eBook Package ($199): ____________
Google Book Search ($19): ____________ This option allows bookstores to return your book at no cost regardless of condition or time. Returnable ($299 annually): ____________
Total Submitted with this Publishing Agreement: ___________
_______________________________ ______ Authors or Agents Signature Date
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