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PUBLISHING CONTRACT

This publishing agreement is entered into and effective on the date signed by both parties, initialized between:

herein called the Author, and Opportune Independent Publishing Co. herein called the Publisher, for a book herein called the Work.

Grant of Publisher rights.

The Author, on behalf of himself, heir, executors, administrators, successors, and assignees, grants the following exclusive worldwide rights to the Publisher to use work and author’s name as a client of the publisher. This includes the book cover, the title and small excerpts from the book. This will not include the selling of the work in any form for any reason, unless granted by permission by the author.

Author warranties

1. The Author hereby represents and warrants to the Publisher the following:
   • She/he (they are) is the Author and sole owner of the work, or has been assigned exclusive rights to the work.
   • The work is original and no part of the work was taken from or based on any other literary, dramatic, musical, film, or graphic arts, except as identified in the writing by the Author. If anything has been taken from another person, or from the Internet, it will be attributed in the reference page.
   • The work does not infringe upon any copyright, privacy rights, rights of a third party, or any common law or statutory law.
   • The work does not contain any material of a libelous or obscene nature.
   • The Author holds the power of Authority to grant these rights.
   • If a judgment is obtained against the Author, the Author agrees to hold the Publisher harmless and to indemnify the Publisher for damages and costs. Once the book is complete, all rights to it is given to the Author for their ownership. The Author will be legally responsible for his/her works, not the Publisher.

4. Author Agrees to hold Publisher harmless and indemnify the Publisher against any claim, demand, action, suit, proceeding or any expense whatsoever, arising for claims of infringement of copyright or proprietary rights, or claims of libel, obscenity, invasion of privacy, or any other unlawfulness based upon or arising from the publication or any matter pertaining to the work.
5. Author warrants that she/he will not hereafter enter into any agreement or understanding with any person or entity that would conflict with the rights granted to the Publisher during the term of this contract. The duration of this contract is completed upon the publishing of the book. 

Manuscript

1. Author agrees to deliver to the Publisher the completed work requested on or before date agreed in the format agreed upon by the Publisher, executive director, and Author. Should Author wish to make any changes to the Work, it should be done prior to the due date. Author further understands that Publisher will endeavor to release the Work by date agreed upon after final manuscript submission.
2. Publisher reserves the right of final approval on revised final work submissions. Author shall be notified of such acceptance of revised work.
3. Author is responsible for maintaining backup copies of work.
4. Author has final approval of the title of the book. The title you choose will be used unless there is another book with that same title listed, and then a change will have to be made. The Author will have the first chance to change it.  

Services

Payment

The total cost for all services for book preparation, construction and publishing is:

Advertising

1. The Publisher reserves the right to advertise however they deem appropriate.
2. The Publisher will advertise the book. The Author agrees to self-promote this book to the best of his/her ability. Author understands without self-promotion, their work may not sell as well, if at all, as it would with self-promotion.

Terms of Contract

This contract can be terminated by either party for whatever reason. If either party wishes to terminate the contract, they can do so at any time but must provide a dated written notice via email. A full refund will not be given unless publisher is found negligent, hasn’t delivered on promises to publish book or render services agreed. A 75% refund of each service undelivered will be refunded to author if they choose not to complete contract for whatever reason. A 75% refund can be returned if publisher does decide author has been untruthful (stolen or plagiarized content) in their manuscript submission, or if author has not maintained a reasonable timeline with publisher (i.e., more than 1 month has passed without communication or deliver on promise to submit requested documents).

By signing this contract, I agree that I have read or had read to me the contents of this agreement and do hereby accept all the terms and agreements within this contract.