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Expanded and updated to cover electronic rights, this revised edition contains a complete set of business and legal forms, including sample contracts, for your every need as an illustrator. Business and Legal Forms for Illustrators provides twenty-one different forms, each with a complete discussion of key points and step-by-step instructions. All the forms are included on a CD-ROM to aid in customizing for individual needs. Also included is an introduction to contracts, advice on standard contractual provisions, and how to contact volunteer lawyers for the arts. Unique negotiation checklists for each form guide in making the best deal—even if the other party has drafted the contract.

This authoritative guide will help both fledgling and established writers to negotiate the best deal, protect their work, and get fair compensation for it. One of the most powerful entertainment lawyers in Hollywood provides clear, expert advice on all the legal issues involved in the business of screenwriting. He gives an enlightening explanation of the screenwriter's position in the industry and then provides a thorough discussion of contracts, options, and purchase agreements, writing assignments, copyright, collaboration agreements, the producer's role, and working with agents and lawyers.

Tackles the business end of things, compiling details on tax deductions, and allowable business expenses, financial statements and management, local art laws, and bookkeeping methods. A fine approach for artists and curators alike. Available at Amazon.

The Artist in Business helps artists manage their careers and set priorities on the basis of sound business practices. Geared to the needs of enterprising early career visual artists, performers, and craftspeople, the text provides a framework for acquiring fundamental skills in such essential areas as: business operations; recordkeeping, taxes, and the budget process; legal rights; and financial resources.

Jazz web site provides and promotes web sites for jazz musicians, organizations, and services under the Jazzcorner.com umbrella. Visit the site to access an index of jazz sites, online bulletin board, and recorded interviews. Listings include services for jazz musicians such as agents, marketing and publicity consultants, legal assistance, etc.

Confessions of a Record Producer is not about how the music recording business should work, but how it does work. Using real-life examples from 20 years' experience, industry insider Moses Avalon tells it like it is: how producers dip into budgets, artists steal songs, labels skim royalties, and other rip-offs and betrayals.

Producer/engineer Avalon reveals the shady side of contract development in the music industry. He discusses how to avoid the financial losses and legal battles that ensue when artists unwittingly sign contracts that contain loopholes and hidden agendas. He analyzes actual contracts, translating the clauses into plain English and explaining their function. He also offers advice on negotiating fine points and outlines alternatives for drawing up new contracts that are fair to the musician.

The Indie Bible will show you where to promote your music, regardless of your musical style, and save you MONTHS of valuable time! The Indie Bible shows you where to get your music reviewed, your songs played, and your CDs sold. Now in its fourth edition, The Indie Bible has 310 pages of valuable contacts and music-related articles.

This book is about the world of singers; cabaret, jazz, musical theatre and concert singers. It is a record of the people who create it, perform in it, sponsor it, cater to it, or otherwise try to make a living from it. See web site: www.cabaretscenes.com

Private consulting on career, strategy, problem resolution, coaching and finances. Help locating apartments and rooms in Europe. Bureaucratic and technical assistance for issues such as foreign work visas, contract translations and legal referrals. Technical assistance with press packages and materials.

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund was founded in 1986 as a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of First Amendment rights for members of the comics community. The CBLDF exists to fight censorship and defend the first amendment rights of comic book professionals throughout the United States.

Lists conferences and festivals, contests, producers, publishers, and theatres as well as agents, attorneys, colonies and residencies, emergency funds, fellowships and grants, membership and service organizations, and workshops. Provided free to Dramatists Guild Members, otherwise it is $18.95 to nonmembers.