Publishing Contracts

We supply template publishing contracts and other legal documents for use by publishers and others involved in publishing. The templates available on this website include a range of author contracts: see our standard author agreement templates, our premium author contract precedents, and our basic template authors agreements.

Editor agreements, contributor agreements and other specialist publishing agreements, as well as a range of more general commercial contracts, will be added in the near future.

Each contract has been drafted by a lawyer with expertise in publishing law and years of experience advising clients in the publishing industry.

The publishing contract templates are for the most part in plain English, avoiding most of the usual legal gobbledygook.

They also come with extensive footnotes to help you create the perfect contract for your business or deal.

Downloading Your Publishing Contract Templates

If you find a publishing contract or other document that you need, you should add it to your shopping cart and then proceed to the checkout. Once you have completed our checkout form, you will be transferred to the Sage Pay website to tender payment.

Payment may be made by credit or debit card, or using a PayPal account.

Accepted cards include Mastercard, Visa, Visa Debit, Visa Electron, American Express and Maestro.

After payment has been received, you will be sent an email containing a link to your document. You should download the document within 72 hours of receiving the email.

Bespoke Documents: Get a Quote

Template documents aren't always appropriate. We recommend that you instruct a professional in relation to any complex, unusual, risky or high-value publishing matter. If you're planning to a document based on one of our templates in connection with a large number of contractual relationships, it will usually be sensible to have it reviewed by an expert. You may simply want peace of mind that your publishing contracts or other legal documents have been properly tailored to the particular circumstances in which they are being used.

For all these circumstances, we provide a bespoke drafting and negotiation service.

We offer:

• first class legal skills
• considerable publishing industry experience
• a professional, responsive and friendly service
• competitive fees, usually fixed in advance