Comments on: if you have a short story published in a magazine can you keep the rights? http://dwarfprinting.com/214/if-you-have-a-short-story-published-in-a-magazine-can-you-keep-the-rights/ Big Printing For Little Companies Sat, 19 May 2012 02:41:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: classmate http://dwarfprinting.com/214/if-you-have-a-short-story-published-in-a-magazine-can-you-keep-the-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-690 classmate Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:39:12 +0000 http://dwarfprinting.com/214/if-you-have-a-short-story-published-in-a-magazine-can-you-keep-the-rights/#comment-690 This site will give you complete information on U.S. copyright law: http://www.copyright.gov/ Most magazines acquire the right to publish your story once, and possibly the right to republish it in some future anthology of stories from their pages. You retain all other rights, including the right to submit the story for publication elsewhere. (Of course, when submitting a previously published story, you have to inform the editors that it has been published before.) Magazines usually publish (in print or on their websites) their submission guidelines, so you can find out the details of each individual magazine's policies. This site will give you complete information on U.S. copyright law:

http://www.copyright.gov/

Most magazines acquire the right to publish your story once, and possibly the right to republish it in some future anthology of stories from their pages. You retain all other rights, including the right to submit the story for publication elsewhere. (Of course, when submitting a previously published story, you have to inform the editors that it has been published before.) Magazines usually publish (in print or on their websites) their submission guidelines, so you can find out the details of each individual magazine’s policies.

]]> By: Kristina http://dwarfprinting.com/214/if-you-have-a-short-story-published-in-a-magazine-can-you-keep-the-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-691 Kristina Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:39:12 +0000 http://dwarfprinting.com/214/if-you-have-a-short-story-published-in-a-magazine-can-you-keep-the-rights/#comment-691 Generally, from what I understand, there's a time limit on the amount of time a magazine has exclusive rights to a story. Unless otherwise stated, though. In general, it's best to read the submission guidelines and maybe contact the publisher to ask about copyright laws before giving them your story in it's entirety. Generally, from what I understand, there’s a time limit on the amount of time a magazine has exclusive rights to a story. Unless otherwise stated, though. In general, it’s best to read the submission guidelines and maybe contact the publisher to ask about copyright laws before giving them your story in it’s entirety.

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