Workshop: Prepublication Review of Manuscripts

["Peter D. Verheyen" <pdverhey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For Authors and Publishers

The Small Press Center
 Workshop Series
 1998 - 1999

Co-Sponsored by The New York Times

TUESDAY,  JANUARY 19, 1999
AT THE SMALL PRESS CENTER

Workshop No. 3:
PREPUBLICATION LEGAL REVIEW OF MANUSCRIPTS

AVOID COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND LIBEL SUITS!
LEARN HOW TO CLEAR RIGHTS!

What:   This panel of experts will answer questions concerning common
publishing perils, including copyright infringement, right of privacy and
libel.  Particular attention will be paid to obtaining clearances, releases,
disclaimers, and publishers liability insurance.   Question and answer period
to follow.  Informal reception to follow Q&A period.

When:   Tuesday, January 17, 1999  between 5.30-7.30pm

Where:  The Small Press Center, 20 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036

The Panelists:  Lloyd J. Jassin, Publishing Attorney, co-author, The Copyright
Permission and Libel Handbook; Niko Pfund, Director, New York University
Press; Kathy Schulz, Assoc. General Counsel, New York University; and Barbara
Zimmerman, President, BZ Rights and Permissions.

How To Register:   Individual workshop: $30.00 (non-members); $20.00 (Small
Press Center members).  Series subscription for the remaining 5 workshops:
$150.00 (non-members); $85.00 (members).  To ensure a  place, early
registration is encouraged.  Location: Small Press Center, 20 West 44th
Street, New York, NY 10036.  Registration by mail must be accompanied by a
check.  For  more information: 212/764-7021 (tel); 212/354-5365 (Fax);
smallpress@xxxxxxx (e-mail.) or visit our web site at www.smallpress.org.

Next Workshops:  Sell More Subsidiary Rights (Tuesday, February 13, 1999), An
Inside Look at Book Reviewing (Tuesday, March 9, 1999), The ABC's of Broadcast
Publicity (Tuesday, March 23, 1999), Publishing Quality Fiction and Poetry
(Tuesday, April 20, 1999)

THE SMALL PRESS CENTER.  At the center of the small press movement since its
founding in 1984 by Whitney North Seymour, Jr., the Small Press Center is
located in a literary landmark building at 20 West 44th Street, in the shadow
of The New Yorker  and Algonquin Hotel.  For over fourteen years, the Small
Press Center has served as a resource for independent publishers, writers and
other creators, encouraging excellence in publishing. The Center offers
educational programs, sponsors the annual Small Press Book Fair, and maintains
a reference library at its mid-Manhattan location.  The Center is co-founder,
with the Publishers Marketing Association (PMA), of Small Press Month (March
1999.)  A non-profit  501 (c) (3) organization, the Center is an educational
program of the General Society of Mechanics & Tradesman of the City of New
York.

The Small Press Center gratefully acknowledges the support ofThe New York
Times Company and Publishers Weekly.

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www.smallpress.org




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