How Not to Get Overwhelmed: Copyrighting Your Work

Helpful information.

Fiction by Rachael Ritchey

This is the fifth article in the series: How Not to Get Overwhelmed with Indie Publishing. Below is the list, including links to the subjects we’ve already covered. Today’s topic is Copyright. We’ll be focusing on US, though, because that’s where I live. It will be purely informational since copyright involves law, and I do not give legal advice.

Acquiring Beta Readers
Editing/Editor Considerations
Book Cover Design
The Back Cover Synopsis & Author Bio
Copyright (US)
Paper & Ebook Publishing Platforms (mainly US)
ISBN (and bar code (US))
Ebook Formatting
Paperback and Hardbound Formatting
Uploading Your Book to One or Various Platforms
Marketing Strategies

Here’s the symbol

Here are the codes for various uses of the copyright symbol:

http://www.alt-codes.net/copyright_alt_code.php

Here’s the definition of Copyright from Merriam-Webster:

“the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something (as a literary, musical, or artistic work)”

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