Publishing contract

by Mark Burrell
8th August 2022

Would anyone know who can look at a publishing contract for me please. I am an author and illustrator of a childrens book and would love to hear any advice. Not too sure if i should contact a solicitor just to go over everything or a literary agent but money is a bit tight at the moment. I feel the publishing contract doesnt clearly mention paperback royalties. It mentions me as an author but not as the illustrator.. so i am concern to whether they will use my imagery for something else and although i know i hold the copyright to my work, and they will use the copyright symbol throughout the said 'work',  i think id like this clearly stated that this includes my illustrations. Any advice would be really appreciated..

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Also the Society of Authors. You have to join for the full works but I imagine they'd help out with the basics

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You might want to look at the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) as they do contract vetting services.

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