ABSTRACT
Some trade authors write for a living; specialist authors more often earn their living primarily doing other things, but can sometimes be encouraged to write on topics connected with their work or their research. They are often experts in their fields, with established (often international) reputations, and their names as authors, or as members of an editorial team, will sell all kinds of publications and services to what are often highly profitable specialist markets. The works they create tend to have distinctive features, and these need to be reflected in the publishing contracts which they sign. We will highlight these features in this section: bear in mind, however, that most of the general legal principles set out in Chapter 4 will still apply as well.
