COPYRIGHT


Each manuscript must be accompanied by the Copyright release, which you can download from the web,
and a statement that it has not been published elsewhere and that it has not been simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere. All accepted manuscripts, artwork, and photographs become the property of the publisher.

Permission

The use of tables, drawings, diagrams, photographs, 50 words or more prose, more than one line of a poem, or other material from another source requires written permission to republish from the copyright holder. The total number of words from any one source is cumulative throughout a manuscript. When an author plans to revise or adapt an illustration for his/her own use, it is recommended to obtain permission. Most US government publications are not copyrighted and thus considered in the public domain. However, it is also wise to obtain permission to take material from them as these publications often contain previously copyrighted material.

It is the responsibility of the author or editor of the book (or in a contributed book, the individual authors) to obtain written permission from whoever holds the copyright, usually a publisher, and also to pay any permission fees. Request for permission should be solicited as soon as the manuscript has been written, as the process is often quite slow. Once permission has been obtained, the correct credit (often the copyright holder stipulates the wording) must be included in a footnote or within the text, in a source note to a table, or in a credit line within a figure legend. In a book with extensive quotations from previously copyrighted works, it is sometimes desirable to include all credit lines on an expanded Acknowledgements page. Original permission letters must be forwarded to the publisher with the final manuscript. Production cannot proceed without them. A sample form of "Request for Permission" is attached.

Transfer of Copyright for Multi-Authored Works

The 1978 U.S. Copyright Law vests statutory copyright for each individual article with the author(s) of the article, or with their employers in the case of a “work made for hire”. As the result, the publisher must ask contributors – excluding the contracted editor(s) – for copyright on each article, which must be formally assigned in writing. Articles cannot be accepted for publication without a signed Transfer of Copyright Agreement. All original signed forms must be submitted by the editor(s) to the publisher with the final manuscript.