Franklin Pearson
Author Contracts

If your proposed book seems overall to be a good fit for us, we will correspond with you about any particular matters that need to be discussed (sometimes we receive a proposal, or manuscript, with no discernible strings dangling). Sometimes this discussion takes a few weeks; sometimes it takes longer, depending in large part on the author’s schedule and the manuscript’s progress. The offer of a contract comes after we have determined that we and you the author are in agreement on all major points.

 

Our contract is standard for all authors (with the exception of a different royalty for certain categories of manuscripts) and is not negotiable. We have a relatively small staff and the contract is simple by design. We want to be able to answer contractual questions without having to look up each contract. A standard contract also ensures fairness to all our authors.

 

It does not cost anything to publish with Franklin Pearson, and has not ever and will not ever take any payment or subvention from authors. You bear only the expenses of providing a complete manuscript (including any necessary illustrations and permissions). Franklin Pearson does not offer advances–the economic constraints of scholarly publishing make this impossible.

 

We pay an extremely competitive royalty.

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