So You Want To Write A Nonfiction Book?
Do you have the rights?
Do you love nonfiction and true crime? Are you itching to write a book about a juicy and provocative event you saw in the news or heard about from a local paper or friend?
Easy. The story is right there. It has all the pieces, and you can find everyone involved, so what’s to stop you?
The rights.
The what?
According to Sharlene Martin and Anthony Flacco’s book, Publish Your Nonfiction Book, you may need to secure the story rights depending on the kind of book you are writing.
Securing the story rights means getting written legal permission to document another person’s story in book form.
Very often, these rights are exclusive, meaning only you are the person who can turn the story into a book.
They could be for a limited time or a geographical area, such as North America, the US, and Canada.
Obtaining these legal permissions is necessary. Unless you have the rights, you could be sued. No publisher will certainly publish your book without them.
