Skill

Review contract clauses against market benchmarks

Packaged know-how that tells an agent how to do a job well.

You might say…

The publisher sent a 40-page contract and I have no idea whether 8% net royalties is standard or a red flag.

What it does

Reviews a book contract's material clauses (advance, royalty rates, reversion, subsidiary rights splits) against standard market benchmarks and flags terms that underperform.

Trigger: Use when a book contract arrives and before engaging a literary lawyer, to identify which clauses to negotiate and which are market-standard.

I/O: Book contract text → clause-by-clause assessment against benchmarks with flagged underperforming terms and negotiation priorities

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