Review contract clauses against market benchmarks
Reviews a book contract's material clauses (advance, royalty rates, reversion, subsidiary rights splits) against standard market benchmarks and flags terms that underperform.
In / outBook contract text → clause-by-clause assessment against benchmarks with flagged underperforming terms and negotiation priorities
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
Reads the draft contract clause by clause — rights grant, reversion, royalty rates, accounting, options — and flags terms that deviate from author-favourable market norms, with suggested counter-language. Used when a contract draft arrives and before counter-proposing. Judgement-heavy single review the practitioner and any IP lawyer act on.
Trigger: Use when a book contract arrives and before engaging a literary lawyer, to identify which clauses to negotiate and which are market-standard.
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