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Entertainment Law
We provide review and negotiation of publishing contracts, representation and other contracts involving intellectual property, private ventures and drafting collaboration, licensing, and other related agreements.
Literary Attorney, Marisa A. Corvisiero, is an established Literary Agent and the founder of the Corvisiero Literary Agency. She has extensive experience negotiating and advising on thousands of Publishing Contracts, including all of the contracts negotiated by her Literary Agency. As a Literary Attorney, Marisa can advise authors on everything from contract terms, to other literary deals or disputes, intellectual property applications and issues, to publishing strategies. She also offers Author-Preneur Services and Coaching, as well as Author-Preneur Workshops during which she teaches, guides, advices and motivates authors to use the 'Write Mindset' to succeed in publishing.
Blog: Thoughts from a Literary Agent
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Author-Preneur Workshops
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2019 Appearances
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Consulting Services
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For Literary Agent representation and submission guidelines, please go to Corvisiero Literary Agency, where they offer international agenting services to fiction and non-fiction authors in a wide spectrum of genres and sub-rights. Please see the Literary Agents' profiles to determine which agent is the best fit for you, and be sure to follow their Submission Guidelines before submitting your work.
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Note that the Corvisiero Literary Agency and this Law Practice are two separate entities and only have our founder and her talents in common. The staff and clients, as well as the services are completely different and independent from each other.
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What is a Literary Attorney?
A Literary Lawyer is an Attorney whose area of practice is or includes the publishing industry, and who regularly represents writers in contractual negotiations and or other issues or disputes as they may arise in during the publishing process. The publishing industry is a unique industry, and like most other types of businesses, there are rules, regulations, procedures, protocols, industry terms and manners of doing business that govern everyday transactions. Accordingly lawyers practicing Literary or Publishing Law are very specialized, and attorneys in other areas of law, even contract law, will not be able to properly negotiate publishing deals and give accurate counsel. Therefore, authors are strongly encouraged to retain an attorney whose regular professional practice actively focuses on or includes representing writers in the publishing world.
There are several different types of contracts that authors will encounter in their careers. They are the Agenting Agreement, the Publishing Contract, and other Sub-Rights or Licensing Agreements; and if self publishing several other agreements with vendors and contractors. Knowledgeable Literary Agents can assist their clients in most of these agreements, however they cannot advice the author on the representation agreement with their agency (Agenting Agreement) because that would clearly be a conflict of interest.
These are some of the types of contracts we have worked on:
- Agenting Agreements
- Publishing Agreements
- Licensing Agreements
- Foreign Rights Agreements
- Movie Options and Shopping Rights
For more information, assistance negotiating or choosing publishing deals or agents, representation to solve disputes or any other publishing related questions, please contact us!
Publishing Deals Demystified: Understanding Deals and Contract Terms Video Tutorial
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Presented by
Marisa A. Corvisiero, Esq. for Writer's Digest 
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Reaching the golden moment when all of your hard work and dedication is validated is nothing short of wonderful. However, reaching that moment prepared to decipher if the offer you have received by the publisher is a good deal, is empowering. Many authors don't know what terms are important or what they mean. In fact many never get to see a publishing contract until one is sent to them. It is therefore unlikely that they will know what should be included, what is superfluous or inappropriate, what terms are fair, and what should be negotiated. In this tutorial publishing deals are demystified with concise, clear explanations about how deals work, what contract terms are important, what they mean, and what the industry standards are. You will gain a solid understanding about what to expect, and how to negotiate the best deal for your work.
In this 57-minute tutorial video, you'll learn:
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Contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship. Until an attorney-client relationship is established, please withhold from sending any confidential information to us.