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Authors Guild Bulletin readers: Please copy and paste “bit.ly/V8NIiv” into your browser for the sample clause concerning split royalty checks.

The clause is the first paragraph at bit.ly/V8NIiv. A production error caused the wrong link to appear in Mark Levine’s page 49 response to the letter to the editor in the Fall 2012/Winter 2013 issue of the Bulletin. Please accept our apologies on behalf of the Bulletin for the error.

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What Does “Coupled with an Interest” Mean?

Q. What does “coupled with an interest” mean? The phrase is used in the agency section of my contract. A. This phrase is a confusing one, and I’m willing to wager that most agents who have it in their agency clause understand neither its meaning nor its purpose and included it only because someone suggested…

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