Want to use a cartoon in your book? You’ll need a license, and getting one is straightforward. At CartoonStock we license cartoons to authors of every kind of book, from first-time self-publishers to academics and nonfiction writers. This guide brings together everything we cover on cartoon licensing for authors, in the order you’ll need…
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Questions to Ask Before Licensing a Cartoon
Part of our guide to licensing cartoons as an author (coming soon) What questions should you ask before licensing a cartoon for your book? Nine, and most take a minute to answer. At CartoonStock these are the details every license is built on. Work through them first and you’ll license the right cartoon, at the…
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Using a Cartoon on a Book Cover
Part of our guide to licensing cartoons as an author (coming soon) Can you use a cartoon on a book cover? Yes. At CartoonStock we license cartoons for covers as a custom license, quoted for your book. Our standard publication license covers cartoons inside a book only, so a cartoon on a book cover…
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Licensing Cartoons for Trade and Academic Books
Part of our guide to licensing cartoons as an author (coming soon) Do trade and academic books license cartoons the same way? Yes. At CartoonStock the publication license works the same way whatever kind of book you’re writing: print run, territory, format and edition. What changes is which of those parts you’ll spend time…
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Who Handles Image Permissions, the Author or the Publisher?
Part of our guide to licensing cartoons as an author (coming soon) Who handles image permissions for the cartoons in a book, the author or the publisher? Whoever your publishing contract says, and you should settle it before anyone buys a license. At CartoonStock we license cartoons to authors, publishers and the picture researchers…
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Using Cartoons in a Self-Published Book
Part of our guide to licensing cartoons as an author (coming soon) Want to use cartoons in a self-published book? You can, and you license them the same way a publisher does. At CartoonStock, a self-published title gets exactly the same license as a book from a large publishing house. The only difference is…
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