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So I want to use a fake name for my book, not my real name. How do I ensure that editors or agencies don't take advantage of that or play a trick when it comes to the credits of the book? How do I make sure that there are no 'loop holes'?
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So I want to use a fake name for my book, not my real name. How do I ensure that editors or agencies don't take advantage of that or play a trick when it comes to the credits of the book? How do I make sure that there are no 'loop holes'?
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Hi Roger! Welcome to Writing.SE! Please take a look at our tour and help center pages. What you're talking of is called 'pseudonym', or 'pen name'. It is a common enough practice. You might find this answer in particular helpful: writing.stackexchange.com/a/4264/14704
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So I want to use a fake name for my book, not my real name. How do I ensure that editors or agencies don't take advantage of that or play a trick when it comes to the credits of the book? How do I make sure that there are no 'loop holes'?
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Hi Roger! Welcome to Writing.SE! Please take a look at our tour and help center pages. What you're talking of is called 'pseudonym', or 'pen name'. It is a common enough practice. You might find this answer in particular helpful: writing.stackexchange.com/a/4264/14704
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Hi Roger! Welcome to Writing.SE! Please take a look at our tour and help center pages. What you're talking of is called 'pseudonym', or 'pen name'. It is a common enough practice. You might find this answer in particular helpful: writing.stackexchange.com/a/4264/14704
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Hi Roger! Welcome to Writing.SE! Please take a look at our tour and help center pages. What you're talking of is called 'pseudonym', or 'pen name'. It is a common enough practice. You might find this answer in particular helpful: writing.stackexchange.com/a/4264/14704
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Hi Roger! Welcome to Writing.SE! Please take a look at our tour and help center pages. What you're talking of is called 'pseudonym', or 'pen name'. It is a common enough practice. You might find this answer in particular helpful: writing.stackexchange.com/a/4264/14704
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I don't know how the publisher would take advantage of you.
Your contract with the publisher (or agent) will be under your real name. Only then is the contract legally binding. In that contract, you will specify that you want to publish under a pseudonym (and whether your real identity must be held confidential by the publisher).
"Credit" will go to your pseudonym, as that is the name under which critics, book stores, and readers will know "you". Copyright will belong to you, the author.
Again, I don't see a way for the publisher to take advantage of you (in a way that they couldn't with a non-pseudonymous author).
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Pen names are pretty common, and most publishers have policies of their own for them. You should be fine, it'd take a pretty poor publisher to somehow exploit an author's wish to have a nom de plume and turn it into a legal loophole.
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I don't know how the publisher would take advantage of you.
Your contract with the publisher (or agent) will be under your real name. Only then is the contract legally binding. In that contract, you will specify that you want to publish under a pseudonym (and whether your real identity must be held confidential by the publisher).
"Credit" will go to your pseudonym, as that is the name under which critics, book stores, and readers will know "you". Copyright will belong to you, the author.
Again, I don't see a way for the publisher to take advantage of you (in a way that they couldn't with a non-pseudonymous author).
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I don't know how the publisher would take advantage of you.
Your contract with the publisher (or agent) will be under your real name. Only then is the contract legally binding. In that contract, you will specify that you want to publish under a pseudonym (and whether your real identity must be held confidential by the publisher).
"Credit" will go to your pseudonym, as that is the name under which critics, book stores, and readers will know "you". Copyright will belong to you, the author.
Again, I don't see a way for the publisher to take advantage of you (in a way that they couldn't with a non-pseudonymous author).
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I don't know how the publisher would take advantage of you.
Your contract with the publisher (or agent) will be under your real name. Only then is the contract legally binding. In that contract, you will specify that you want to publish under a pseudonym (and whether your real identity must be held confidential by the publisher).
"Credit" will go to your pseudonym, as that is the name under which critics, book stores, and readers will know "you". Copyright will belong to you, the author.
Again, I don't see a way for the publisher to take advantage of you (in a way that they couldn't with a non-pseudonymous author).
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I don't know how the publisher would take advantage of you.
Your contract with the publisher (or agent) will be under your real name. Only then is the contract legally binding. In that contract, you will specify that you want to publish under a pseudonym (and whether your real identity must be held confidential by the publisher).
"Credit" will go to your pseudonym, as that is the name under which critics, book stores, and readers will know "you". Copyright will belong to you, the author.
Again, I don't see a way for the publisher to take advantage of you (in a way that they couldn't with a non-pseudonymous author).
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Pen names are pretty common, and most publishers have policies of their own for them. You should be fine, it'd take a pretty poor publisher to somehow exploit an author's wish to have a nom de plume and turn it into a legal loophole.
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Pen names are pretty common, and most publishers have policies of their own for them. You should be fine, it'd take a pretty poor publisher to somehow exploit an author's wish to have a nom de plume and turn it into a legal loophole.
answered 5 hours ago
Matthew Dave
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Pen names are pretty common, and most publishers have policies of their own for them. You should be fine, it'd take a pretty poor publisher to somehow exploit an author's wish to have a nom de plume and turn it into a legal loophole.
answered 5 hours ago
Matthew Dave
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Pen names are pretty common, and most publishers have policies of their own for them. You should be fine, it'd take a pretty poor publisher to somehow exploit an author's wish to have a nom de plume and turn it into a legal loophole.
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Matthew Dave
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Hi Roger! Welcome to Writing.SE! Please take a look at our tour and help center pages. What you're talking of is called 'pseudonym', or 'pen name'. It is a common enough practice. You might find this answer in particular helpful: writing.stackexchange.com/a/4264/14704
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