The fact is that a standard agreement (of course suitable for each client) is not only the profession of daily ghostwriting, but it is also encouraged and favored by authors and customers. One of the biggest mistakes we can make as new authors is that we don`t know how the industry works. I recently found an old article from 2015 about the use of privacy agreements, also known as NDAs. Even if you find a publisher who is happy to sign your confidentiality agreements, it is still important that you maintain the agreement. Most writers, by nature, are not legal eagles and prefer to use their word-making skills on topics other than laws. In the first seven days, the book sold more than 1.1 million times! The vast majority of books simply do not fall into this category. In fact, most early books are lucky enough to get an impression of 2,000 to 5,000. In practice, few publishers or producers will agree to sign such an agreement, presented by an author, including a beginner-holder. You will likely conclude that the legal risks associated with finding an infringement are disproportionate to the benefit that you can simply verify your submission. There are a few safer (and cheaper) ways to protect your book. Before I put 100% of my energy and time into writing my first book, I worked as a Salesforce consultant.
Prior to that, I managed a Salesforce environment for years at a nonprofit think tank in Washington, DC. And before that, I recorded other years of other Salesforce-related work. Yes, yes. Maybe you would like to get your NDA from a lawyer or notary. I am a firm believer in writing Plain English and whenever I had to create legal documents with my clients, I insisted that the lawyer write it in as simple an English as possible. Or I rewrote it myself, and then I asked the lawyer to check it to make sure it was legal. “Even if you know your writer well, I recommend that they sign a confidentiality agreement. This will protect you and your work from being shared or stolen during the treatment process. So don`t make beginner mistakes that make it obvious that you`re a beginner.