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AGENTS AND ATTORNEYSAugust 20021. Have you entered a new or revised contract with a textbook publisher in 1998 or any year since? If YES, please indicate here: If NO, indicate: If NOT SURE, indicate here: If your answer was NO or NOT SURE, there is no need to continue. Please return this message to the sender. If your answer was YES, please answer the following questions. If you have had more than one new or revised contract, please answer in regards to your dominant title. 2. Did you consider hiring an agent or attorney to negotiate the contract on your behalf? If YES, please indicate here: If NO, indicate: If your answer was YES, please proceed to Question 12. If your answer was NO, please continue with Question 3. 3. Did you not consider hiring an agent or attorney because you believed the publisher would treat you fairly? If YES, please indicate here: If NO, please indicate here: 4. Did you not consider hiring an agent or attorney because you were confident of your own skill as a negotiator? If YES, please indicate here: If NO, please indicate here: 5. Did you not consider hiring an agent or attorney because you had been told it wasn't common practice in the textbook business? If YES, please indicate here: If NO, please indicate here: 6. Did you not consider hiring an agent or attorney because you were unaware of how to locate one? If YES, please indicate here: If NO, please indicate here: 7. Did you not consider hiring an agent or attorney because you were concerned about the cost? If YES, please indicate here: If NO, please indicate here: 8. Did you not consider hiring an agent or attorney because you did not want to offend the person negotiating for the publisher? If YES, please indicate here: If NO, please indicate here: 9. Did you not consider hiring an agent or attorney because a co-author was reluctant to do so? If YES, please indicate here: If NO, please indicate here: If question DOES NOT APPLY, please indicate here: 10. Would you advise a new author to hire an agent or attorney to negotiate a contract? If YES, please indicate here: If NO, please indicate here: If NOT SURE, indicate here: 11. Would you now consider hiring an agent or attorney to negotiate a new contract or revisions to an existing contract? If YES, please indicate here: If NO, please indicate here: If NOT SURE, indicate here: The next questions are for authors who have hired an agent or attorney to negotiate a new contract or revision in 1998 or any year since. If you did NOT hire an attorney, please return this message to the sender. If your answer hired an agent , please answer the following questions. If you or attorney to negotiate a new contract or revision in 1998 or any year since, please answer the following question in regards to your dominant title. 12. Do you believe your agent or attorney negotiated more favorable terms for you than you could have? If YES, please indicate here: If NO, indicate: If NOT SURE, indicate here: 13. Would you now consider hiring an agent or attorney to negotiate a new contract or revisions to an existing contract? If YES, please indicate here: If NO, please indicate here: If NOT SURE, indicate here: 14. Would you advise a new author to hire an agent or attorney to negotiate a contract? If YES, please indicate here: If NO, please indicate here: If NOT SURE, indicate here: 15. Did your agent or attorney suggest contract issues that had no occurred to you? If NO, please indicate here: If YES, please list them here: If NOT SURE, indicate here: 16. Was the fee or commission charged by your agent or attorney a good investment? If YES, please indicate here: If NO, please indicate here: If NOT SURE, indicate here: 17. Did your agent or attorney charge an hourly fee? If NO, please indicate here: If YES, please indicate here if it was less than $50 an hour: If YES, please indicate here if it was $51 to $100 an hour: If YES, please indicate here if it was $51 to $100 an hour: If YES, please indicate here if it was $101 to $150 an hour: If YES, please indicate here if it was $151 to $200 an hour: If YES, please indicate here if it was $201 to $250 an hour: If YES, please indicate here if was more than $251 an hour: 18. Did your agent or attorney charge a commission? If NO, please indicate here: If YES, please indicate here if the commission was based on gross royalty under the contract: 19. Would you recommend that your agent or attorney be listed on the SA2 site as a reference for other authors? If YES, please indicate here: If NO, please indicate here: If NOT SURE, indicate here: If YES, please tell us your agent or attorneys name and address so we may make contact for information to list in the SA2 directory: Confidentiality is assured. 20. What company publishes your dominant title? Please indicate here: 21. In what general area is your dominant title? If HUMANITIES, please indicate here: If SOCIAL SCIENCES, indicate here: If MEDICINE, indicate here: If LAW, indicate here: If PHYSICS SCIENCES or LIFE SCIENCES, indicate here: If PERFORMING or VISUAL ARTS, indicate here: If BUSINESS, ACCOUNTING or ECONOMICS indicate here: If ENGINEERING, COMPUTER SCIENCE or another TECHNICAL field, indicate here: If EDUCATION, indicate here: If COMMUNICATION, indicate here: If MATHEMATICS or STATISTICS, indicate here: If another category, indicate here: Please return this questionnaire as a reply message: Editor@sa2.info Surfvey findings will be reported in an SA2 e-mail alert in late August with a full report and analysis on the SA2 site. Thank you for participating. |
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