How to Copyright Your Book AND Write a Copyright Page!

[@JLWillow]

Hello, everyone! Just to clarify, there are actually a few ways to format copyright pages. I used a template I found online and tweaked it to be the one I go through in this video. In essence, though, they all have the same main components. So if you look through a few different books, that's why you'll see some variation throughout their copyright pages :)

[@tammi67able]

Thank you great video I’m subscribing

[@tammi67able]

Great video! Very informative!! Thank you, I’m subscribing to your channel

[@tylerrossow1715]

Great video thanks.

[@cnlicnli]

0:35 *“How to ‘COPYRIGHT’ your book.”* When you complete a work of authorship, you have an immediate & automatic copyright. The next step is to *“register”* and not “copyright” the work with the US Copyright Office - that’s the proper terminology.

[@chankay7801]

Please state the details of register. Thx

[@cnlicnli]

​@@chankay7801 wrote, “Please state the details of register.” I’ve previously posted information on how to register (book) copyrights with the US Copyright Office. Search for my handle *“@cnlicnli”* or *“cnlicnli”* in the comment section to locate my extended reply: *“**1:15** US Copyright Office Registration Tips & Filing Fees”*

[@mohammadsaif001]

Do we need to add the cover page(s) of the book before sending it to the copyright registration? If yes, then it is to be added in the ebook version?

[@kathytuley2086]

The numbers about the edition wasn’t clear. Please elaborate more.

[@Mfznr12]

Can international people also register their copyrights under the US copyright office?

[@k.williams9256]

Do you have to complete a group application for ebooks, paperback, hardcover

[@tylerrossow1715]

Awesome 🚒🔥

[@B1stIs]

Dumb because no detail if no publisher. Shouldn't a work be protected before shopping to a publisher for protection? You assume publishers aren't capable of intellectual theft while being presented with potential work.

[@cnlicnli]

@b1stis626 wrote, “Shouldn't a work be protected before shopping to a publisher for protection? You assume publishers aren't capable of intellectual theft while being presented with potential work.” You’re absolutely right! Whether your book (manuscript) is finished or not, AND certainly *BEFORE* you begin displaying, selling, licensing, sharing, or *“shopping”* it around to publishers, Hollywood, editors, agents, contests, etc., IMMEDIATELY register it with the US Copyright Office, as that will provide you with the best legal protection + proof of your copyright creation & copyright ownership claims. And keep really good notes on when & where you started shopping, licensing, etc. your work to others.

[@B1stIs]

Yt wtfuck did my comment go?

[@KJ-zr2ko]

How long does it take to get your copyright?

[@cnlicnli]

@KJ-zr2ko wrote, “How long does it take to get your copyright?” If you mean, “How long does it take for the US Copyright Office (USCO) to review, process, and mail a copyright “Certificate of Registration” to you, then the answer is at this USCO link: www.copyright.gov/registration/docs/processing-times-faqs.pdf In general, if your registration application is in proper order, then it can take a few weeks or a couple of months to receive your Certificate in the mail.

[@YourChronicIllnessAdvocate]

Proud to join your family I just subscribe it's heart warming to see other authors like myself I'm on the road to publishing my first book whilst helping someone else publish theirs

[@tammi67able]

Best of luck to you

[@DERICKSSENTEZA]

THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO. IT HAS REALLY HELPED

[@annpippin6388]

Captioning needed

[@annpippin6388]

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[@BlackAmericanHomeland]

okay

[@cnlicnli]

*Why Register Your Copyright:* You help PROVE your copyright creation & copyright ownership claims to a federal judge, publishers, the media, copyright infringers, and others by *“timely”* registering your works with the US Copyright Office (registered as an unpublished work or registered within five-years of first-publication), as that STATUTORILY grants you *“prime facie evidence” (“presumptive legal proof”)* of your copyright creation and the validity of your copyright registration and its deposit. If you miss your “five-year presumptive proof” timeframe, you can still register your works! You’ll just have to provide the judge with satisfactory evidence of your copyright creation & ownership claims, and that will likely be challenged by the infringer. It’s just MUCH, MUCH easier to immediately register and statutorily secure your “presumptive proof” copyright claim, as the copyright infringer will have the legal burden to disprove your copyright validity, and that may be hard to do. It’s not necessarily about having a RAW or original file or an unpublished work that proves your copyright creation. A federal judge MUST see your ISSUED copyright *Certificate of Registration”* (or its refusal) to have “legal standing.” Your Certificate will include your “effective date of registration,” the official US government date stamp of your registered copyright claim. *If you’re able to register your works even MORE quickly,* you get MORE legal protection against copyright infringers who exploit your works without a license. If you’re creative work was “timely” registered (here, registered BEFORE the infringement began or WITHIN three-months of its first-publication date), you have the necessary leverage to push US-based, non-Fair Use, non-judgment-proof copyright infringers to settle out of court; otherwise, (post-trial) they are liable for statutory damages from $750 to $30,000 and up to $150,000 for willful copyright infringement AND your attorney fees AND legal costs (at the court’s discretion). Without your timely registered copyright claim, you can only pursue “actual damages” (typically the missed licensing fee, and those fees tend to be LOW) and any unlawful profits the infringer made (if any!) - AND you’re responsible for your attorney fees! Too often, the cost to pursue copyright infringers is PRICEY, as any money damages you recover may not cover your attorney fees - that’s why we quickly/immediately register our copyrights! Joshua Kaufman, a Washington, DC copyright attorney, sums up copyright registration in the first 20-seconds of his KZbin video. He also addresses the economics of NOT timely registering your works: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXOyfJ6oocqMabs

[@KJ-zr2ko]

I do believe that as the owner of the book your name is used in place of the publishing company just as with the ISBN numbers.

[@annpippin6388]

I believe that I can copyright my book no.matter what. I decide to do ,with it for. being a creative work , I understand .

[@J.K.Barrik]

If her real name is stated in the copyright then why is she using a pen name? Makes no sense? I was under the impression a pen can be stated in the copyright, after all, that is the reason for using a pen name i.e., to hide one's real identity

[@michaeljhintonpiano]

You are wonderful. Thanks to you I got it done in one evening. Wishing you the best for 2023 and for all your works in posterity along with Shakespeare and Edith Wharton among others. Cheers!

[@Reshme77]

Wow you can copyright ur product more than once?

[@kathytuley2086]

I didn’t understand about the line of numbers. Something about “editions” please clarify.

[@MsTeri2009]

Im am starting at little stary about to go with a portrait i am drawing. Im am wanting to know what order i need to start in? And suggestions? Also, how woukd i get my story and portrait out there for people to see and order?

[@TheLawOfAttractionLady]

Thank you - very helpful

[@annpippin6388]

Glad there sre more options .

[@michaeljhintonpiano]

Wonderful! Thank you.

[@jellythefloof126]

Thank you for the useful info!

[@Kiki-dx7jm]

Thanks so much for the info! Quick question, would you put the year of the original copyright or the second one (most recent) after the copyright symbol?

[@Kiki-dx7jm]

Sorry, I just noticed that it mentioned to use the year the book was published. So, question #2. I'm revising a book, getting a new copyright - would I use the original publishing date and mention 2nd edition or would I use the publishing date from the revised version? Thanks for your help! :)

[@natashak2125]

Do you recommend copyrighting in your pen name or legal name? Looks like you chose to copyright in legal name - any reasons why?

[@cnlicnli]

@natashak2125 wrote, “Do you recommend copyrighting in your pen name or legal name?” You have the option to *“register”* your literary works under your real name or an abbreviated version of your name (say, Robert Smith to Bob Smith), a pen name (pseudonym), or even anonymously. Some writers produce literature in two or more genres and will use different names. Say, your real name for fiction, and a pseudonym for children’s stories. Here’s the US Copyright Office’s informational link on “Pseudonyms”: www.copyright.gov/circs/circ32.pdf

[@rassange2831]

If I am from Argentina Can I copyright my book in copyright.gov? Will Copyright.gov send me certificates after my payment? I need those certificates if Amazon or any retail asks me for them... Thanks for you video! PS. When making a copyright claim, is it legal to use the pen name that you chose or do you have to use your real name? Best!