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Contract Law for Editors: Your Editor Contract Checklist Before You Sign

Seventy-three per cent. That’s the share of Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) members who told the institute’s 2024 member survey that they work as self-employed…

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Principal Lawyer Renee Smith has more than nine years’ experience as a lawyer and also works as a fiction editor, so she knows the industry from both sides of the desk. The firm offers contract review, trade mark registration and ready-to-use legal templates.

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