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How to get permission to use song lyrics in your book

Post published:March 4, 2013

One of my most popular posts from last year was this one about the steps involved in obtaining permission to reproduce song lyrics and other copyright materials in your own work. In this update I'm thrilled to share the success story of Tyler, a writer who generously wrote up the…

Using lyrics or an epigraph in your book? Curious about copyright?

Post published:May 25, 2012

Two of my clients have been surprised recently to learn that they are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce song lyrics in their respective novels. I'm sorry to break it to you, authors, but if you want to reproduce anything by another artist in your book - a painting, a…

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Virginia Lloyd

Hello and welcome. I help writers and experts develop their work to a publishable standard, find an agent, and get published. As the traditionally published author of two books, as a structural editor, former in-house editor and literary agent, I provide fiction and nonfiction writers with the sorts of commercial and constructive feedback you will never get from a writing class or workshop. Read more about me HERE.

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