Review: Song lyrics - Did you get permission to use???
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2013
I didnt think you were allowed to use song lyrics in a book without getting express written consent from the owners of the songs.  Stating the group and song are NOT enough.  You need to reconsider this before you get into extreme trouble with the record labels. It is VERY expensive to do, which is why so many authors just elude to the song and singer and leave the lyrics out of their books.  You could be fined a large amount of money by doing this.Just a heads up.  They may not have read your book yet, which is the only thing keeping you out of trouble.  They also will want a 'take' from the books you already sold.  You did not even acknowledge that you obtain such permissions in the back or front of the book.  It could be devastating to an author.  Reworking your book, and reissuing asap may be helpful. I've seen too many good authors get into trouble by not following the rules of publishing.  The reader will get the jest of what your trying to say if you just tell us what song they are referring to in the book and who its by.  The internet makes it so easy for us to get the lyrics, just don't want your work to be pulled because of a simple mistake like this.