As part of its ongoing efforts to educate writers about publishing contracts, the Contracts Committee periodically writes new sample contracts or updates old sample contracts. Address comments or suggestions to the Chair, SFWA Contracts Committee . To receive payments and royalties from all Represented Sales as long as the contracts for such sales remain in force. Author attests that, during the term of this Contract, the Author will employ no other Literary Agent to represent the Author for the Author's Represented Works. It is acknowledged that some of the Author's backlog may be excluded from this contract because it is covered by a prior agreement with another agency.
Some authors prefer to have separate film agents.
Whichever way you go, the decision should be clear to both author and agent. Literary Agent shall use best efforts to promote the Author's Represented Works. Author may, in writing, authorize Literary Agent to sign contracts on his behalf. Authors might want to provide a limited authorization that lets the agent sign only foreign contracts or sign only contracts the author has verbally approved. While authors would like these commission rates as low as possible, we recognize that agents would prefer them as high as possible.