This text offers 20 business and legal forms for authors and self-publishers.ach form is accompanied by step-by-step instructions, advice on standardontractual provisions and a negotiation checklist for making the best deal.he forms include: estimate form; confirmation of assignment; permission form;ondisclosure agreement; license agreements for rights and electronic rights;nd copyright application.;Also provided are contracts with literary agents,ublishers, independent contractors, book designers, printers, sales reps andook distributors. At the back of the book, a second set of forms is suppliedn tear-out pages. In addition, this reference now includes a CD-ROMontaining the forms in Adobe Acrobat and the most popular word processingormats for both PC and Mac platforms.