Comments on: US Copyright FAQ: Your Questions Answered https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/us-copyright-faq/ ARC Book Reviews and Author Services Fri, 25 Dec 2020 13:15:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: U.S. Trademark FAQ: Your Questions Answered - Hidden Gems Book Blog https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/us-copyright-faq/#comment-298750 Fri, 25 Dec 2020 13:15:03 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8431935#comment-298750 […] again, everyone! Just wanted to give you a heads up that the same caveats apply to this post as the previous FAQ about copyright: while I am pursuing a law degree that I may or may not ever use, I am not a lawyer. Nothing in […]

]]> By: Hidden Gems https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/us-copyright-faq/#comment-290120 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:40:50 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8431935#comment-290120 In reply to Rosalind.

Hiya, Rosalind!

No need for separate registrations for different versions of a book unless they’re wildly different in some form. You already published the book (in ebook form), so the three-month registration clock started on that date.

As for tech support with the registration process, I’m afraid I won’t be much help, but you can contact the US Copyright Office via this link with questions.

]]> By: Rosalind https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/us-copyright-faq/#comment-289210 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 12:50:30 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8431935#comment-289210 Hi again,
I understand that I need to just register my paperback. The system requires a user ID to register but when I try and set up a user profile to set up a User ID I can’t Going round and round in circles!

]]> By: Rosalind https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/us-copyright-faq/#comment-289150 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 07:19:50 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8431935#comment-289150 Hi,
I published my eBook on amazon.com on October 12 and the paperback will be published soon (I’m based in the UK). Do I need to copyright the eBook as well as the paperback in the US or are they seen as the same book? The title, cover and text are the same; there is different front and back matter. Does the three month clock start running from October 12 or the date I publish the paperback?
Warm regards,
Rosalind

]]> By: Hidden Gems https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/us-copyright-faq/#comment-287844 Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:48:59 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8431935#comment-287844 In reply to Lily.

Yep! You absolutely can. The only wrinkle is the number of copies you might have to attach to your registration, which depends on where you originally published it. If it was originally published in your home country (or another non-US jurisdiction), only one copy of the work is needed. If you originally published in the US, you would submit two copies.

]]> By: Hidden Gems https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/us-copyright-faq/#comment-287842 Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:46:05 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8431935#comment-287842 In reply to rt.lipkin.

Thanks for pointing that out! I’d totally missed the change.

]]> By: Lily https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/us-copyright-faq/#comment-287817 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:27:00 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8431935#comment-287817 Thanks for this! Can a non-US citizen register her work for copyright in the US? I don’t live in the US and am not a US citizen.

]]> By: rt.lipkin https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/us-copyright-faq/#comment-287803 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 13:49:18 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8431935#comment-287803 Good information, Nate. Many thanks.
One correction: the current copyright fee for a single work is now $45. They raised it from $35 a few months ago: https://www.copyright.gov/about/fees.html

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