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Integrated Writer Services, LLC (IWS) provides professional manuscript assessment to determine copyright issues, copyright clearance, and consulting services for writers of both fiction and nonfiction works. We help both unpublished writers and seasoned authors clear copyright issues in their manuscripts prior to submitting their work to publishers. We also can provide special assistance and consulting services to authors who intend to independently publish their works. And, we also provide copyright clearance services to small presses, independent publishers, traditional publishers, and print-on-demand (POD) publishers.

Available now from the Publisher

Joyce and Dan have just published Copyright Clearance for Creatives, which is an essential guide for independent publishers and their support providers. The 176-page full color print version is now available to preorder at Amazon.com.

Or a pre-release version may be obtained directly from the publisher. Click the cover image above to be directed to the purchase page on our new website.

Popular ebook formats (Kindle, ePub, and PDF) will be available in February 2013. The ebook version contains 125 active hyperlinks to a wide assortment of useful online resources that will contribute to a greater understanding of the complex US copyright laws, how to acquire permission to use works owned by others, and how to protect your own works.

IWS provides the following support services:

• Copyright clearance review to determine which items in a manuscript require rights clearance
• Copyright Clearance that includes research to locate the owner and administrator of rights to a copyrighted item and to identify possible alternatives if rights cannot be obtained for the initial item
• Consultation and project management of the independent publishing process