{"id":2607,"date":"2019-08-31T18:44:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T08:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eviemcrae.com\/?page_id=2607"},"modified":"2019-09-19T09:57:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T23:57:13","slug":"attribution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/butterfly.writefromsource.com\/?page_id=2607","title":{"rendered":"Attribution"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2607\" class=\"elementor elementor-2607\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df7d922 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df7d922\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea05d04\" data-id=\"ea05d04\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aa9841 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3aa9841\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When you enter into a Ghostwriting Agreement you need to consider the subject of &#8216;Attribution&#8217;. <i>What the hell is &#8216;Attribution&#8217;? <\/i>I hear you cry.<\/p><p>If we look to the dictionary for a definition we can see:<\/p><div><div><div><div data-dobid=\"dfn\"><p>Attribution <em>(noun)<\/em><\/p><\/div><ul><li data-dobid=\"dfn\">The action of regarding something as being caused by a person or thing. A relevant example of that would be: <em>My book included an\u00a0attribution\u00a0to all those who edited the manuscript.<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><div><ul><li><div><div><div data-dobid=\"dfn\"><p>The action of ascribing a work or remark to a particular author, artist, or person: <em>The study of Constable is fraught with problems of attribution.<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div><div><div data-dobid=\"dfn\">The action of regarding a quality or feature as characteristic of or possessed by a person or thing. <em>The attribution of human emotions to inanimate objects.<\/em><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><p>In the case of a ghostwriter agreement the &#8216;commissioner&#8217; <i>(that would be you, the person who wishes to hire the services of a ghostwriter)<\/i> and the ghostwriter need to agree on the level of attribution for authorship on the cover and title page of the works. I&#8217;ll explain why this is important in a moment, but first consider Attribution as a sliding scale of credit (and associated cost\/reimbursement).<\/p><p>On the cover and title page of your book you can have:<\/p><p><b>Level 1: Full Attribution (equal) on cover and inside<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Your name (commissioner&#8217;s name)\u00a0<em><strong>with<\/strong> <\/em>Ghostwriter&#8217;s name<br \/>Josephine Blogs with Evie McRae<\/li><li>Your name (commissioner&#8217;s name) <b style=\"font-style: italic;\">and <\/b>Ghostwriter&#8217;s name<br \/>Josephine Blogs <em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em> Evie McRae<\/li><li>Your name (commissioner&#8217;s name). A memoir <b><i>as told to<\/i><\/b>\u00a0Ghostwriter&#8217;s name &#8211; Josephine Blogs. A memoir as told to Evie McRae<\/li><\/ul><div><p><b><br \/>Level 2: Partial Attribution<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Your name (commissioner&#8217;s name) on front cover\u00a0<\/li><li>Ghostwriter&#8217;s name inside on <b>Title Page<\/b><\/li><\/ul><\/div><p><b><br \/>Level 3: No Attribution &#8211; credit given to Ghostwriter. The Commissioner assumes credit<br \/><\/b><\/p><ul><li>Your name (commissioner\u2019s name)<\/li><\/ul><p>So you can see in all of these cases the <i>relationship <\/i>between the commissioner and the Ghostwriter is evident. The Ghostwriter receives credit for their role in actually writing the book. However, in the last instance where the commissioner&#8217;s name appears alone &#8211; this means the commissioner is taking the full credit for writing the book.<\/p><p>In this scenario, the commissioner pays the Ghostwriter a Fee over and above the agreed writing fee. Put bluntly<b>, <span style=\"color: #22a1b5;\">the Ghostwriter trades cash for credit, and the commissioner (particularly in the case of Full Attribution) will be required to pay this upfront.<\/span><\/b><\/p><p>The Fee varies between ghostwriters and each ghostwriter will view attribution differently. If your ghostwriter is a well-known award-winning writer and you (as the commissioner) have no writing credentials at all, you would expect to pay a high fee indeed if you wish to take full credit with your name on the cover. In actual fact, you&#8217;d probably get more sales by allowing your well know ghostwriter&#8217;s name to appear alongside yours in that scenario but that is your call.<\/p><p>Generally speaking you can expect to pay <b>10% fee <\/b>on top of the cost to write your book for <b>Level 2:<\/b> Partial Attribution and <b>15%-20%<\/b> surcharge for <b>Level 3<\/b>: No Attribution. 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