FAQ #Copyright, Contract Terms

#What is copyright and what happens to my copyright if I sign the contract?

As an author, copyright of a book usually refers to your right to upload this book on any platform.

In exclusive, you lose your copyright of this book. You will only have this contracted book on MegaNovel, and it should not be present on any other platform except this one.

Copyright does not mean that your book, your idea will be written by someone else or will be named on someone else. You will still be the author of the book and you will still have the complete right to how your story progresses and what end it has. The only limit is that you cannot post your books on simultaneous online platforms or adapt your book to an audiobook or something else, it will only be posted and used by MegaNovel.

In a non-exclusive contract, you can post your story on different websites by yourself. You can only sign an exclusive contract with one platform but you can sign any number of non-exclusive contracts with many platforms.

In both cases, if your book is being used for any other purposes such as online adaptations, comments, audiobooks, or anything else, the team will discuss it with you. When it comes to online adaptations, making comics, making movies, or making anything out of your novel here is the deal. And a non-exclusive contract, the decision will be completely on to you while in an exclusive contract the decision will be mutual but, you will get the share from whatever is earned

#About the Adaption Rights

We will discuss the profit share with you before we make any adaptations. Please note, there are no set intentions to make adaptations. This is just in case that we develop more business in the future (audiobooks, short movies, translation, etc.).

Our aim to hold the adaptation rights is to help authors with their adaptations and protect the authors' rights. Also, our contract does not prevent you from negotiating the adaptation of your book with other companies, but you need to inform us prior to doing so.

#What if my book(s) are on other illegal/pirate platforms？ Can I still sign contracts with you?

Yes. There are 2 ways to solve this problem.

1. You can file a DMCA notice to the platforms that infringe your copyright.

2. You could talk to your editor in MegaNovel and I believe he/she can help you or give you advice on this. If you have already signed contracts with MegaNovel, we can help you send DMCA notice or teach you how to send it. You can also seek help in our social media communities, where you can find many fellow authors who are willing to offer help.