: Re: My publisher copyrighted my book cover and interior My illustrator designed the cover of my book, but my publisher did not want to use his cover. They wanted their illustration department to

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Normally you are the automatic copyright holder of original content, and assign publication rights (territory, language and media-specific) to a publisher or publishers for an agreed period. The publisher's copyright would extend to the layout and design, I would have thought, unless the contract has been drawn up to assign copyright entirely to them. Check your contract terms.

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