1. Self Publishing - Copyright & Libel
Copyright
There is a general article about copyright on this site which you should read but if you have any
doubts at all, the golden rule is always to ask. You could run into serious difficulties if you use
unauthorised material. For the skiing book I wrote to a couple of dozen of newspapers and
journals asking for permission to quote from articles. All of them agreed and charged me
nothing. There were one or two requirements and restrictions but these were entirely
reasonable.
Libel
Again, there�s a general article about libel in this site which might set your mind at rest but if
your book concerns real people, or fictionalised versions of real people, you might have to play
safe and hire a lawyer.