Copyright Information Form & Instructions

Completion of the Copyright Information Form (CIF) is required by all Press authors. The CIF represents a summary of all permissioned items and the rights secured for republication. You may download the form at the link below and follow step by step instructions for filling it out.

Copyright Information Form

Note that there are three tabs at the bottom of the Excel document. Please fill out each worksheet with a response in each cell. Please return the completed form as an attachment, together with all relevant permissions documentation.

Copyright Information Tab

Completion of this tab is required.  

  • Date of birth: for copyright registration of your work
  • Country of citizenship: for copyright registration of your work
  • Previously copyrighted content: is this work a revision of a dissertation that has previously been copyrighted? If so, please send a copy of either the previous LOC certificate or the certificate number and year of registration.

Text Permissions Tab

If there are no text permissions required, please indicate “no text permissions.

  • Location: page numbers or figure number from manuscript
  • Brief description: the beginning and end of the quotation
  • Source: publication details for original source (title, publisher, year of publication, URL)
  • Copyright holder: rightsholder (publisher, individual, organization)
  • Credit Line: source attribution, usually provided on permissions licenses
  • Location for Credit Line: If license does not specify where the credit must appear, indicate “NA.”
  • Written permission received: Written permission is required. Email authorizations are acceptable provided that print and digital rights have been requested in the initial inquiry.
  • Print rights: okay for print formats? This is required for all content.
  • Digital rights: okay for digital formats? This is required for all content.
  • Audio rights: not applicable for all titles – please check with your editor
  • Territory: request World rights
  • Print Run Restrictions: print run will be noted in publication details
  • Language Rights: we prefer rights to all languages, but English rights to be secured minimally
  • Notes: anything else of importance or that needs to be explained

Figure Permissions Tab

If no figures require permission, please indicate “no figure permissions.” 

  • Figure or plate no. in ms: figure numbers should be numbered consecutively per the chapter in which they appear
  • Brief description: figure caption or description
  • Reprinted, original, adapted, or redrawn: Original (author owns rights); Reproduction (a scan, copy, or slide from a third party (may need permission); Redrawn: Redrawn from third party image (may need permission); Modified: Redrawn with changes (may need permission).
  • Image display restrictions: any limitations noted in permissions license regarding placement, color or size limitations
  • Is a comp copy required? Any rightsholder who requests a book upon publication – please include full address here
  • Are rights transferable to third parties? Can foreign publishers use the images in translated editions or will they have to secure new permission?
  • Do we have publicity/promotional rights? Can this image be used in advertising for your book?

Please contact your editorial assistant if you have any questions about completing the form.