However, in the case of a ghost writer, you often know some intimate details about how the author perceives the story, character development, plot, etc., so it would be conceivable for you to steal the idea of the book and write it like yours. The choice of a beech publisher should depend on whether the publisher is a good and clean worker with good knowledge and experience in the language in which you wrote, with professionals who have been appointed or associated (I`m at the EFA and on Blurb, Reedsy and ALLi – I think these are good starting points). Despite this transparency in my profession, there seems to be a new wave of paranoia. I am constantly asked to sign NDAs (Non-Disclosure Agreements) to edit your books. As editor-in-chief, I am not happy about that. What for? There are seven reasons. If you have written a novel or similar book on the basis of a project, a summary design, a table of materials, ghostwriting etc, it is right that the author asks you to sign this type of agreement. After all, they trust you with the inner details of their idea. What for? A professional publisher says that confidentiality agreements are simply not part of the traditional editorial culture. The agreement is very concrete to deal only with issues related to the transaction between the author and the publisher. Not that I`m accusing you of doing this kind of thing, but I`m trying to help you put yourself in the author`s shoes for a while. Things happen and it`s just for the author to want to protect their idea. So if you`re a new ghost writer and you`re asked to sign a confidentiality agreement, check it out and read it carefully, don`t be afraid to sign a simple, well-written agreement.

(Read more: www.trainingauthors.com/non-disclosure-agreements-three-reasons-to-use-one/#ixzz3ZHmrvxA5) Cate Baum is co-owner of SPR and editor-in-chief of Reedsy, Blurb, ALLi and Book Butchers, as head of editorial services for SPR, Indie Book Editing and Cate Baum Editing. As someone who has worked in the technology industry for over a decade, this is a blow to me. Writers share unpublished works – in many cases as a whole – with people who barely know them without signing an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement). It might be worth finding a publisher who agrees to sign your confidentiality agreement. If you are approached as an author with a confidentiality agreement, you should check the agreement. If the publisher has a good reason to require your legal confidentiality, just make sure the agreement is simple and fair. If the publisher has no clear reason to write the legal agreement, then ask questions and use your best judgment. The content of the agreement is often no different from any other standard confidentiality agreement.