Lights... Camera... Print Run

I just spoke to my editor over at Focal Press; the second edition of The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers is scheduled to go to press in the next few days!

Boy has it been a long process; I always forget just how much work goes into putting together a book after the manuscript has been delivered. Rewrites, copyediting, proofreading, more proofreading… whew! Once again, the team at Focal Press has been wonderfully hands on, and great to work with.

I'm really excited about this new edition: in addition to case law updates, I have new sections on product placement, film tax credits and production incentive financing, letters of intent, and a whole bunch of new stuff on do-it-yourself distribution (four wall, YouTube, download to own, Amazon.com, iTunes, and Netflix). There are even more charts and graphics to help you find the information you need.

Especially cool for this edition is a "thumb tab" index that lets you flip to key sections of the book without having to first turn to the table of contents. My hope is to provide readers with the quickest route to legal information so they can get back to the film set to do the real work of making the movie.

Let me know what you think!

As part of the roll out to the new edition, I’ve created this blog. I plan to post new case law, helpful links, tips and tricks, and other odd musings. Enjoy!