Indemnity

INDEMNITY

Editing is intrinsically a subjective process of offering advice and suggestions to the Author and Client. In addition to offering such advice and suggestions, the Editor’s (WORD TINKERER LLC) responsibility is limited to notifying the Client of any unresolved differences with the Author before the work proceeds to the next stage of production. While the Editor will make every effort to bring questionable material to the attention of the Client, the Client agrees to indemnify and save harmless the Editor from any and all claims or demands, including legal fees, arising out of any alleged libel or copyright infringement committed by the Author or Client in creating the work. The Editor will make every effort to notice any potential plagiarism, but the onus to ensure that the material is plagiarism-free does not fall on the Editor. 

Editing a creative work such as fiction is perhaps the most subjective activity possible in the field of literature. The Editor will use her background and experience in editing the manuscript, recognizing that this experience, while successful for her, may not be successful for the author. The Editor's sole function is to aid and assist the Client in editing the manuscript. In this light, the Editor will do her best to advise and suggest changes to improve the manuscript. The decision to accept or reject the editor's suggestions is finally and solely the Client’s. There are no guarantees in the highly competitive field of publishing. In large part, the acceptance of a manuscript for publication is the subjective decision of a publisher and its editors. This decision is subject to the whims of taste and perceived marketability of the manuscript. This Editor, while working to aid the Client in preparing the best manuscript possible given the submitted material, has no way of judging the market or the whims and caprices of the publishing industry.