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Ghostwriter: One who writes with and for another individual on an anonymous basis.

Copyright: The exclusive rights to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work. Filed with the U.S. Library of Congress. In the case of ghostwritten works, the copyright is held by the credited author.

Non-disclosure statement: A document that promises that the signatory (the ghostwriter) will not divulge the contents of conversations, documents, records, or other communications to any third party.

Fiction: A story, book, or movie that is not based on fact, as in a novel.

Non-fiction: A story, book, or movie that is factual as in an autobiography or a business book.

Literary agent: A professional commissioned agent, whose clients generally are comprised of writers, who seeks to represent those clients and sell their manuscripts to publishers on his or her client’s behalf.

Best-selling author: A writer whose book has reached a high level of sales generally as determined by regional and national newspapers and magazines. The determining sales period is for a given week or weeks during the year.

Query letter: The letter an author or ghostwriter sends to various literary agents seeking representation for a given piece of work.

Book proposal: A sort of business plan for a book. Generally these are written by the author or ghostwriter for submission to literary agents and publishers. This plan includes a synopsis of the work, biography of the author, and all relevant marketing information on the work.

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