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Note: In contrast to the guidelines on Fair Use provided by The Chicago Manual of Style, Praeger requires authors to obtain written reprint permission from the original source or publisher when using figures or tables from other sources. When compiling an original table or figure using previously published data, it is not necessary to obtain permission, but you must indicate the source of the data in a footnote to the figure or table.

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1. U.S. federal government documents (government documents other than U.S. should be checked).
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3. Any works published prior to December 31, 1922, are in the public domain; but works published after, which were properly renewed, will be protected until at least 2019. (See next paragraph.)

B. Copyright Law. You need permission in writing for quotations in excess of "fair use" for works protected under copyright. U.S. copyright law protects a work registered after January 1, 1978, for the lifetime of the author(s) plus fifty years. Similar laws exist in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries. “Author” includes corporations, journals, associations, etc. Under the copyright law, a work registered before January 1, 1978, is still protected by copyright if it was renewed at the proper time to continue protection. The copyright law protects such works for a maximum of seventy-five years. Full and up-to-date information about copyright can be obtained by writing to the United States Copyright Office in Washington, D.C.

C. Courtesy Permissions. If you are planning to use your own previously published material to an extent that exceeds fair use, you must obtain permission from the original publisher. Although the original publication may be copyrighted in your name, the original publisher is still likely to control publication rights. You should refer to your publication contract applicable to your own previously published work.

If you are the editor of a book that includes original work from other authors, you must obtain release forms giving you permission to publish their contributions. Please send the final list of contributors, including their names, affiliations, current addresses, the title/subject of their contributions, and agreed-upon compensation, if any, to your Acquisitions Editor as soon as possible. We will send a release form to each contributor after you’ve supplied the final list. Also, please be sure to compile an "About the Contributors" section containing contributor names and affiliations.

D. Attribution. Whether or not reprint permission is needed, you are responsible for crediting the source of all borrowed materials. However, keep in mind that your book will be marketed primarily to public libraries and read by non-specialist readers, and that excessive annotation can limit the appeal of your book among general readers. Please see The Chicago Manuel of Style, 15th Edition, p. 602-603, “Remedies For Excessive Annotation,” if you are in doubt about how to achieve this balance in your writing.