PERMISSION GUIDELINES
The author is responsible for obtaining and sending to Elsevier Academic Press grants of permission to use any material that is reproduced or adapted from a previously published source or that is unpublished but owned by a third party. In general, any material that has appeared in print previously is legally owned under copyright by the publisher of the source or by the author of the material. If you are unsure about the ownership, please approach the publisher first because the publisher is most commonly the copyright holder. Please note that with regard to reproductions or adaptations of such material, a citation to the source is not sufficient; a written permission of the copyright holder must be obtained. We cannot legally publish the book without these grants of permission.
Please note that authors need permissions for anything used from another Academic Press publication, but the process is usually quicker and simpler than usual, and there are never any fees.
Permission is necessary for:
1. Textual quotations of over 100 words from a single article-length or book-length source
2. Any figure, drawing, chart, illustration, or table that is recognizably similar to (has the same look and feel as) previously published material or material owned by a third party
Permission is not necessary for:
1. Ideas, methods, processes, or principles, no matter how distinctive
2. Material on which the copyright has expired (generally material over 75 years old)
3. U.S. government publications
4. Factual data presented in a format different from that of the original
In the case of your own previously published work, you must either provide the permission of the publisher or other copyright holder to reprint or adapt your work or provide documentation explicitly stating that you retain the right to republish your material.
Since the approval process for permission requests can involve considerable turnaround time, and because we cannot go forward with publication until every copyright issue is resolved, we urge you to initiate the process at the earliest possible stage. We strongly suggest that you place your requests with publishers six months or longer before the final due date of your manuscript.
Please note that it is important to distinguish between material that is being reprinted exactly as it was originally published and material that is being adapted or modified. Be sure to indicate with each request the particular material in your work to which the permission pertains and to include complete citation information. If the copyright owner specifies a credit line, it must be followed exactly.
To assist you in obtaining the required documents, we have included the following:
1. Sample permission request letter
2. Author warranty form
When you have obtained all of the necessary permissions, please send us the original permission request letters with the publisher's signature. If you are not reproducing any material, please make sure to send us the signed author warranty form. These materials should be sent to us at the same time that you deliver your final manuscript for production.
Thank you very much, and please be sure to contact us should you have any questions or need further assistance.
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