The middle name is different; but not wanting to be deceptive, what should you do on the book jacket? Are there legal implications?
2006-12-20 04:47:54 · 12 answers · asked by John 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
If it really is the name on your birth certificate, you can't be in legal trouble for using it. But I would include the middle name if I were you, or even use just the first initial with your middle name. B. William Franklin does not sound like you are trying to pretend you are the original Benjamin Franklin.
2006-12-20 05:00:34 · answer #1 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you want to trade on the past author's name, or establish your own? If you want people to buy the book under the impression that they are buying a previously unknown work by the past author, so your initial sales may be better, then just put your middle initial in your byline, and have the bio on the book jacket tell just who you are. On the other hand, if you do not want any confusion when you get on Oprah, maybe you should consider publishing using your middle name or a completely different pseudonym.
2006-12-20 12:54:43 · answer #2 · answered by geo1944 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no legal implications, but you may want to put a picture of yourself on the back and have an "about the author" at the end of the book just to be safe.
2006-12-20 12:50:04 · answer #3 · answered by ?Jay Red! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There could be. And also, people may think you're just trying to make a lot of money by using that author's name. Best thing to do is to use your middle name as part of your name. There should be absolutely no problems if you do that.
Good luck on your novel! I'm trying to write one, too.
2006-12-20 12:52:25 · answer #4 · answered by Enceladus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can either put your name with the initial in it or take a name for your writing that is new. Lots of authors and artists do this to remain anonymous. I do it with my art. Good luck!
2006-12-20 12:52:11 · answer #5 · answered by The_answer_person 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could always use your middle name...like L. James Howell...or, invent a nom de plume.....more "famous" authors than you could imagine have done just that to protect their anonymity from the public.
2006-12-20 12:52:15 · answer #6 · answered by aidan402 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could abbreviate first and middle names, like R.A. Salvatore. This gives more prominence to the middle initial.
2006-12-20 12:50:46 · answer #7 · answered by inkantra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You se a moniker or a writers name as have a lot of writers in the past
2006-12-20 12:50:16 · answer #8 · answered by yahoojunkie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slap on your middle initial, and a bio on the back cover. No one should be mistaken then.
2006-12-20 12:49:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would just use a Pen name. I think it would save you a great deal of trouble.
2006-12-20 13:04:54 · answer #10 · answered by Pup 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋