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Estate Planning for Authors: Your Final Letter (and why you need to write it now) (Strategies for Success Book 2) Kindle Edition

by M. L. Buchman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 34 ratings
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-an estate planning self-help guide for artists & writers-

Writer, painter, photographer, musician, designer, animator, graphic artist, programmer, screenwriter, textile artist, choreographer, composer, sculptor... A will or trust controls who inherits what.

The Final Letter tells your heir(s) ways to maintain it, even make it thrive, once they’ve got it. The challenge with an estate that includes Intellectual Property (books, stories, plays, films, etc.), is it has a value that can last another 70 years after your death.

This book is a practical guide for educating your heir on quite what they’ve just received and what their options are to manage it. Topics also include: basic vocabulary, income opportunities with Intellectual Property, the power of trusts in IP estate planning, and much more. Estate Planning for Authors will help authors create their Final Letter as well as help the heirs whose benefactor did not create one. It’s a guide on how to make sure your legacy remains profitable for decades after you’re gone!

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About the Author

M.L. "Matt" Buchman has over 50 novels, 70 short stories, and a fast-growing pile of audiobooks out in the world. M.L. writes romance, thrillers, and SF&F...so far. Three-times Booklist "Top-10 Romance Novel of the Year." NPR and B&N "Best 5 Romance of the Year." RITA finalist. As a 30-year project manager with a geophysics degree who has bicycled solo around the world, he is awed by what's possible. More at: www.mlbuchman.com.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B071JKPCLD
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Buchman Bookworks, Inc. (July 25, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 25, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1144 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 140 pages
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    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 34 ratings

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USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestseller M. L. "Matt" Buchman has 70+ novels, 125 short stories, and 50 read-by-author audiobooks. PW declares about his Miranda Chase action-adventure thrillers: “Tom Clancy fans open to a strong female lead will clamor for more.” About his military romantic suspense: “Like Robert Ludlum and Nora Roberts had a book baby.” He is also the editor of Thrill Ride – the Magazine.

A project manager with a geophysics degree, he’s designed and built houses, flown and jumped out of planes, solo-sailed a 50’ sailboat, and bicycled solo around the world…and designs quilts.

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Solara
5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful and informative
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2017
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Every author or owner of intellectual property should buy this book (painter, photographer, musician, programmer, etc.) It is relatively short, but contains a wealth of information around estate planning for authors and ways to educate your heir on what they have received and their options to manage it. I have a Will and I thought I had everything covered. Well, I was wrong. I never thought of writing a Final Letter (as detailed in this book) but I will do now.

Great tips and a great book.
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Susan H. Vaughan
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have for Authors
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2021
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This book is well written and covers all the info needed in clear, concise terms. It also includes samples of forms and the Letter to My Heir.
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Armand Rosamilia
4.0 out of 5 stars An Author's Future
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2021
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Lots of valuable information. Not as dry a read as you'd think, with lots of real world situations and examples. It gave me a lot to think about and execute before my untimely passing sometime in the far, far future. Now to figure out who I can trust to keep my IP and writing legacy going...
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Desert Dan
5.0 out of 5 stars Clear, easy to understand, and extremely useful
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2019
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Excellent resource for writers and others in the creative arts. A clear, easy-to-understand, and extremely useful guide to understanding the value of your IP (intellectual property) and how to preserve that value for your heirs. Highly recommend!
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Col Art Loughry, USMC
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2017
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An excellent warning. Never sell it, but license it. Will start early getting planner.
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Susan Quinn
5.0 out of 5 stars I recommend this book all the time
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2019
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Incredibly helpful for framing what authors need to do to pass their business on and hopefully have their books selling long after they're gone.
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Theresa Hofstetter
5.0 out of 5 stars Dry clear and helpful
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2018
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I found this book to be a quick easy read, but packed with helpful information. I will be referring back to it and putting his plan into action.
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Cocomeezer
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2017
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Every writer should own this book. It's incredibly helpful and I've already started planning based on this advice.
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Joy Vee
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for an indie author
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2021
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Superb, easy to understand. I now have a long to do list, to leave everything neat and tidy. Never think you are too small or too young a writer to look into what happens once you die.
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