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mpride1122 One Star Member
Number of posts : 31 Registration date : 2011-03-25 Location : NY
| | | | alj Five Star Member
Number of posts : 9633 Registration date : 2008-12-05 Age : 80 Location : San Antonio
| Subject: Re: Question on a 'Do' or 'Don't' when titling your story... Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:06 am | |
| You cannot copyright a title, including the titles of chapters within a work, but some publishers might want you to use something that is unique to your work so that it will not be confused with another. This would be especially cogent if the other title is currently in print.
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| | | Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Question on a 'Do' or 'Don't' when titling your story... Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:12 am | |
| There are several books with the title "The Power of Persuasion" -- none of them fiction. The "Persuasion" in the title is from one of Jane Austen's novels, and is perfect for my book. However, the books with the same title have sold far more copies than mine, which means my book sinks almost without trace on search engines. Something you might want to consider if you do go ahead with your first choice of title. |
| | | lowen One Star Member
Number of posts : 35 Registration date : 2011-03-10 Age : 47 Location : Marion, IN
| Subject: Re: Question on a 'Do' or 'Don't' when titling your story... Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:14 am | |
| Yep, you can call your work anything you want. I had to change the name of my novel because someone *just* released a novel of the same genre with the same title as mine. Though I did not HAVE to change it, I did, because; 1: They just released theirs before me, and I wanted to be courteous. 2: I did not want any confusion. 3: After thinking about it, I found an even better title then what I previously thought was perfect. |
| | | Al Stevens Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1727 Registration date : 2010-05-11 Location : Florida
| Subject: Re: Question on a 'Do' or 'Don't' when titling your story... Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:27 pm | |
| - lowen wrote:
- Yep, you can call your work anything you want.
Not quite. Some titles include branded trademarks and you cannot use them. If you try to publish, "Yak-milking For Dummies," for example, you'll hear from Wiley's lawyers. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
| | | lowen One Star Member
Number of posts : 35 Registration date : 2011-03-10 Age : 47 Location : Marion, IN
| Subject: Re: Question on a 'Do' or 'Don't' when titling your story... Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:21 pm | |
| Granted on the 'for dummies' concept. However, just using 'Yak-milking' is fair game. |
| | | madhatter Four Star Member
Number of posts : 502 Registration date : 2008-02-13 Location : Tallahassee, FL
| Subject: Re: Question on a 'Do' or 'Don't' when titling your story... Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:13 pm | |
| Here's my question: why would you want your work to share a title with someone else's? I would think you'd rather have your story/novel stand out. Just thinking...that always gets me in trouble. |
| | | mpride1122 One Star Member
Number of posts : 31 Registration date : 2011-03-25 Location : NY
| Subject: Re: Question on a 'Do' or 'Don't' when titling your story... Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:26 pm | |
| First, please allow me to thank all of you for your responses. I strangely thought you could copy right titles, but that wasn't an educated guess... it was just a blind baseless assumption. - Quote :
- Here's my question: why would you want your work to share a title with someone else's?
referencing the quote above by the user Madhatter, I do not WANT to name my work after another; I want to use the best title for my work. I am just disappointed to learn the best title for my work according to my own perspective is already taken. However, as the user Lowen pointed out, after he was "forced" to change titles, he realized an even better title went with his work than the previously perfect-title... so I am currently open to finding another title.
And all this for a story I haven't even started writing yet... But thanks for the food for thought... MP
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