Estate Planning for Authors
Your Final Letter (And Why You Need to Write It Now)
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M. L. Buchman
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M. L. Buchman
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An estate planning self-help guide for artists and writers.
A will or trust controls who inherits what. The final letter tells your heirs 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!
©2017 Matthew L. Buchman (P)2017 Matthew L. BuchmanListeners also enjoyed...
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- Cameka-Ruth
- 07-30-22
An essential estate planning guide for authors
I have been listening to this book on repeat and plan to get the paperback. I learnt a lot and will begin implementing right away.
Every author should get this book.
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