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Publishing Section 4 Step Four: Review For journals, the peer review process can take anything between 3-12 months, depending on the popularity of the journal to which you have submitted the article. Reviews of any book proposals that you submit are unlikely to take so long, but it depends on how busy your commissioning editor is. If it has been a while since you heard from him/her, send a gentle reminder of your existence. Step Five: Contract The publisher has accepted your proposal. The next step will be for it to give you a contract to sign. Remember, this is a legal document which will bind you once you have signed it. Make sure that you have read it carefully and understand what you will be expected to do and what the publisher's obligations are. If you are in any doubt as to what you are signing up to, speak to your IP commercialisation office or seek independent legal advice. Whoever your publisher is, the contract which it provides to you will contain provisions which are common to most publishing contracts. It is important for you to be aware of the implications of these provisions. Contract provisions What will you be expected to do? n Prepare the text of your proposed publication n Get the text to the publisher by the given deadline n Warrant that your work will not infringe any third party IP nor contain any defamatory or libellous statements nSeek the permission of third parties whose material you want to use in your publication (see Section 5 – Clearances). You may be expected to pay out of your own pocket for obtaining these permissions n Assign the copyright in your work to the publisher. 23