Julie Broad explains what an epigraph is and how to use one legally in your nonfiction book. An epigraph is a short quote or poem at the start of a document or chapter. She covers fair-use rules for attribution and length so you don't need permission.
Do you know how a lot of books start their chapter? With a quote. Have you ever wondered what that is and what's okay to quote there? Okay, maybe you haven't. I didn't wonder that for a long time either. But if you're writing a nonfiction book, this is a good thing to know. So stick around and I'll explain. Hey there. I'm Julie the Book Broad award winning author and founder of Book Launchers, your professional self publishing team that will help you write books, publish and promote a money making impact creating nonfiction book the reason I started Book Launchers is because there were so many things I had to research and figure out to successfully self publish my first two books. And in doing so I kept wishing there was a company just like Book Launchers that could have guided me through writing, done a lot of the work for me to get the book ready, and then supported me through marketing. So that's why I created Book Launchers. And when I did, I hired amazing people to work for Book Launchers because my background is in real estate, investing, online marketing and online training, so I'm learning things all the time. Like this one I learned recently have you ever heard of an epigraph or epigraph? Yeah, I hadn't either. Except when I found out what it was, I realized I've even used them. It's the quote at the start of a chapter. Here's an example here, and another one here. The Wikipedia definition of an epigraph is in literature, an epigraph is a phrase or quotation or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component. I mentioned these quotes in the video I did on Fair Use, which is definitely worth watching, so I will link to it at the end. But generally speaking, these quotations are okay from a fair use perspective. They do need to be used in a way that sets the tone for the chapter or even introduces the concept specific to poetry, but covering the subject nicely. There's a blog called copyrightlitigation.blogspot.com, which is a lawyer's website, and they say that the limitations of epigraphs as pertaining to fair use include the following Quoted passages should be reproduced accurately as possible, and a direct quote from the blog says authors should provide conventional attribution to sources unless the original is readily recognizable by the intended audience or the absence of proper attribution is justified by the purpose of the use. I'll link to that blog post below so you can read it yourself. Basically, epigraphs are the quotes that some choose to use to start the chapter of a book and set the tone or introduce the subject, they are okay to do without permission. So so long as you follow a few basic stipulations of attribution and using only as much as needed to make the point. Phew. Now you know. And you can use this at a dinner party. What's your favorite epigraph? Or do you like epigraphs at the start of a chapter? I'm sure you'll be a hit at every dinner party you go to. Oh, we should have a new hashtag Book Nerd. All right, if you like this video and you learn something new, smash that thumbs up button. Even if you didn't learn this and you're like, how could she not know that? Remember Ready Real estate background. But smash that thumbs button. It feels good. And when you comment on the day a video is released, we could become YouTube besties. Oh, and if there's something you're wondering about, perhaps we could learn together. So go ahead and ask below and I'll do some research and let you know. Here's the video on Fair Use that I talked about earlier. If you've seen it already, then there's this brand new video that you're sure to enjoy. The tips and fun in this one. Go ahead, click one of them. I'm waiting for you over there.
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