# Publishing strategy guide

**Source**: https://subjectguides.library.unsw.edu.au/publishing/copyright
**Parent**: https://subjectguides.library.unsw.edu.au/publishing/data

You have a responsibility when publishing to know what is in your publisher or author agreement. Reading these agreements will also help you to ensure you are publishing with a quality publisher.

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|  | Ask yourself when reading an author agreement:   - will you retain the right to use your work (including distributing copies of it) while teaching? - will you retain the right to create derivate versions of your work? - will you retain the right to upload your work to the institutional repository? |