PDR / SelfhelpMagazine Contributor Agreement

Pioneer Development Resources, Inc.

Article/Cartoon/Interview Licensing & Product Development Agreement

Below you will find our standard licensing agreement. Please let me know if you have any problems with it, and if not, please print, list your article, sign it in INK, and mail to me at:

Pioneer Development Resources, Inc.
Marlene M. Maheu, Ph.D.
711 S. Carson St., Ste. 6
Carson City, NV 89701

This agreement is between (please name your self or your company)_____________________________________,
and Pioneer Development Resources, Inc. (herein known as "PDR"), for the submitted work(s), titled or described as:

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By signing below, the Contributor demonstrates understanding of and agreement to the following conditions:

1. Copyright and Ownership.
Contributor grants to PDR and its affiliates, successors and assigns a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide license to publish electronically all material submitted to PDR as a publishing company. Contributor acknowledges and agrees that copyright notice to be displayed in the publication is exclusively that of PDR. The Contributor also grants to PDR, the right to publish the submitted material in any format, electronic or not, in PDR publications or products, including (but not by way of limitation) to web sites, newsletters, blogs, ebooks, podcasts, or future compilations or derivatives. Contributor will not have the right to remove any publication or product from PDR publications after it has been published by PDR. Contributor also grants PDR the right to convey free re-print permission of articles (only) to educational publications, be they for-profit or non-profit publications. In all such cases, reprinting publishers will be instructed as per this re-print description available online:

Given the uncontrollable nature of the Internet, if the Contributor's works are illegally copied without PDR's written permission, PDR cannot and will not be held responsible for this violation of copyright law. It is understood that policing of copyright violations, then, is outside the scope of PDR's responsibilities. Nonetheless, Contributor agrees to keep PDR informed of changes in email, street and telephone number Should PGR need to contact the Contributor in the futurfor the forwarding of solicitations by other publishers, authors, etc.

2. Client Confidentiality.
When writing or discussing clinical issues of any kind, all names included in submitted work by the Contributor will be completely fictitious and unrecognizable by clients/patients or their family, friends, or associates previously or currently known by this Contributor or any associates. Third party confidentiality will be maintained at all times by the Contributor. The Contributor accepts full responsibility for doing so according to the Ethical Guidelines maintained by their respective professional associations, such as for psychologists, the American Psychological Association.

3. Errors & Omissions & Hold Harmless.
The Contributor will not hold PDR, or any one of its Editors, Staff or Representatives responsible for typographical or informational errors in published material. It is understood that submitted works need to be

before original submission to PDR. The Contributor agrees to indemnify and hold PDR and all of its staff, volunteers, contributors, affiliates, advertisers, sponsors and subcontractors harmless for any and all liability due to the Contributor's errors and omissions; as well as harmless for any and all harm due to inclusion or exclusion of their submissions in any PDR publication or product .

It is also understood that submitted material may be subject to editorial license in preparing text for publication according to the standards and guidelines set forth by PDR, and available for review at this website address:

A. Article/Cartoon Submission: The Contributor is voluntarily donating his/her work to PDR for no monetary compensation. In turn, PDR agrees to, at a minimum, and for no charge, review for acceptance the Contributor's 800-or-less word article or cartoon, and a biographical statement of up to 60 words. If a Contributor's work is published, it will be published and maintained at the sole expense of PDR. The Contributor warrants that everything submitted as a biographical statement is true, and understands that updates to this biographical statement at a later point in time to accommodate changes in address, etc. may incur a programming fee.

PDR seeks licensed or otherwise properly credentialed professionals with at least two years of full time academic training when reviewing articles or considering interviews, or development of podcasts and ebooks. For example, psychologists must be properly licensed as psychologists in their state of residence OR need to be current members of the American Psychological Association. Similarly, attorneys, coaches, counselors, chiropractors, marriage, family and child counselors, pastoral counselors, psychiatrists, physicians, social workers, etc. must be properly licensed or credential by their respective licensing or credentialing bodies. In fields where licensing is not yet developed, such as coaches, coach Contributors must be credentialed by the their nationally recognized credentialing bodies, such as the International Federation of Coaches (ICF).

Each article is peer reviewed. Acceptance of Contributor's article or cartoon submission is not guaranteed. Feedback related to any rejection is not guaranteed.

B. With a minimum acceptance and publication of 10 articles, significant Contributors will be allowed to develop and have published an entire biographical page, which can serve as free advertising space for the Contributor, inasmuch as up to 600 words, Contributor name, address, contact numbers and website addresses (single URL), product descriptions, product pictures (compressed .gif or .jpeg format). Email addresses to the Contributor will not be published. Other information acceptable for inclusion in biographical statements include types of services or areas of specialty offered by the Contributor, academic or other professional affiliations, awards and a small, compressed.gif or .jpeg formatted picture of the Contributor. Contributor warrants that everything submitted as a biographical page is true, and understands that changes to this already published biographical statement at a later time to accommodate changes will incur a programming fee.

C. Telephone Book Tour by PDR Staff Interviewer: If you meet the criteria specified above (have appropriate licensure/credential and have written a book) please apply for a telephone book tour, whereby our staff will arrange for the promotion and production of a telephone interview with a live audience. Audience members will consists of recipients of of the relevant PDR newsletter(s) and listserv(s), as well as the Contributor's own sphere's of influence on the Internet.The Contributor will be provided with free 'advertising copy" to be used in contacting specific mailing list, with the agreement that such copy will not be used to spam email addresses from people who have not agreed to receive such mail from the Contributor. The event will also be heavily publicized in the PDR family of electronic venues, at no charge to the Contributor, but rather, as a form of repayment to the Contributor for granting us the interview and subsequent published material, if produced.

D. Application for SHM Teleseminar or Telephone Book Tour by Staff Interviewer: To be considered for an interview, please send Curriculum Vitae and list of 20 speaking points to editor @ selfhelpmagazine.com (remove spaces around the "@" symbol). If you do not get a response within 48 hours, please try again. The Contributor understands that SHM Teleseminar or Telephone Book Tours use a live telephone connection to an audience of listeners, and as such, edits cannot be made during such telephone calls. Accepting audience questions is often a significant motivation for people to attend such calls, so the Contributor must be prepared to respond to audience questions.

6. Intellectual Property.
The Contributor warrants that he/she owns the full copyright of the intellectual property listed above, and has complete and unrestricted authority to enter into this agreement. The Contributor agrees to include at least two pertinent references to the scientific literature for each article, cited according to the publication guidelines used in PDR publications, that is, those of the American Psychological Association. For specifics, please refer to the online magazine and look at other articles at this website: http://selfhelpmagazine.com.

7. Contact with Readers/Listeners and Indemnification.
The Contributor agrees to indemnify and hold PDR and all of its staff, volunteers, affiliates and subcontractors harmless for any and all liability due to the Contributor's errors and ommisions, as well as a result of direct or indirect contact with readers, callers or their family, friends, associates, employers, representatives or any other related person(s) or party (parties).

If contacted by readers of the publication, the Contributor agrees to make it clear to the reader that he/she is not affiliated with PDR or any other product published by PDR, beyond the relationship of a specific content or product development Contributor. Therefore, the Contributor understands and will not convey any representation of being a spokesperson for PDR or its publications in any and all matters and accepts full responsibility of being an independently licensed or credentialed professional. If the Contributor participates in a Teleseminar or Telephone Book Tour, the Contributor will answer questions from callers in a general manner, and not infer knowledge or understanding of the caller's specific situation or offer specific advice to any one caller.

8. Submission Guidelines
The Contributor warrants that submission guidelines linked through this page have been read and followed precisely: http://selfhelpmagazine.com/about/artguide.html

9. Arbitration.
It is mutually agreed that disputes between the parties shall be submitted to binding arbitration pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association. The place of arbitration shall be Carson City, Nevada; and the decision of the arbitrator or arbitration panel shall be binding upon all parties. This arbitration agreement will continue in perpetuity.

10. Entirety of Agreement. This document represents the entire agreement between the parties herein mentioned. Any verbal or email exchanges related to this matter are considered valid addenda. All valid changes to this agreement will be made in writing and signed by both parties.

Dated this ______ day of ______________, __________ (year) at Carson City, Nevada. A faxed copy of this signature will be considered legal and binding.

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Contributor's Email Address Second Email Address

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Contributor's Highest Academic Degree Achieved, Name of Institution, Year of Graduation