Common use of Preprint Clause in Contracts

Preprint. A “Preprint” is defined as the Author´s version of the Contribution submitted to the Publisher but before any peer review or any other editorial work by or on behalf of the Publisher has taken place. The Author may make available the Preprint of the Contribution for personal and private reading purposes only on any of: (a) the Author's own personal, self-maintained website over which the Author has sole operational control; and/or (b) a legally compliant, non-commercial preprint server, such as but not limited to arXiv, bioRxiv and RePEc; provided always that once the “Version of Record” (as defined below) of the Contribution has been published by or on behalf of the Publisher, the Author shall immediately ensure that any Preprint made available above shall contain a link to the Version of Record and the following acknowledgement: “This is a preprint of the following chapter: [author of the chapter], [chapter title], published in [book title], edited by [editor of the book], [year of publication], [publisher (as it appears on the cover of the book)] reproduced with permission of [publisher (as it appears on the copyright page of the book)]. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://xx.xxx.xxx/[insert DOI]”.

Preprint. A “Preprint” is defined as the Author´s version of the Contribution submitted to the Publisher but before any peer peer-review or any other editorial work by or on behalf of the Publisher has taken place. The Author may make available the Preprint of the Contribution for personal and private reading purposes only on any of: (a) the Author's own personal, self-maintained website over which the Author has sole operational control; and/or (b) a legally compliant, non-commercial preprint server, such as but not limited to arXiv, bioRxiv and RePEc; provided always that once the “Version of Record” (as defined below) of the Contribution has been published by or on behalf of the Publisher, the Author shall immediately ensure that any Preprint made available above shall contain a link to the Version of Record and the following acknowledgement: “This is a preprint of the following chapter: [author of the chapter], [chapter title], published in [book title], edited by [editor of the book], [year of publication], [publisher (as it appears on the cover of the book)] reproduced with permission of [publisher (as it appears on the copyright page of the book)]. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://xx.xxx.xxx/[insert DOI]”.