What Is a Permissions Request?
When you send out a permissions request form, you are asking someone else for permission to incorporate some part of his or her material in your work. To obtain this permission, you need to contact the original publisher and formally request permission to use the other’s work. The actual requesting of permission is very simple. Finding the right person to contact can take time, and waiting for a reply can take even longer. If you need to get permission to use materials, give yourself plenty of time to get the job done. Major textbook publishers allow themselves a year to get all the necessary permissions for text, graphics, and so on. It is also a good idea to send out multiple requests at one time. By multiple requests, I mean that you should send out all the requests to one publisher in one lot. But what happens if you have this great quote ready to use and you do not get permission to use the quote by your deadline? You cannot risk using the quote without permission – what if permis
