SAMPLE PERMISSION REQUEST LETTER: [on Author's letterhead]
Reference:
Date:
[Addressee]
I am writing to request permission to reprint the following material [or reproduce the
following illustration] from your publication:
[Author, title, date of publication]
[Pages on which material appears or other
identifying information)
This material is to appear as originally published [or with changes or deletions as noted
on the reverse side of this letter] in the following work, which the University of North
Texas Press, a nonprofit publisher, is currently preparing for publication:
[Author, title, approx. no. pages and season of publication]
I am requesting nonexclusive world rights to use this material as part of my work in all
languages and for all editions.
If you are the copyright holder, may I have your permission to reprint the material
described above in my book. Unless you request otherwise, I shall use the conventional
scholarly form of acknowledgment, including author and title, publisher's name, and date.
If you are not the copyright holder, or if for world rights I need additional permission
from another source, will you kindly so indicate.
Thank you for your consideration of this request. A duplicate copy of this letter is
enclosed for your convenience.
Yours sincerely,
The above request is approved on the conditions specified below and on the
understanding that full credit will be given to the source.
Approved by: Date: