Publishers contracts may be used to secure publishing deals for a variety of different types of literary works, such as novels, textbooks, biographies and autobiographies, poetry collections, or many other literary works. Publishers contracts are legally binding documents, and the parties that sign them are bound to the terms of the contract. General contract terms include payment terms for the completed and published work. In some cases, publishers may give authors advance monetary advances before the work is published. An author will also generally be entitled to a percentage of the profits from book sales as well. The editing process may also be discussed in publishers contracts, outlining the rights of both the author and publisher in the event of an editing dispute. Copyright ownership is also usually covered in publishers contracts. Authors generally want to own the copyright to their creative works, though work for hire writers generally do not get to keep the copyright.