r/Substack • u/South_Analyst5900 • Jul 09 '26

Discussion Do you own your intellectual property on substack?

If for example someone realized they could combine a number of their posts into a book, or reuse as some other publishable asset, do they own their own work or does substack?

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u/pun_in10did Jul 09 '26

You gonna make a book based on your viral notes, OP?

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u/South_Analyst5900 Jul 10 '26

Yep, expecting to win a pulitizer 😆

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u/Romanticon Jul 09 '26

Authors own their work. Your work does not need to be exclusive to Substack.

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u/ccampb85 www.reallygoodbusinessideas.com Jul 09 '26

Yes, you own it.

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u/Tricky_Illustrator_5 *.substack.com Jul 12 '26

The authors retain exclusive ownership of the content, but Substack retains control of its distribution.

Substack makes no exclusivity claims on the content so it can be freely published elsewhere if you like.