Self Counsel

  1. Submission Guidelines

    Want to write for Self-Counsel?

    International Self-Counsel Press Inc. is a business and legal books publisher. We pioneered do-it-yourself law books in the United States and Canada in 1971.

    If you would like to write for us, please have a careful look over our backlist self-counsel.com to see if your proposed book might fit one of the categories in which we publish, and to make sure we haven′t already published the book you wish to propose. We do not publish fiction of any genre, nor do w...

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  2. Getting Re-married Later in Life: Some Estate Planning Considerations

    Looking for an easier way to create your own basic will online? Visit Will-Kit.ca for comprehensive will kits designed specifically for Canadian law.

    As people live longer, healthier, more active lives these days, it is not at all unusual to see marriages between individuals in their 60s, 70s and beyond. If you are among these happy folks, it is important that you turn your mind to estate planning. Booking the honeymoon in the Bahamas or working on the guest list is a lot more fun than thinking about your eventual demise, but there are plenty of people in your life who are depending on you to get this right, legally and financially...

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  3. New Wills Law for BC

    Looking for an easier way to create your own basic will online? Visit Will-Kit.ca for comprehensive will kits designed specifically for Canadian law.

    UPDATED 2014

    At Self-Counsel Press, we take pride in publishing and maintaining Canada's best resources for legal and financial self-help.

    Changes took effect March 31, 2014 in British Columbia law affecting wills, estates and succession. We encourage you

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  4. What can Paul Walker, James Gandolfini and Philip Seymour Hoffman teach us about Wills?

    Looking for an easier way to create your own basic will online? Visit Will-Kit.ca for comprehensive will kits designed specifically for Canadian law.

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    A little update on the story that went live in local papers recently came with the announcement of...

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  5. New Wills Law for Alberta

    Looking for an easier way to create your own basic will online? Visit Will-Kit.ca for comprehensive will kits designed specifically for Canadian law.

    [Updated] This is a summary of Alberta's new Wills and Succession Act, which came into force on February 1st 2012. The new Act repeals the Wills Act, Intestate Succession Act, Dependents’ Relief Act,, Survivorship Act, and s. 47 Trustee Act. It also amends the Amends Matrimonial Property Act (MPA) to allow for MPA applications after death of spouse.

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  6. New Wills Law for BC

    Looking for an easier way to create your own basic will online? Visit Will-Kit.ca for comprehensive will kits designed specifically for Canadian law.

    UPDATED

    This is a summary of British Columbia's new Wills, Estates, and Succession Act, which was to come into force in early 2012 and has been delayed to Spring 2013. The new Act repeals the Estate Administration Act, Probate Recognition Act, Wills Act, Wills Variation Act, and sections of the Law and Equity Act, and Survivorship and Presumption of Death Act.

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    Books, CDs, and any other “physical” items are shipped by Priority Mail and are charged a flat rate for shipping and handling anywhere in the con...

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  8. Refunds

    Within 30 days of delivery of a shipment, you may return any of the following items you purchased from the Self-Counsel website, for any reason, for a full refund (we’ll also refund the shipping cost if the return is a result of our error):

    • Any book in its original condition.
    • Any unopened (still sealed in its original holder) CD product.

    We can not accept returns of:

    • Downloaded software.
    • Any book that is returned more than 30 days after delivery.
    • Any book sold at a discount of 40 percent or more (“Special” items).
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  9. Affiliate Program

     

    If you're looking to earn 10% sales commission by posting links from your website to our products, we have an established affiliate program. The program is managed by a service called ShareASale.com. If you're interested in joining our affiliate program, we encourage you to sign-up with them. On their site you will find cover images of all our products that you can post on your website which will track commissions on all final sales.

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  10. About Self-Counsel Press

    Welcome to Self-Counsel Press, the premier source for self-help law books and books for small business! We are proud to have been the pioneer publisher of self-help law titles in North America when we launched our first Divorce Guide in 1971.

    Our books and forms kits are designed to help you help yourself, whether you are writing a will, completing an uncontested divorce, starting a new business, managing an existing business, or dealing with tax and financial issues.

    Contact us:

    Canada

    Self-Counsel Press 
    1481 Charlotte Road 
    North Vancouver, B.C. Canada...
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