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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Always?
This would force the author to avoid writing anything that the publisher, or a literary executor, didn't like. I would distrust an author who sold out their intellectual independence in this manner.
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Note: I said always *best* if you get permission, and not *only* if you get permission. Being denied permission to use excerpts does not prevent an author from still applying *fair use* policy anyway, nor does obtaining permission invalidate intellectual independence in any way, shape, or form.
Here are a couple more links the OP might find helpful (if they are actually interested):
http://janefriedman.com/2012/01/23/permissions/
http://www.mbbp.com/resources/iptech/fair_use.html