The Next Staple (TNS) is a publishing service primarily focused with online publishing. 
  • Generally all rights are reserved for printed materials and videos.
  • Electronic documents are printable, credit must be given, you may use them but can not alter them.
For printed books created by Joel Thomas (J. A. Thomas) and Roxanna Thomas all rights are reserved.  These books have a copyright notice that reads something like: "All rights reserved.  This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review."

Videos

  • All rights reserved. You may share and play them using our streaming services through the Homeschool HUB Online.
  • Videos produced in cooperation with Awesome Science are the property of Awesome Science and fall under their agreements.

Online Worksheets, Curriculum and Handouts:

Other resources may be released under a Creative Commons Copyright Policy:
(Examples include Curriculum, ID Charts and Images)

We released these documents for FREE so teachers, parents and homeschooling families can save, print, and share these documents.
Unless otherwise noted on the document most of our electronic documents are published under a ​Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
You May:
  • Copy, Print, and Distribute as many copies of this work as you wish, providing you do not alter the work (provide it in full), always credit the copyright holder (The Next Staple Publishing, J.A. Thomas, Roxanna Thomas, etc.), and provide a live or printed link back to www.thenextstaple.com.
  • Example: Courtesy of J.A. Thomas (www.thenextstaple.com)
You May Not:
  • Alter content (including removing portions of content) without contacting us and receiving our written permission to do so.
  • Use the work for commercial purposes. (ex. creating your own curriculum for profit, contracting to a third party, etc.)