Vowing to ‘bear witness and support appropriate action,’ the four key trade associations in the UK publishing industry commit to combating misconduct.
Brexit Watch: Authors Join Calls for the UK’s Creative Industries’ Protection
‘The UK government must ensure that the national policy framework is favorable toward writers and other creative practitioners,’ says the Society of Authors in its new policy statement on Brexit.
Society of Authors and ALCS Present Talking Points to Publishers on Author Income
Following a report that author income in the UK is declining, the Society of Authors and ALCS wrote an open letter to the UK Publishers Association.
The UK’s Society of Authors Releases Its Shortlists for the Authors’ Awards Slate 2018
With its Authors’ Awards not only for younger writers but also one for a first-time novelist older than 40, the Society of Authors releases shortlists for more than £98,000 in literary awards.
The ‘Profits From Publishing’ Debate: Is Author Pay Enough?
How profits from publishing are sliced up has become an industry debate in London, where agent Andrew Lownie and the Association of Authors’ Agents have joined the Society of Authors in asking for more transparency.
Authors Guild Survey Points to Translators’ Challenges in Year Ahead: Earnings, Contracts, Credit
Only 14 of 205 respondents to an unprecedented Authors Guild survey said that 100 percent of their income is from translation and related activities.
Ahead of LBF at IPA Congress: Many Publishers, Great and Small
Dichotomies of local and global, major and modest, resonated throughout the International Publishers Association’s 31st Congress, convened in the run-up to London Book Fair.