Authors Alliance

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Authors Alliance
Founded2014
Foundersover 200 founding members
Founded atBerkeley, California
Type501(c)(3) non-profit organization
FocusPromoting authorship for the public good by supporting authors who write to be read.
Key people
Pam Samuelson, Thomas Leonard, Molly Van Houweling, Carla Hesse
Websitehttp://www.authorsalliance.org/
File:Authors Alliance - Understanding and Negotiating Book Publication Contracts.pdf
A 2018 guide to negotiating author rights

Authors Alliance is a non-profit organization based in Berkeley, California that facilitates widespread access to works of authorship by assisting and representing authors who want to disseminate knowledge and products of the imagination broadly.[1]

Main issues

The Authors Alliance's main issues are Managing Authors' Rights, Authorship Law & Policy, Reaching Audiences, and Authorial Reputation & Integrity.[2]

Rights reversion

The Author's Alliance has released a how-to guide on authors' rights reversion, "Understanding Rights Reversion: When, Why & How to Regain Copyright and Make Your Book More Available," a guide that arms authors with the information and strategies they need to revive their books, authored by Nicole Cabrera, Jordyn Ostroff and Brianna Schofield.[3][4]

See also

  • List of works available under a Creative Commons license

References

  1. "About Authors Alliance". 25 March 2014. http://www.authorsalliance.org/about/. Retrieved October 12, 2015. 
  2. "Issues". 6 April 2014. http://www.authorsalliance.org/our-issues/. Retrieved October 12, 2015. 
  3. "KEEPING YOUR BOOKS AVAILABLE". April 9, 2015. http://www.authorsalliance.org/2015/04/09/keeping-your-books-available/. Retrieved October 12, 2015. 
  4. Understanding Rights Reversion: When, Why, & How To Regain Copyright And Make Your Book More Available. https://unglue.it/work/144889/#. Retrieved 2013-05-23. 

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