Authors Alliance| Founded | 2014 |
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| Founders | over 200 founding members |
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| Founded at | Berkeley, California |
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| Type | 501(c)(3) non-profit organization |
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| Focus | Promoting authorship for the public good by supporting authors who write to be read. |
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Key people | Pam Samuelson, Thomas Leonard, Molly Van Houweling, Carla Hesse |
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| Website | http://www.authorsalliance.org/ |
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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
- ↑ "About Authors Alliance". 25 March 2014. http://www.authorsalliance.org/about/. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Issues". 6 April 2014. http://www.authorsalliance.org/our-issues/. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
- ↑ "KEEPING YOUR BOOKS AVAILABLE". April 9, 2015. http://www.authorsalliance.org/2015/04/09/keeping-your-books-available/. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
- ↑ 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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