Authors Alliance

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/
A blue and white cover
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

References

  1. ^ "About Authors Alliance". 25 March 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  2. ^ "Issues". 6 April 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  3. ^ "KEEPING YOUR BOOKS AVAILABLE". April 9, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  4. ^ Understanding Rights Reversion: When, Why, & How To Regain Copyright And Make Your Book More Available. Retrieved 2013-05-23.