A coalition of authors groups and booksellers is urging the Supreme Court to reverse the verdict in Apple's ebook price-fixing case. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
An appeals court rejected the claims of the Authors Guild that Google's massive book scanning project is copyright infringement. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google's book scanning project constitutes fair use under U.S. copyright law, an appeals court confirmed Friday, ending a ten-year legal fight by the Authors Guild and other writers' groups to have it stopped. Google began working with libraries in 2004 to digitize their book collections,... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The U.S Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has rejected the Authors Guild's appeal and affirmed that Google’s library book scanning project is protected by fair use. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A membership survey, contract initiative, and a dues hike are part of the organization's new program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors Guild says median income for members has fallen 24% in five years, with piracy, Amazon and publishing economies contributing to slump in earningsThe earnings of more than half of American authors fell below the US federal poverty level last year, according to a survey from the Authors... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author protest group Authors United is asking authors to sign a letter to the US Justice Department, asking it "to examine Amazon's control of the book market." The letter has been drafted with the help of the Authors Guild. Meanwhile both the American Booksellers Association and the Association... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Citing a major uptick in Internet piracy, the Authors Guild has urged Congress to require ISPs to monitor and filter the Internet for pirated works. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Authors Guild is asking bestselling authors to push back against the industry's reigning 25% ebook royalty rate "on behalf of all authors, as well as themselves.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Authors Guild has outlined some of the "egregious terms" of current contract boilerplates it plans to address in its Fair Contract Initiative, first announced May 28 during BookExpo America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Authors Guild of America has launched a Fair Contract Initiative to “address the major inequities in many boilerplate contract terms today” and educate authors on what terms they can negotiate on. The initiative, announced on Friday (28th May) at BEA, aims to “restore balance to the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
At this year's BookExpo America, the Authors Guild is rolling out its Fair Contract Initiative, a series of commentaries it will publish in the coming months that take a "fresh look at the standard book publishing contract." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers are contributing to the fall in their incomes by penning free pieces for large companies in the hope that it will raise their profile and lead to book sales, Roxana Robinson, president of The Authors Guild, has told The Bookseller. She also said that Amazon was devaluing books and writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
After suffering two major defeats in its legal battle with Google’s library scanning partners, the Authors Guild this week finally ended the litigation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
On his blog, Paul Aiken, former executive director of the Authors Guild, revealed that he has found success in using corticosteroids to combat his ALS/MND symptoms. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google’s effort to scan and digitize millions of library books violates copyright law and deprives authors of licensing fees, royalties and sales, a lawyer for the Authors Guild told an appeals court in New York yesterday (3rd December). The Authors Guild has taken its battle with Google over... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Authors Guild, hoping to upend the 2013 decision favoring Google in its lawsuit over the company's library book scanning project, presented oral arguments in court, on Wednesday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mary Rasenberger, a lawyer and six-year Copyright Office and Library of Congress veteran, will take over as executive director of the Authors Guild on November 3. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Authors Guild released a statement in response to the Second Circuit's affirmation of Judge Harold Baer's October 2012 decision in the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Authors Guild is offering legal assistance to any MacAdam Cage author who wishes to mount a legal challenge to the agreement giving control of their ebook rights to MP Publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]