If you are making a living from your writing, that is marvellous, but for everyone else, keep the day job. Perhaps you saw The Bookseller's recent piece by Nicola Solomon, Chief Executive of the Society of Authors, exploring once more how low author earnings can be. There is plenty of data to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-07-05 02:31:17 UTC ]
The Society of Authors' Nicola Solomon and The Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society's Owen Atkinson pen a letter to the PA's Stephen Lotinga on author earnings. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nicola Solomon, chief executive of the Society of Authors, makes the case for author pay. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
We drop in on Lahore, track Jean Rhys back to the Caribbean and tackle the troubling issue of payments to authors appearing at the UK’s 350 literary jamboreesAs the season for literary festivals in the UK hits its peak, we head for Trinidad, where we put Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea under the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nicola Solomon, chief executive of the Society of Authors (pictured), and Orna Ross, founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors, are among more than 30 speakers lined up to speak to authors and publishers at The Bookseller’s first ever Author Day, launched as part of suite of events in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors has said that a “publishing industry which does not reflect society fails writers, readers and itself”. Nicola Solomon, the organisation’s chief executive, and HarperCollins’ director of people John Athanasiou have backed a new report calling for improved diversity across... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]