Some Canadian publishers are offering special deals on e-books in a bid to entertain readers and pay authors during the COVID-19 shutdown. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2020-03-23 09:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors (SoA) has renewed its calls for TV companies to pay and credit historians and authors for their research work after a rise in complaints from members. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The chief executive of the Society of Authors has challenged publishers to reveal how much they pay writers in their annual financial accounts. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors have continued to express their support for a campaign to boycott literary festivals which do not pay authors for appearances. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The French National Book Centre (Centre National du Livre, CNL) will cut subsidies for the 90-plus book fairs and literary festivals it supports next year if organisers do not agree to pay authors for giving talks and participating in debates. Meetings are being held with organisers, none of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wimbledon BookFest is to start paying a fee of £150 each to all participating authors. This will be the first year the 10-day book festival has paid authors for appearing. Previously it only paid chairs of events. The announcement follows a story in The Bookseller in which a number of authors,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]