Authors Alliance

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Authors Alliance
Founded 2014
Founders over 200 founding members
Type 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
Focus Promoting authorship for the public good by supporting authors who write to be read.
Key people
Pam Samuelson, Thomas Leonard, Molly Van Houweling, Carla Hesse
Website http://www.authorsalliance.org/

Authors Alliance is a non-profit organization further the public interest in facilitating 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]

References

  1. ↑ "About Authors Alliance". Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Issues". 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.

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