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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