Authors Alliance
US non-profit organization
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Authors Alliance is a non-profit organization based in Berkeley, California, that facilitates widespread access to works of authorship by assisting and representing authors who want to disseminate knowledge and products of the imagination broadly.[1]
| Founded | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Founders | over 200 founding members |
| Founded at | Berkeley, California |
| 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 | www |
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]
