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March 3, 2021 Citing ‘a sharp rise in complaints’ about companies that charge writers to produce their work, author-advocacy unions open a study. In London’s Covent Garden, February 2. Image – iStockphoto: VV Shots Solomon: ‘They Call Themselves Publishers’ The Society of Authors and Writers’ Guild of Great Britain—the United Kingdom’s two authors’ unions—have announced today (March 3) an investigation into “the financial and contractual impact on authors of publishers c...

Monique Roffey has finally tasted financial success thanks to the Costa Credit: Geoff Pugh Winning a book prize isn’t only a huge ego-boost for novelists; it can literally pay the rent. This week, Monique Roffey went from being unable this month to pay her landlord to becoming rich enough to put down a year’s rent in advance when she won the Costa Book of the Year for The Mermaid of Black Conch, a magic-realist modern-day fable set on a fictional Caribbean island. Her acceptance speech, in ...

Licensing bodies and collective management organisations Licensing bodies and collective management organisations can agree licences with users on behalf of owners and collect any royalties the owners are owed. From: Contents Overview If you would like to use copyright material, you usually need to get permission from the rights holder to do so. Sometimes this can be obtained directly from the rights holder, but more often it is granted in the form of a licence from a licensing body. ...