The new minimum recommended rates of pay for royalties provides greater clarity for creators when time comes for publishing agreements. The rates address high-discounts, rising royalties, and net receipt royalties vs. RRP.
Visit our website for more: www.asauthors.org.au/rates-of-pay/
Our May member spotlight is Angie Faye Martin, a writer, editor, and cultural consultant, of Kooma, Kamilaroi, and European heritage. Her debut novel, Melaleuca recently won the Australian Book Industry Awards Matt Richell Prize for New Writer of the Year.
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The schedule of the attending publishers and agents for our July Virtual Literary Speed Dating event have been announced! ✨
Pitch Perfect priority bookings will open Monday 22 June, with general bookings opening on Tuesday 23 June.
View the schedule: www.asauthors.org.au/pitching-eve...
Hear what the debut publishing experience entails with first-time authors Jumaana Abdu, Madeleine Cleary, and Angie Faye Martin, who will share what they’ve learned from the experience, and what they are doing to sustain a career as a writer.
Bookings: www.asauthors.org.au/events/what-...
Importantly, the terms include that your publisher must obtain consent to:
👉 Use your work to develop, train, direct, or fine-tune AI tools
👉 Mine or scrape text to use in connection with AI
👉 Enter into an AI Rights licensing deal
Search Australia’s most up-to-date dictionary and thesaurus with a subscription to Macquarie Dictionary Online.
ASA members can redeem a 20% discount on the normal subscription price.
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The Willoughby Literary Festival is hosting a free session that goes behind the scenes of the publishing world with leading industry voices, including ASA CEO Lucy Hayward, to discover what makes a story stand out.
Register: libraries.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Eventbrite/I...
Our June member spotlight is the legendary Mem Fox! Mem is Australia’s foremost writer of picture books for young children. A household name and a favourite author of anyone with little ones in their life, her books have entertained and comforted generations of Australians.
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This technology is rapidly evolving, and our AI clauses aim to address this future uncertainty, while safe-guarding authors’ ability to negotiate a fair deal. The ASA urges authors and publishers to have transparent discussions about AI and to capture their intentions in writing from the outset.
You can access the contract templates via the Resources section of our website. The ASA is also developing a standalone guide to AI clauses for creators who want specific information about generative AI use and licensing in publishing agreements.
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