Authors working together to ensure fair pay, protect copyright, and defend free speech.
The Authors Guild
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We have model contract language ready to use, and we recommend writers include these clauses in their contracts.
A “professional book reader who evaluates literature specifically for screen adaptation” details exactly what he’s looking for in a manuscript
The Copyright Office wants to raise registration fees and eliminate the cheapest option for solo authors.
More than 500 of our members said this would hurt them. So we filed comments.
Here's what's at stake—especially if you're watching the AI cases.
“He said that discipline is giving yourself to something instead of expecting to get something from it. And it just hit me so hard, because I’ve always thought, ‘I don’t have enough discipline to do this work,” or “I need more discipline.’ As if equating it with willpower, like it’s this muscle.”
How does one begin and succeed at #publishing literary #translation? @authorsguild.org hosted a roundtable discussion with esteemed #editors and #publishers from Archipelago, HarperVia, Open Letter Books, and Tilted Axis Press.
Watch the roundtable on YouTube here:
It was great meeting with the @authorsguild.org to discuss how Congress can take further steps to protect creative works as the rise of AI continues.
Learn what @americanpublish.bsky.social President and CEO Maria Pallante and @authorsguild.org CEO Mary Rasenberger have to say about the prolific audiobook #piracy problem on YouTube and why the platform needs to step up to fix it! www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/b...
Congratulations to Carla Hayden, who received the 2026 Champion of Writers Award from the
@authorsguild.org. Hayden was the 14th Librarian of Congress at the The Library of Congress, the first African American, first woman, and first professional librarian to hold that position.
As a wave of scams targeting authors continues and evolves over time, authors need to know how to avoid them and what to do after communicating with a scammer. FBI Agent John Gill joins us to explain ...
Updated Wednesday, April 22, 2026 The Authors Guild is concerned about reports that some publishing professionals are uploading manuscripts and authors’ personal information into consumer-facing AI sy...
When Clarke Speicher (spike-er) asked how I liked the screen adaptation of Train Dreams, Denis Johnson’s novella following the solitary logger Robert Granier in the early 20th-century American West…
Best-selling author James Patterson warns that new state legislation, such as two bills proposed in Rhode Island, regulating ebook lending threaten writers' livelihoods.
On May 4, the Authors Guild, joined by the Dramatists Guild; Garden Communicators International; Novelists, Inc.; Romance Writers of America; and Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association, filed c...
How does one begin and succeed at publishing literary translation? Join us for a roundtable discussion with esteemed editors and publishers from Archipelago, HarperVia, Open Letter Books, and Tilted…
