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The Authors Guild: Diamonds Are Forever, But Publishing Contracts Should Not Be

28 July, 2015 // 6 Comments

The Authors Guild continued its smokescreen operation today with a new post on termination clauses in author contracts. For the past couple months The Authors Guild has been running a series of [Read More ...]

The Authors Guild Takes Aim at Boilerplate Author Contracts

18 June, 2015 // 3 Comments

The Authors Guild has followed through on their promise to critique the boilerplate clauses in author-publisher contracts. Yesterday TAG published the first in what they say will be a series of posts [Read More ...]

Five for Five – Amazon Inks Deal With Random Penguin

17 June, 2015 // 8 Comments

Reports of Amazon's negotiations with Penguin Random House were not greatly exaggerated: Amazon has signed new long-term sales agreements with Penguin Random House in both the U.S and U.K. PRH was [Read More ...]

The Authors Guild to Take on Boilerplate Publishing Contracts With Fair Contract Initiative

28 May, 2015 // 7 Comments

The Authors Guild frequently gets called a puppet of the major publishers, and now they have a chance to prove just how wrong that label is. They've just announced a new educational initiative [Read More ...]