Authors Alliance

Is it time for authors to leave SSRN?

July 17, 2016

Since we first heard of mega-publisher Elsevier’s acquisition of SSRN, the popular social sciences pre-print and working paper repository, we […]

June 2, 2016

The recent purchase of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) by Elsevier has caused a great deal of concern among

May 27, 2016

In May 2014, Authors Alliance officially launched with a party at the Internet Archive in San Francisco. We’ve been keeping

May 23, 2016

Welcoming visitors at the 2015 Bay Area Book Festival On the first weekend in June, downtown Berkeley will be transformed

May 20, 2016

After you get your rights back with Understanding Rights Reversion, how will you make your work newly available? The internet

May 19, 2016

Note: This post was updated on June 2, 2016 in order to reflect changes in the final list of principles

May 18, 2016

In a move signalling further consolidation in scholarly communication, Elsevier announced yesterday its purchase of SSRN, a popular working paper

May 4, 2016

Authors Alliance Executive Director Michael Wolfe When Authors Alliance launched two years ago with its Principles and Proposals for Copyright

April 28, 2016

We are delighted to welcome Jeffrey MacKie-Mason to our Board of Directors, where he joins Pamela Samuelson, Molly Van Houweling,

April 26, 2016

Authors Alliance member Jeff Hecht successfully regained the rights to a number of his books, and has subsequently re-published them