Superman’s Copyright Saga
The creators of Superman sold their rights for just $130 in 1938, igniting decades of lawsuits over ownership and fair treatment. Now, the battle continues as Shuster’s heir claims to hold certain foreign rights…
Independent Publisher’s Lawsuit Against Audible Fails, Highlighting Challenges to Receive Fair Streaming Compensation
Audible has a history of relying on ambiguous contractual terms to reduce author payouts. Despite Audible’s track record, the courts were unsympathetic to Teri Woods’ grievances.
Authors Alliance and SPARC Supporting Legal Pathways to Open Access for Scholarly Works
Authors Alliance and SPARC are excited to announce a new collaboration to address critical legal issues surrounding open access to
Read your open access publishing agreements, or: how you might accidentally give Elsevier or Wiley the exclusive right to profit from your OA article
Reading publishing agreements–even for short academic articles–can be extremely time consuming. For many academic publishers, you’ll find an array of
Shaping Your Publication Contract to Meet Your Goals: Part 2
Book publication contracts deserve careful attention because their terms control the rights and obligations of authors and publishers for the
Shaping Your Publication Contract to Meet Your Goals: Part 1
Book publication contracts deserve careful attention because their terms control the rights and obligations of authors and publishers for the
A Daughter’s Quest to Give New Life—and New Covers—to her Father’s Books
Covers for the first three of William Melvin Kelley’s republished books, designed by his daughter Jesi Kelley Even before The
Resource Roundup: Negotiating Book Publication Contracts
In October 2018, we released our guide to Understanding and Negotiating Book Publication Contracts and made it available as a
Spotlight on Book Publication Contracts: Follow the Money
In our Spotlight on Book Publication Contracts series, we are shining the light on the ways that authors can negotiate
Authors Alliance Guides Now Available on Project MUSE
We’re pleased to announce that our educational guidebooks for authors—which cover rights reversion, open access, fair use, and publication contracts—are