Authors' Guild

The Biden administration is suing to stop Penguin Random House owner Bertelsmann from acquiring its rival Simon & Schuster in a $2.2bn deal.  Read more

The Authors Guild is asking its membership and allies in the publishing industry to contact their senators to express support for the PRO Act, which has passed the House and is under discussion by the Senate. The act would enable freelance writers and authors to bargain collectively with businesses that hire them, something currently restricted by antitrust law.  Read more

A survey by the Authors Guild of its members earlier this month found a majority of authors had already lost significant income due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The Guild received 940 responses to its survey and asked if income from any source declined in recent weeks due to the crisis, 54% responded "yes," compared to 45% who responded "no."

In a ringing endorsement, the United States' leading author-advocacy trade organization, the Authors Guild, today (April 29) has issued a statement in support of author Nora Roberts' lawsuit against an alleged Brazilian plagiarist.  Read more

Amazon has called the conclusions of a recent report into US author earnings flawed, after the Authors Guild suggested that the retail giant's dominance could be partly responsible for the "a crisis of epic proportions" affecting writers in the US.  Read more