Authors Alliance Explained

Authors Alliance
Type:	501(c)(3) non-profit organization
Founded Date:	2014
Founders:	over 200 founding members
Key People:	Pam Samuelson, Thomas Leonard, Molly Van Houweling, Carla Hesse
Focus:	Promoting authorship for the public good by supporting authors who write to be read.
Homepage:	http://www.authorsalliance.org/
Founding Location:	Berkeley, California

Authors Alliance is a non-profit organization based in Berkeley, California that facilitates widespread access to works of authorship by assisting and representing authors who want to disseminate knowledge and products of the imagination broadly.^[1]

Main issues

The Authors Alliance's main issues are Managing Authors' Rights, Authorship Law & Policy, Reaching Audiences, and Authorial Reputation & Integrity.^[2]

Rights reversion

The Author's Alliance has released a how-to guide on authors' rights reversion, "Understanding Rights Reversion: When, Why & How to Regain Copyright and Make Your Book More Available," a guide that arms authors with the information and strategies they need to revive their books, authored by Nicole Cabrera, Jordyn Ostroff and Brianna Schofield.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of works available under a Creative Commons license

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Authors Alliance . 25 March 2014 . October 12, 2015.
2. Web site: Issues . 6 April 2014 . October 12, 2015.
3. Web site: KEEPING YOUR BOOKS AVAILABLE . April 9, 2015 . October 12, 2015.
4. Book: Understanding Rights Reversion: When, Why, & How To Regain Copyright And Make Your Book More Available . 2013-05-23.