Privacy law: what does it mean post-Brexit?
Amber Melville-Brown and Chloe Flascher of Withersworldwide examine recent trends and expose common myths
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Paper trails: Authors’ archives and papers
Aimed at both authors thinking about their literary papers and authors using literary archives, SoA Contracts Advisors, Sarah Baxter and Tilly Zeeman offer tips about finding, approaching and donating to archives, as well as basic, practical advice about the preservation and depositing of physical and digital materials
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Translator-publisher contracts
An annotated example of a translator-publisher contract
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Prizes and competitions
A guide to submitting your work for prizes and competitions
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How to deal with online piracy
What to do if you find what you believe is a pirated copy of your work online
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The SoA Advisory Clinic: Loading… Writing for video games: an introduction to the business
What does the video games industry look like for writers?
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The format in which you publish, and who might stock your book
A guide to printed and digital books, and how to get them into shops and libraries
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Guide for authors speaking at events
A checklist of points to consider when taking on invitations to speak at events
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The SoA Advisory Clinic: Stop, thief! A guide to copyright infringement and enforcement for writers
How can authors best protect themselves against copyright infringement?
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Dealing with online abuse, harassment and bullying
How to deal with online abuse, harassment and bullying, including take-down notices and complaining to social media platforms
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The SoA Advisory Clinic: A shout out for policy & public affairs, with Ambre Morvan
The Society of Authors holds a renowned and important role in advocating for rights of authors everywhere and at all stages of their career. But what do its policy and public affairs efforts look like in practice?
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The SoA Advisory Clinic: Cash back for creators: The inside view on collecting societies
Collecting societies play a crucial and celebrated role for authors, both through licensing works at scale and ensuring creators receive their fair share, but also through advocacy for authors’ rights and support through charitable funding. But how do so-called collective management organisations actually work in practice and what does an author need to know?
