{"id":40238,"date":"2021-07-23T13:39:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/join\/why-join\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T09:25:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T08:25:57","slug":"why-join","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/join\/why-join\/","title":{"rendered":"Why join?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joining the SoA gives you access to a wide range of benefits, including:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/advice\/\"><strong>advice on professional issues and problems<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li>clause-by-clause contract vetting<\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/where-we-stand\/\"><strong>lobbying and collective negotiation<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;on behalf of authors<\/li>\n\n<li><em><strong>The Author<\/strong> &#8211;<\/em> the SoA&#8217;s quarterly magazine<\/li>\n\n<li>free access to all our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/advice\/guides-articles\/\"><strong>guides and articles<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free tickets to our events<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li>\u200bmembership of special interest and regional&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/communities\"><strong>communities<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>\u200bfree&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alcs.co.uk\/\"><strong>ALCS<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;membership<\/li>\n\n<li>\u200boffers on specialist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/join\/why-join\/tax-and-insurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>insurance<\/strong><\/a>, including professional indemnity insurance and tax protection insurance<\/li>\n\n<li>\u200bup to 25%\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/join\/why-join\/books-and-subscriptions\/\"><strong>discounts on books<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/members-area\/discounts-offers\/premier-inn-business-booker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Premier Inn stays<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>access to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/join\/why-join\/tax-and-insurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>free tax helpline<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;provided by the accountants&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hwfisher.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>HW Fisher &amp; Company<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>\u200bdiscounts on membership to <a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/join\/why-join\/affiliated-organisations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>affiliated organisations<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul><style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-40238_918eca-e0 .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-40238_918eca-e0 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-40238_918eca-e0\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/join-form\/\">JOIN NOW<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/product\/restart-your-subscription\/\">Previously a member?<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/join\/am-i-eligible\/\">Am I eligible?<\/a><\/div><\/div><style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-40238_61f5ba-8b .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-40238_61f5ba-8b .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-40238_61f5ba-8b\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div><p>If you still need help making up your mind, you can watch our round up of 2024 that we shared with members at our AGM in November. 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