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Copyright Bill of Rights
Copyright law, policy, and practice underwrites the publication and sale of books. The income that every author and publisher receives derives from copyright law. Independent authors, who are both writers and publishers, and who actively manage their own publishing rights, need to understand the importance of copyright and how to assert their rights in the digital age.
As a global nonprofit organization promoting ethics and excellence in self-publishing, ALLi advocates for the fair treatment and empowerment of the individual (“indie”) author in the publishing and self-publishing sectors. It is our responsibility, and our honor, to put forward the issues that independent authors face in the course of doing their work and running their businesses. No issue is more fundamental than copyright.
How can we ensure that copyright law remains robust and flexible enough to offer the incentive, protection and reward it promises for those authors who produce and distribute their books on self-publishing platforms, and license only some of their publishing rights to trade publishers and other rights buyers?
How can we ensure that authors understand and avail of their economic and moral rights in the rapidly changing, technologized and entrepreneurial environment within which they do their work?
We present our answers to these important questions in the form of a Copyright Bill of Rights that builds on the work of previous authors and copyright activists to take into account the experience of self-publishing writers over the past decade.
As a global nonprofit organization promoting ethics and excellence in self-publishing, ALLi advocates for the fair treatment and empowerment of the individual (“indie”) author in the publishing and self-publishing sectors. It is our responsibility, and our honor, to put forward the issues that independent authors face in the course of doing their work and running their businesses. No issue is more fundamental than copyright.
How can we ensure that copyright law remains robust and flexible enough to offer the incentive, protection and reward it promises for those authors who produce and distribute their books on self-publishing platforms, and license only some of their publishing rights to trade publishers and other rights buyers?
How can we ensure that authors understand and avail of their economic and moral rights in the rapidly changing, technologized and entrepreneurial environment within which they do their work?
We present our answers to these important questions in the form of a Copyright Bill of Rights that builds on the work of previous authors and copyright activists to take into account the experience of self-publishing writers over the past decade.
96 pages, Paperback
First published September 4, 2019
About the author
Orna Ross
52 books243 followersOrna Ross is an award-winning historical novelist, poet, and founder-director of the global non-profit for self-publishing writers, the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi).
An international bestseller, she enjoys book sales in 120+ countries worldwide and her awards include the Goethe Historical Fiction Grand Prize Award for fiction, Gold Literary Titan award for poetry, the Romantic Novelists Association's Indie Champion Award, The Writers' Digest's Top Websites for Writers, and The Bookseller's Top 100 people in publishing.
In what she describes as “the best move of my writing life”, Orna took her book rights back from her publishers in 2011. The experience has made her a passionate advocate for the commercial and creative empowerment of authors through self-publishing and selective rights licensing.
An international bestseller, she enjoys book sales in 120+ countries worldwide and her awards include the Goethe Historical Fiction Grand Prize Award for fiction, Gold Literary Titan award for poetry, the Romantic Novelists Association's Indie Champion Award, The Writers' Digest's Top Websites for Writers, and The Bookseller's Top 100 people in publishing.
In what she describes as “the best move of my writing life”, Orna took her book rights back from her publishers in 2011. The experience has made her a passionate advocate for the commercial and creative empowerment of authors through self-publishing and selective rights licensing.
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November 21, 2022
With clarity, brevity and foundation, this manual helps to know the author's own rights, the institutions to go to and the way to make them valid. A must-read for those who dabble as authors, especially if they self-publish their work.
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Con claridad, brevedad y fundamento, este manual ayuda a conocer los propios derechos de autor, las instituciones a las que acudir y la manera de hacerlos válidos. Una lectura imperdible para quienes incursionan como autores, especialmente si auto-publican su trabajo.
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Con claridad, brevedad y fundamento, este manual ayuda a conocer los propios derechos de autor, las instituciones a las que acudir y la manera de hacerlos válidos. Una lectura imperdible para quienes incursionan como autores, especialmente si auto-publican su trabajo.
March 12, 2022
Good information.
I found this book very informative and it is one I will refer back to I am sure. I liked that information on international and well as domestic copyright issues were covered. It is an excellent book. I did receive a free copy of this book from Booksprout and voluntarily chose to review it.
I found this book very informative and it is one I will refer back to I am sure. I liked that information on international and well as domestic copyright issues were covered. It is an excellent book. I did receive a free copy of this book from Booksprout and voluntarily chose to review it.
November 14, 2021
A Short Book That Packs a Big Punch
Although this books is not a long one, it provides a lot of useful information concerning copyright law. It serves as a handy reference guide.
Although this books is not a long one, it provides a lot of useful information concerning copyright law. It serves as a handy reference guide.
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