News & Notes
A Free Site with a Better Sitebuilder
We'd like to show you how our new and improved Sitebuilder works -- for free! Through March 31, we're offering our website-building service to all members. More...
Media Liability Insurance Now Available to Guild Members
The Authors Guild has entered into an agreement with the media liability insurance company Axis Pro, the world's leading underwriter of media liability insurance, to offer Guild members professional liability insurance. More...
Renew your membership online. Dues are tax deductible for most members. More...
As reported in our quarterly Bulletin, see the newest books written by Guild members. More...
See recent grants, awards and highlights of Authors Guild members. More...
What is a book worth? Except for people who find it essential to shop in an actual physical store where someone is likely to know one book from another, the sticker price is a fiction. More...
The Authors Legacy Society was created to allow the Guild's most loyal supporters to make a personal commitment to the Guild that lasts beyond their lifetimes. More...
Stuart Little, former Bulletin editor, dies
Stuart W. Little, author of The Playmakers and Off-Broadway: The Prophetic Theater and dozens of articles on the theater, died on July 27. Mr. Little was theater critic for the New York Herald Tribune from 1958 to 1966 and served as editor of the Authors Guild Bulletin from 1968 to 1982. He was the originator, with William F. Buckley, Jr., of the Buckley-Little Catalogue, a listing of out-of-print books available for purchase directly from the authors, which evolved into the Guild's current Backinprint.com program. More...
BEA 2009 Discounts: Save up to $85
The Authors Guild is pleased to again offer discounts to Book Expo America, which is from May 28 to May 31 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City. More...
June 4, 2008. We've re-launched our website, giving it much more than a facelift. We'll be tinkering with it a lot over the next few weeks, but we think you'll find that it's already much improved. For a quick example, have a look at our new member website directory (linked in the column to the right, under "Resources"), which gets the staff vote for most improved section of the website. More...
Last Call: Google Settlement Seminars by Phone
For those still seeking more information about the Google Book Settlement, we'll be hosting five phone-in seminars More...
Google Settlement Phone-In Discussions
Can't get enough Google settlement talk? We've set up another round of phone-in seminars to discuss our class-action settlement. Please join Paul Aiken, Executive Director, and Jan Constantine, General Counsel, of The Authors Guild, for a one-hour discussion of the Google settlement. More...
