Authors Guild Principles - The Authors Guild

Fair Payment

☛ Authors should not be required to write or speak without compensation. Writers, like all professionals, should receive fair payment for their work.

Right to Distribute

☛ Authors may choose how and by whom their works are copied, distributed, or otherwise made available to the public.

Attribution

☛ Authors should receive proper credit and attribution for their work.

Ownership

☛ Authors should be able to retain ownership of their copyrights and to recover those rights if a publisher is unwilling or unable to exploit them.