Writers and Publishers Network

A few of the services offered with membership in the Author’s Guild include:
Featured Member Service: Contract Reviews
Did you know? Their legal team will review members’ publishing agreements at no charge and help writers understand what they’re giving away before it’s too late. They don’t just know book contracts. They’ll review literary agency and freelance agreements as well.

Additional Member Services
Contract Reviews • Copyright Advice • Dispute Intervention • Author Websites • Domain Registration • Custom Email Addresses • Discounts & Offers • Health & Supplemental Insurance • Press Cards

In other news, Amazon’s new sourcing policy, which it says is to meet its sustainability goals, is not going down well with American publishers. Amazon now requires U.S. publishers to make their books available closer to the point of sale in Europe, rather than shipping them from where they are printed. This will increase costs and make it harder to keep popular books in stock.

Also, speaking of Amazon, Writer Beware has this warning about how scammers are using Amazon trademarks to rip writers off.

From a news brief: An Iowa school district has begun using artificial intelligence to create lists of potentially bannable books to comply with a controversial state law that limits what materials can be made available to kids. So far, the system has flagged 19 books for removal, including Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Toni Morrison’s Beloved.

From Jane Friedman—How AI-generated books could hurt self-publishing authors
Has Jane Friedman Been Hijacked? Her name has.

An author says AI is writing unauthorized books being sold under her name on Amazon.
Story by Clare Duffy, CNN

The Big List of Writing Contests – a great way to gain recognition prior to publication and expand your writing abilities.

What authors need to know in 2023 by Richard McCartney, founder of KBookPromotions