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The International Authors Forum AGM 2023 and Power of Authors Conferences in Cape Town, South Africa

Serena Barone 23rd March 2023 Africa, IAF, News

WIPO’s SCCR moves forward with a study on Public Lending Right

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 22nd March 2023 IAF, News, PLR, WIPO

The 43rd Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights at the World Intellectual Property came to an end last week. During the last day of the Committee’s work, the delegations …

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IAF and FIT sign a Memorandum of Understanding

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 13th March 2023 FIT, IAF, News, Translators' Rights

We are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the International Authors Forum (IAF) and the International Federation of Translators (FIT). Both organisations have shared …

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How much do self-published authors really earn? Help ALLi find out (in just 5 minutes of your time)!

Serena Barone 28th February 2023 Authors earnings, IAF, News

As part of ALLi’s Self-Publishing 3.0 campaign to raise the average income for authors and poets through creative business practice, we want to find out more about author income in …

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IAF AGM 2023 | Power of Authors Conference | Pan African Writers Symposium

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 15th February 2023 Events, IAF, News

The International Authors Forum invites you to attend the 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM). Where:  Centre for the Book, 62 Queen Victoria St, Cape Town, South Africa and Online via …

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The Artist’s Resale Right rates finally begins in Mexico

Serena Barone 9th February 2023 Artists Resale Right, Latin America, Mexico, News, Visual Arts

Visual artists of Mexico have a reason to celebrate as after almost 20 years of fighting for the recognition of their right to benefit from the resale of their works, …

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Call for applications for the World Book Capital 2025

Serena Barone 8th February 2023 UNESCO, World Book Capital

UNESCO has launched a call for cities interested in being titled World Book Capital 2025. Through the World Book Capital (WBC) program, UNESCO acknowledges cities’ commitment to fostering reading and …

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IAF at the Guadalajara Book Fair 2022

Serena Barone 12th January 2023 Artists Resale Right, Book Fair, Events, IAF, Latin America, News, Visual Arts, World Book Capital

In November 2022, The International Authors Forum (IAF) held their first in person events at the Guadalajara Book Fair 2022 (FIL). IAF’s presence at FIL Guadalajara, the largest Spanish-speaking book …

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Better basis of negotiation for Danish authors after new trade agreement

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 6th January 2023 EU, IAF, News

Back in October, the Danish Authors’ Society has reached a collective agreement with the Danish Publishers association on the implementation of the transparency part of EU’s DSM directive. This agreement …

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IAF on Twitter

Instituto Autor @institutoautor ·
30 Mar

📖 Internacional: @IntAuthors y @fit_ift firman un memorando de entendimiento para la protección de los derechos de autor ➡ http://ow.ly/qo9x50NvFHv.

👉 Así mismo acuerdan apoyar a las asociaciones de traductores profesionales.

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ALCS @alcs_uk ·
29 Mar

When a writer writes you 🥰💌

#WriterWednesday #WritingWednesday

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Kickstarting our AGM with the Power of Authors con Kickstarting our AGM with the Power of Authors conference, in Cape Town. Looking forward to three days of fruitful discussions around authorship 💡
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Very excited to be heading to #SouthAfrica tomorro Very excited to be heading to #SouthAfrica tomorrow for our AGM 🇿🇦 Looking forward to catching up with our members from all over the world and joining the Pan-African Writers' Association symposium.
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Risks and profits should be shared fairly in your Risks and profits should be shared fairly in your contract. Authors shouldn’t be contractually liable for events beyond their control and they should be paid fairly for any risks.

That’s it! Now you have all the 10 principles we believe make up a fair writing contract 🎉📝
Your publishing contract should be: ✅Clear ✅ W Your publishing contract should be:
✅Clear
✅ With technical terms defined
✅ Written in plain English where possible 

What else should be in your contract? Find out by heading to our YouTube channel.
A fair contract should keep your options for the f A fair contract should keep your options for the future open 🕊 

Head to our YouTube to learn more about fair contracts for authors.
We were glad to be part of the signing ceremony of We were glad to be part of the signing ceremony of the World Book Capital Network in Wroclaw, Poland. IAF will work closely with every partner to make every World Book Capital a success ✨
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