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The right battle at the right time
February 2, 2010 The following report, on Macmillan's battle with Amazon, was written by the American Authors Guild and reprinted with their permission. READ MORE

The Authors Guild report on Random House's retroactive rights grab
December 15, 2009 The following report, on Random House's Retroactive Rights Grab, was was written by the American Authors Guild's Executive Director, Paul Aiken, on December 15, 2009. READ MORE

Call for submissions for The Danuta Gleed Literary Award $10,000 Award for first book of short fiction
December 11, 2009 The Writers’ Union of Canada and John Gleed are pleased to announce that submissions are being accepted until January 31, 2010, for the 2009 Danuta Gleed Literary Award for best first Canadian collection of short fiction in the English language. READ MORE

Supplemental notice to authors, publishers, and other book rightsholders about the Google book settlement
December 3, 2009 The parties in Authors Guild, et al. v. Google Inc. announced a settlement of the litigation in October 2008 and sent out a Notice of that settlement (the “Original Settlement”). READ MORE (156 KB PDF)

An open letter to Premier Gordon Campbell
December 3, 2009 The following Open Letter was sent to Premier Gordon Campbell and was copied to federal politicians; G. Lunn, J. Moore, M. Ignatieff, K. Martin, M. Holland, J. Layton and C. Angus, as well as to J. Furlong CEO VANOC, Commissioner W. Elliott RCMP, L. Lawson Canada Border Services and to the Union's media list. READ MORE

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