Agent ordered to pay $514k after losing lawsuit against Morton
Literary agent Selwa Anthony has lost her lawsuit in the NSW Supreme Court against former client Kate Morton, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Anthony has been ordered to pay Morton...
Alex Adsett: Keeping up with contracts
Alex Adsett highlights new developments in publishing contracts, and where publishers and authors need to be wary. It has been interesting to watch the changes in the publishing industry playing...
D Publishing announces a further update to its contract
Dymocks' new publishing arm D Publishing, launched late last year, has announced a further update to its author contract. Michael Allara, Dymocks general manger, ecommerce, confirmed the company had posted...
ASA to research educational publishing
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced that it has appointed a researcher to undertake a study into the Australian educational publishing sector, looking particularly at the returns to...
Authors’ concern about S&S contract change opens debate on digital rights
The issue of how authors, agents and publishers negotiate contracts for digital rights is coming to the fore.In the most recent example, author and agent bodies in the US have...