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LARGEST SURVEY OF U.S. PROFESSIONAL WRITERS

1st September 2019

Largest survey of U.S. professional writers ever conducted, generating data from 5,067 published book authors from The Authors Guild and 14 other writers organizations.

Literary writers experienced the biggest decline (down 27% in four years) in amount they earned from book-related income, followed by

general nonfiction (down 8%), raising serious concerns about the future of our literary heritage.

Participating organizations: The Authors Guild and the 14 other writers organizations listed below participated, as well as several independent publishing platforms:

Authors Guild, Romance Writers of America, Society of Children’s Book Writers, Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, Textbook and Academic Authors Association, National Association of Science Writers, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Association for Garden Communicators, Independent Book Publishers Association, PEN American Center, Authors Alliance, Next Big Writer, B&N Press, Authors Registry, Ingram Spark, Reedsy, and Lulu.

Survey dates: The survey was fielded from June 7 to August 21, 2018 to give all participating groups a chance to get it to their members.
Incentive: Participants had the option of entering a drawing for 100 $50 Visa gift cards.
Completion rate: Of those who started the survey, 55% completed it out of 9,288 starting participants, far lower than the 74% who completed the 2015 Authors Guild member survey—due to concerns about hacking, the ISBN stratification question, and increased privacy concerns in today’s digital environment.
Survey respondents demographics: Of authors who responded,

• 53% consider authoring books their primary occupation, spending half or more of their work time writing.
• 56% write fiction.
– 18% write literary fiction.
– 38% write genre fiction.
• 22% are academic, scholarly, or textbook authors.
• 18% write general nonfiction.
• 9% publish books to advance their work or personal brand (thought-leadership).
46% traditionally published; 27% self-publish only; and 26% do both—meaning that slightly more than half of the respondents have done some self-publishing.

Read all:
www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/six-takeaways

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March 18, 2023

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March 18, 2023

Joint statement from authors’ and performers’ organisations on Artificial Intelligence and the AI Act

February 9, 2023

Convocation of the EWC-FAEE AISBL Annual General Meeting 2023

February 3, 2023

++ JOB CALL CLOSED ++ We are hiring: the EWC is looking for a part-time Administration Officer

January 20, 2023

EWC project #Freeallwords translated text by Nobel Price for Peace Laureate

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culturemoveseu Culture Moves Europe @culturemoveseu ·
27 Mar

Apply in March to travel from June on! 😄
At the end of each month, we review applications and assign #mobilitygrants to #artists and #culturalprofessionals from across the 40 @europe_creative ...countries.
The call is open until May 2023, with monthly deadlines.
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conor_kostick Conor Kostick @conor_kostick ·
27 Mar

I'm going to take a deep dive into the complexities of narrative voice with the students of @clonturkcc as part of the Day of European Authors.

See👉https://europa.eu/!FFgtW6
#ReadWithEurope

My ...first slide:

councilwriters European Writers' Council @councilwriters ·
27 Mar

#ReadWithEurope: the team of @europe_creative and the DG EAC Judith, Arnaud and Malgorzata made the first Day of European Authors possible, together with their team in Brussels. Good news: yes, the ...preperation for the DEA2024 starts already tomorrow. Applause & thanks!

councilwriters European Writers' Council @councilwriters ·
27 Mar

#ReadWithEurope and Finland on the first Day of European Authors:

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osdelgr Οργανισμός Συλλογικής Διαχείρισης Έργων του Λόγου @osdelgr ·
27 Mar

27 Μαρτίου | Ημέρα Ευρωπαίων Συγγραφέων. Μια πρωτοβουλία της επιτρόπου @GabrielMariya. Τον συντονισμό έχουν αναλάβει... η @FEP_EU και το @CouncilWriters. Από την ελληνική πλευρά συμμετέχει η Εταιρεία Συγγραφέων.

#ReadWithEurope #EUPL #CreativeEurope #DayofEuropeanAuthors #copyrght

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27 Mar

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