The Society of AuthorsThe British authors’ organization, with a membership of over 7,000 writers. Membership is open to those who have had a book published, or who have an offer to publish (without subsidy by the author). Offers individual specialist advice and a range of publications to its members. Has also campaigned successfully on behalf of authors in general for improved terms and established a minimum terms agreement with many publishers. Recently campaigned to get the Public Lending Right fund increased from £5 million to £7 million for the year 2002/2003. Regularly uses input from members to produce comparative surveys of publishers’ royalty payment systems. http://www.societyofauthors.org/ (SoA) has said it is "deeply concerned" about the streaming deals the major publishers have agreed with Spotify, saying that writers haven't been consulted and streaming will damage book sales. The SoA's c.e.o. Nicola Solomon has also suggested that the competition authorities should be alerted over the deals.
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