Ninc Advocacy

Ninc monitors the publishing industry on behalf of its members and makes a point of pursuing current industry issues. When appropriate, Ninc publishes position papers on such issues. Here are a few of our recent/ongoing advocacy projects:

CONTRACTS LANGUAGE

Simon & Schuster Reversion of Rights clause (Patricia McLaughlin, March 2007) – Novelists, Inc. Statement in Support of Authors Guild Position (regarding contract language broadly defining "in print")

Author's Guild Advisory: Interminable Agency Clause

VANITY PUBLISHING

NINC Speaks Out on Recent Changes in the Publishing Industry

PUBLISHING INDUSTRY

Best Practices by Barbara Keiler 2007