on Alliance Independent Authors:

Report on Author Earnings Sends Wrong Message to Writers and Misses the Opportunity in Self-Publishing.

There’s a revolution underway in the publishing industry. Independent authors are writing, publishing, licensing rights, and earning significant incomes in one or more business models. But the All-Party Writers Group’s (APWG) report on author earnings released today remains stuck in the age-old earnings battle between trade publishers and their content providers.

“Until author organizations embrace the fact that the global publishing landscape has changed and authors are often better off when they self-publish,” says Orna Ross, founder and director of the Alliance of Independent Authors, “authors will continue to grapple with sub-par earnings.