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12 International Authors Forum 27 Remembering Toni SUMMER–FALL 2019 12 International Authors Forum 27 Remembering Toni Morrison 33 The Book “Summary” Game Articles THE AUTHORS GUILD OFFICERS BULLETIN 8 President Q&A: Julia Sanches Executive Director Douglas Preston 12 International Authors Forum: Shared Issues, Mary Rasenberger Vice President Sharing Solutions General Counsel Monique Truong Cheryl L. Davis Secretary 19 We Need a Public Lending Right, Editor Rachel Vail Martha Fay Treasurer Now More Than Ever Copy Editor Peter Petre 22 Authors: Do You Have the Proper Visa Heather Rodino Members of the Council Art Direction Deirdre Bair to Enter the U.S.? Studio Elana Schlenker Rich Benjamin Cover Art + Illustration Amy Bloom 24 E-Book Library Pricing: The Game Ping Zhu Alexander Chee Pat Cummings Changes Again All non-staff contributors Sylvia Day to the Bulletin retain W. Ralph Eubanks 27 In Memoriam: Toni Morrison, 1931–2019 copyright to the articles Peter Gethers that appear in these pages. Annette Gordon-Reed 29 Showing Toni Morrison What Beloved Guild members seeking Lauren Groff Meant to Me Took 20 Years information on contributors’ Tayari Jones other publications are Brendan Kiely 30 Romancing Rejection invited to contact the Min Jin Lee Guild office. Published by Nicholas Lemann 33 The Shady World of Unauthorized Book The Authors Guild, Inc. Steven Levy John R. MacArthur Summaries—and What You Can Do About It The Authors Guild, D.T. Max the oldest and largest Daniel Okrent 45 Launching Your Book and Connecting with association of published Michelle Richmond authors in the United Julia Sanches Readers on Kickstarter States, works to protect James Shapiro and promote the Hampton Sides 50 Authors Guild Foundation Benefit, 2019 professional interests T.J. Stiles of its members. The Guild’s Jonathan Taplin 64 Regional Chapters Update forerunner, The Authors Nicholas Weinstock League of America, was Ex-Officio & founded in 1912. The Bulletin Honorary Members was first published of the Council in 1912 as The Authors Roger Angell Departments League Newsletter. Roy Blount Jr. The Authors Guild Barbara Taylor Bradford 2 Short Takes 31 East 32nd Street, 7th Floor Robert A. Caro New York, NY 10016 Susan Cheever 4 From the President t: (212) 563-5904 Anne Edwards f: (212) 564-5363 James Gleick 6 From the Home Office e: [email protected] Erica Jong authorsguild.org Stephen Manes 38 Legal Watch Robert K. Massie Victor S. Navasky 40 Advocacy News Sidney Offit Mary Pope Osborne 48 Authors Guild Annual Meeting Letty Cottin Pogrebin Roxana Robinson 60 Books by Members Jean Strouse Nick Taylor 62 Members Make News Scott Turow Advisory Council 63 In Memoriam Sherman Alexie Judy Blume Jennifer Egan Louise Erdrich CJ Lyons Frederic Martini Cathleen Schine Georges Ugeux Meg Wolitzer “ OVERHEARD ” “For me, the most vital political fiction is fiction that makes us feel the irreducible humanity of those who are constantly being forgotten. At a time when empathy often seems to be contracting, when political views admit less and less nuance, let’s not be afraid of complexity.” Natasha Walter, in a review of Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments in The Guardian, September 11, 2019 EU INVESTIGATES introduced new privacy rules, the political spectrum who disagree General Data Protection Regulation, vehemently on other subjects— AMAZON with an eye on Facebook. Apple are coming together to speak out On July 17, the European Union’s may be up next: the Competition against the consolidated power Competition Commission for- Commission is looking closely at the these companies have amassed and mally opened an investigation into company, in particular its potentially the damage that has been done whether Amazon has breached EU anticompetitive actions against to authors and journalists. News rules on competition. The investiga- Spotify and other rivals. Media Alliance, which represents tion has two concerns. The first has more than 2,000 news publishers in the United States, arrived at the to do with the vast amount of data ANTITRUST Amazon receives from marketplace hearings with a stunning statistic: sellers under its standard seller HEARINGS IN D.C. in 2018, Google earned $4.7 billion agreement and whether Amazon— from news, “a product it didn’t On this side of the Atlantic, one make, and for which it didn’t pay as both a seller and a platform for day before the EU investigation sellers—uses this accumulated publishers.” The publishing busi- was launched, executives from all data to create an unfair advantage. ness will be watching closely how Second, does it use that data when four American tech behemoths— lawmakers deal with Amazon and selecting which sellers get the cov- Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google, newly major players in the eted Buy Box? Google—arrived in Washington, industry. The Washington Post reported D.C., for two meetings, a congres- sional briefing, and a hearing with that “many sellers privately com- PENGUIN TAKES plain about Amazon’s power to the House Judiciary Committee’s undercut them on price and to in- Subcommittee on Antitrust, ON F+W BOOKS’ troduce a similar product based Commercial and Administrative Law. BACKLIST on the copious amount of data it The long day marked the start of a collects. Amazon’s size has given broad bipartisan antitrust inquiry Penguin Random House (PRH) was it massive clout in the industry be- that covered an array of hot-button the winning bidder for a backlist of cause third-party sellers can’t reach issues: monopoly, privacy, censor- 2,000 F+W Books titles, which were the same size audience on rival ship, lack of regulation and digital put up for sale after its parent com- platforms such as eBay and Etsy.” piracy. pany, F+W Media, declared bank- In announcing the investiga- The hearing with the House’s ruptcy in March. The second bidder tion, Margrethe Vestager, European Subcommittee on Antitrust, was not disclosed, but the purchase commissioner for competition, Commercial and Administrative price was $5.6 million. stated that “e-commerce has Law received the most attention F+W Books focused on a vari- boosted retail competition and from the press, with reporters us- ety of illustrated nonfiction works: brought more choice and better ing terms like “showdown” and “a art instruction, crafts, antiques and prices. We need to ensure that grilling” to convey the tenor of the collectibles, woodworking and the large online platforms don’t elimi- committee’s fierce questioning. outdoors. It had about $22 mil- nate these benefits through anti- They described the “stinging criti- lion in sales in 2018, according to competitive behavior.” cism” of executives “in the hot seat” Publishers Weekly, but its parent Historically, Europe has im- and noted the decided “backlash” company’s debts were far greater. posed stricter regulations on tech against Big Tech. F+W Media began as a maga- companies than the United States As The New York Times noted, zine publisher in 1913, taking its has. In 2017 and 2018, the European a spate of “uncomfortable bed- name from its two biggest titles, Union hit Google with a total of fellows”—writers, academics and Farm Quarterly and Writer’s Digest. $9.5 billion in antitrust fines, and cultural figures from across the Over the decades, the company 2 Authors Guild Bulletin expanded by buying up other pub- adopt a “digital first” model across for 10 straight years, tallying 1,887 lishing companies; increasing its all products. members with 2,524 locations at portfolio of magazines, books and Long frustrated by the high their annual meeting in May. Still, interactive educational products; price of textbooks, students are bookselling remains a challeng- organizing conferences and trade celebrating the change on social ing business. Two-thirds of ABA shows; and running several niche media. Those who are no longer in member stores report experiencing webstores related to the content of school expressed some sadness at financial pressure on a regular ba- its magazines. Forbes reports that the loss of paper textbooks. Sam sis. Bookstores have narrow profit the bankruptcy was caused by “a Leith, literary editor of the U.K.’s margins and are often ill-prepared perfect storm of secular industry Spectator magazine, penned a nos- to face unexpected expenses, such decline, poor investments, and even talgic op-ed for The Guardian. After as an increase in rent or building mismanagement.” acknowledging the benefits of “digi- repairs. They are asking the ABA to Following the sale of F+W tal first,” Leith writes: “Memory is a provide more in the form of educa- Books to PRH in June, an auc- physical thing. It’s bound up with tion, mentorship and direct financial tion was held for the magazines sight and heft and touch and smell. assistance. and conferences, with the proper- Schoolbooks—be they portals to The ABA’s new president, ties divided among six bidders. An intellectual delight, the object em- Jamie Fiocco, took office in June. investment company purchased bodiments of intellectual drudgery, Fiocco, owner of Flyleaf Books in the arts and craft magazines; Cruz or, as usually, both—are part of the Chapel Hill, North Carolina, told Bay Publishing bought Popular fabric of the experience of school, Publishers Weekly that the growth Woodworking, Writer’s Digest and instant evokers and reminders.” of independent bookselling has led Leith closed with a recom- to new challenges that she is de- eight other titles; the American mendation for the publisher that termined to address: “The ABA has Astronomical Society bought Sky may or may not be in jest: “If and worked hard at—and succeeded & Telescope; and three F+W staff only if Pearson promises to make in—growing our membership. This members separately purchased the annotation and vandalism as easy means we have new and younger outdoor titles, crafts conventions and as satisfying and as durable as owners and booksellers with differ- and roofing and building titles.
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