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An account written by J. M. Lely defining the scope of the copyright bill (as drafted by the Society's Copyright Committee and presented by Lord Monkswell). Summarises the problems with the law and the remedies offered by the Bill.

1908-01-01-Supplement-18-4-Special-Report.pdf
Report of the Special Committee, submitted by the Council to the members of the Society ahead of a meeting to be held on 24 January 1908. Proposes that members of the Committee of Management be elected from and by subscribing members of the Society,…

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A brief history of the Society from its foundation to 1892 by Walter Besant. Delivered as a lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Society, 17 December 1892.

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A guide for young writers written by Walter Besant, including chapters on the cost of production, methods of publishing, copyright, and choosing publishers, literary agents and editors. Also includes a prospectus for the Society of Authors.

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An analysis of the annual Pension List, from the first Resolution of the House to 1889, by William Morris Colles. Reprints all of the official lists with the reasons assigned for awarding the pension and the amount.

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A literary agency, assisting authors in placing manuscripts with publishers. Management was voluntary and unpaid, and there was a separate Council for the Syndicate. The Syndicate's services were, initially, only available to members of the Society.…

1910-05-02-Supplement-20-8-Price-of-Novels-Report.pdf
A report from the Sub-Committee on the Price of Novels (Marie Belloc Lowndes, Charles Garvice, E. W. Hornung, W. W. Jacobs and Samuel Squire Sprigge) on the feasibility of reducing the price of novels from 6 shillings to 2 or 3 shillings, including a…

1896-Lunge-Contract-of-Publication-in-Germany-Austria-Hungary-Switzerland.pdf
A synopsis of publication in several European countries which follow the German Code of Commerce, written by Ernst Lunge.

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A report on the three conferences held in March 1887 on the maintenance of literary property, the profession of authorship, and dramatic rights and property.

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Written by Samuel Squire Sprigge to support the demand of the Society, as made in the Annual Report of 1889, for "just treatment as prevails in all other branches of business". With chapters on literary property and different profit systems.

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Written by Samuel Squire Sprigge, providing a history of the French Society of Authors (founded in 1829). Offers an overview of the legal and political standing of authorship in France, and the work of the Society in changing the landscape.

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A prospectus providing an overview of the benefits of joining the Society of Authors.

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Provides an overview of the costs of producing a book, from composition and typesetting to printing, binding, moulding, stereotyping and advertising. The chapters focus on three-volume, two-volume and one-volume novels, travel and science books,…

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A supplement to Samuel Squire Sprigge's book about different kinds of publishing agreements, written by George Herbert Thring. Reprinted from The Author.

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Sir Walter Besant (1836–1901); writer and campaigner for authors' rights.

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A traditional London gentlemen's club founded in 1868, many of whose members had a common interest in the arts.

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The periodical of the Society of Authors, published from May 1890 to the present. Initially published monthly, the periodical moved to ten issues a year from 1902 onwards, with vacant months in August and September.

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A gentlemen's club founded as a complement to the Society of Authors.

Initially located at St. James’ Place. Moved first to a location adjacent to the National Liberal Club (1893), then to Whitehall Court (1895).

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Ulick Ralph Burke (1845–1895); barrister, Spanish scholar and translator.
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