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Report of the Sub-Committee on the Price of Novels (1910)
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…
Report to the Council of the Special Committee Appointed to Consider the Constitution of the Society (1908)
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,…
The Author (1890–present)
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.
The Commonwealth of Australia: Copyright (1913)
A full summary of the copyright Bill as assented to on 20 November 1912.
The Contract of Publication in Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Switzerland (1896)
A synopsis of publication in several European countries which follow the German Code of Commerce, written by Ernst Lunge.
The Cost of Production (1891)
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,…
The Grievances Between Authors and Publishers (1887)
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.
The Indian Copyright Bill, 1914 (1914)
A summary of the 1914 Indian Copyright Bill.
The Methods of Publishing (1890)
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.
The New Zealand Copyright Act, 1913 (1914)
A full summary of the New Zealand 1913 Copyright Act, which came into effect on 1 April 1914.
The Pen and the Book (1899)
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.
The Society of Authors Prospectus (1912)
A prospectus providing an overview of the benefits of joining the Society of Authors.
The Society of Authors: A Record of Its Action from Its Foundation (1893)
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.
The Society of French Authors (La Société Des Gens De Lettres): Its Foundation and its History (1889)
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.
United States Copyright (1906)
Summary of the Bill to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright.
United States Copyright (1910)
The US Copyright Bill as amended in March 1905.