Join us as we welcome our new members! This event is for members who joined in 2023 and 2024 so far to meet each other and connect with AALA's committees and […]
This panel is for members who are managing teams of any size, from small to large. Questions of how to lead your team are perennial, and even more pressing in […]
Please note that this program will be available live only, and will not be recorded. Join Lina Renzina (Lifestyle and Education Partnerships, TikTok) who will present an inside look at […]
On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, Publishers Weekly and the Association of American Literary Agents (AALA) will present an in-person educational conference for agents, editors, marketers and book publishing professionals. The […]
A Deep Dive into Notoriously Confusing Clauses In this panel members of the Contracts Committee will present a primer on four of the most disorienting parts of publisher’s contracts boilerplate: […]
The Royalties Committee will provide a refresher course in reviewing royalty statements, along with a slide deck identifying key terms to help improve your tracking of sales, earnings, and payments.
Sponsored by Literary Agents of Change, the Association of American Literary Agents’ (AALA) DEI Committee is pleased to present the second in our series of "In Conversation" events, a discussion […]
The Copyright Committee will present a panel featuring agents and attorneys who've filed and/or fought claims of copyright infringement. The panel will be an "ask-anything" style with pre-prepared questions about […]
The Small Business Committee presents Succession: Planning for the Future, a panel for agencies considering major changes in ownership structure. Thinking long-term about your agency’s—and, importantly, your authors’—legacies means tackling […]