The War Between 'Authors' and Writers  - Bloomberg View

"The event was no place for people like me. At least that’s what I’d read on the Internet. It was the inaugural program of an upstart association called the Authors Alliance, held in the former San Francisco church that now houses the Internet Archive. Founded by four University of California Berkeley professors, the alliance seeks to represent 'authors who write to be read.' The implicit contrast is with authors who write to be paid. At least that’s how the rival Authors Guild, which dates back to 1912, took it ..."