Dystel, Goderich & Bourret Quits the AALA Over Editorial-Fee Rules
The agency says the 2026 AALA Canon lets agents with editing businesses charge authors and then sign them. What the Canon actually allows, and the questions to ask any agent now.
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The professional association for literary and dramatic agents in the United States. Official site: aalitagents.org
What a Literary Agent Is Paid, and When You Are
The Authors Guild calls fifteen percent of gross standard on U.S. book and performance deals, and twenty percent when a foreign sub-agent is used. The AALA's archived canon sets the payment clock.
Who Actually Controls a Book's Film Rights
The Authors Guild model contract tells authors to strike film and television out of the publisher's grant. A March 18, 2026 Lionsgate deal was a studio buy, with Jane Fonda attached.
What the Lionsgate Correspondent Stories Do Not Include
Deadline and Variety reported on March 18, 2026, that Lionsgate won a seven-studio bidding war for Virginia Evans's novel, with Jane Fonda attached. Neither story has a release date or a price.
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