The European Writers Council (EWC), an organization to which ACE has belonged since 2016, has published their follow-up survey on "The Economic Impact of Covid-19 on writers and translators in the European book industry 2020-2022."

Already in 2020, the European Council of Writers had conducted the study - “The Economic Impact of Covid-19 on Writers and Translators in the European Book Sector.” It consisted of a survey of 33 professional organizations from 27 countries to obtain a comprehensive report on the situation of book authors under the Covid-19 crisis. The study that collects the results, titled “A year of crisis - The winter of our discontent,” describes the status quo with respect to the loss of income in 2020 and 2021, legal gaps and social problems, and projects the impact for the period 2022-2025.

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