The Association of American Literary Agents (FKA the Association of Authors’ Representatives) announced a significant revision of their Canon of Ethics, which is the industry’s primary set of guidelines for ethical and appropriate practices in representation. It includes a variety of “clarifications and updates focused on modernizing” the rules, with the organization calling out new “parameters…to allow AALA members to take on paid editorial work for non-client authors while maintaining the organization’s rigorous commitment to the highest standards of ethical representation.” That new standard indicates that “members may provide editorial services in exchange for a fee to authors who are […]