The Authors Guild COVID-19 Survey The Authors Guild is collecting information on how the COVID-19 crisis is impacting your professional activities and what, if any, assistance you have received and need. Please fill out this brief questionnaire to help us focus our services and advocacy on the issues that matter most to authors during this time. Question Title * 1. Has your income from any source declined due to the crisis? Yes No Question Title * 2. If yes, what percentage of your income was lost? 0% 100% Clear i We adjusted the number you entered based on the slider’s scale. Question Title * 3. What were the sources of that income? (Check all that apply.) Freelance journalism Speaking/performance engagements cancelled Teaching position (teaching writing) – furloughed or laid off Teaching position (teaching other subjects) – furloughed or laid off Book contract cancelled or payments delayed Loss of book sales or revenue through self-publishing Motion picture option extended or not paid Non-writing-related work – furloughed or laid off Partner’s loss of income Question Title * 4. Have you applied for unemployment or any COVID-19-related relief? Yes No If yes, what is the status of the application? (Use Questions 5–9 to answer for the specific relief program you applied for.) Question Title * 5. Regular Unemployment: Approved Rejected Application pending Question Title * 6. Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) for independent contractors and freelancers: Approved Rejected Application pending Question Title * 7. Paychex Protection Plan (PPP) Loan: Approved Rejected Application pending Question Title * 8. Emergency Disaster Loan: Approved Rejected Application pending Question Title * 9. Emergency grant or loan from a private foundation or fund: Approved Rejected Application pending Question Title * 10. If you have any further comments about your unemployment application experience, please provide them here: Question Title * 11. Have you been unable to work because of any of the following? (Check all that apply.) Illness – self Illness in family Children at home Question Title * 12. Do you have a book that was recently published, was scheduled to be published, and/or will be published this spring or summer? Yes No Question Title * 13. Was your publication date moved due to the crisis? Yes No N/A Question Title * 14. Have you had any issues with publishers or publishing service providers, such as Amazon, not fulfilling terms of a contract, canceling or threatening to cancel a contract, or not signing a deal that was close to final? Yes No Question Title * 15. If yes, please explain: Question Title * 16. If you have recently entered into or are negotiating a new book deal, is your publisher asking to extend the payout of the advance? Yes No N/A Question Title * 17. If yes, by how long? Question Title * 18. Have you had trouble being paid in a timely manner by a book, newspaper, or magazine publisher, or by a publishing service provider, such as Amazon? Yes No N/A Question Title * 19. If yes, please explain: Done