June 18, 2024
We have prepared a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) to help members understand the bylaws changes that are being made to support our exciting new governance model.
July 23, 2024
If the blazing heat of midsummer or the chill dark of midwinter has you struggling to focus, you’re not alone. Fortunately, the EFA’s webinars are bite-size, and the low price...
August 19, 2024
It was and is an open secret that almost all political, celebrity, and sports memoirs, business and thought leadership books, diet books, self-help books, and similar nonfiction titles are ghosted. A lot of popular fiction is too, especially books by brand-name authors and celebrities.
January 14, 2022
Thank you to all members who participated in the Discussion List survey last October. Based on the results and your suggestions and concerns, the Discussion List Committee has been performing much-needed database and procedure maintenance and has been closed to new posts since November 25. We have had to delay its reopening, but we hope…
January 3, 2022
Happy New Year! We would like to introduce you to the EFA’s 2022 Social Media team. You will meet all of us over the next several months as each will…
December 16, 2021
EFA membership surveys show that many members consider the job postings from our Job List one of the most important benefits of being an EFA member. We’ve increased the advertising…
December 13, 2021
There are a number of staffing transitions at EFA HQ this month. Christina Shideler (she/her), our much-relied on Membership and Programs Coordinator, will be leaving the EFA on December 22. She has been a crucial member of the staff since 2017. In her five years with the organization, she has managed membership queries, administered the…
December 3, 2021
Members of the Los Angeles Area chapter of EFA who live in the Santa Clarita, Antelope, and San Fernando Valleys got together on November 13 for a masked up and…
December 3, 2021
The Los Angeles Area chapter of EFA met on August 18. After introducing new members, the meeting turned to guest speaker Crystal Shelley, author of the Conscious Language Toolkit for…
November 22, 2021
The EFA is happy to announce the release of two new EFA booklets, available in EPUB or paperback editions. Visual Grammar: Design Foundations for Editors, by member Kristy S. Gilbert,…
November 16, 2021
The EFA seeks a new volunteer editor of the bimonthly Freelancer newsletter, a benefit of membership. Since at least 1977, the EFA continuously has published a newsletter, which went fully…
November 12, 2021
The Los Angeles fall chapter meeting was held via Zoom on November 4. It featured a presentation by co-coordinator Linda Ruggeri and her co-author and EFA stalwart Brittany Dowdle based…
November 5, 2021
It was great fun to volunteer at the EFA booth on a beautiful and warm Sunday in October at the Brooklyn Book Festival. When I first arrived, I felt like…
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The EFA Offices will be closed Monday, April 8, 2024. We will reopen on Tuesday, April 9. Job postings, discussion list subscriptions, and other customer service requests may not be responded to until then.
