History
The organization was established in 1948 as the Society of Magazine Writers. In 2009 ASJA objected to the Google Book Search Settlement Agreement for authors. In March 2009, ASJA changed their policy regarding self-published authors. Fern Reiss (author of the Publishing Game book series) was the first self-published author inducted into the ASJA.
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