"Today is an important day for the authors of our country, because the entities that represent them have joined together to promote a shared publishing contract model that is more transparent, balanced, and respectful", announced this Monday at the Ateneu Barcelonès Sebastià Portell (ses Salines, 1992), president of the Association of Writers in the Catalan Language since 2022, during the presentation of the initiative he has promoted and to which eight more entities have joined, representing a total of more than 4,000 authors. "The main objective is to improve the conditions of our representatives, which in many cases are precarious", he added, accompanied by representatives from PEN Català, the Association of Writers of Catalonia (ACEC), the Professional Association of Translators and Interpreters of Catalonia (APTIC), and three playwright associations: the Catalan, the Valencian, and that of the Balearic Islands. The initiative, a pioneer in the State, has encountered a first hurdle, that of the publishers, who "for the moment have refused to be part of the conversation".