The phrase "author friendly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is easy for authors to use or understand, often in the context of tools, platforms, or guidelines designed for writers.
Example: "The new editing software is very author friendly, making it easier for writers to navigate and utilize its features."
Alternatives: "writer-friendly" or "author supportive".
Authors friendly to Wyeth and the gospel of estrogen wrote articles that appeared by the dozens in medical journals and women's magazines from the 1970s to the late 1990s.
Perhaps predatory, but nonetheless mostly author-friendly.
The modern-day tendency towards author-friendly adaptations is far removed from bolder productions that abide by the principle that once a story leaves the author's head, it is the property of whichever film-maker who chooses to imagine it.
"HarperCollins are far less author-friendly – they appear to be a monolithic and centralised organisation and, although Murdoch may not be pulling the strings, his mindset is certainly instilled in the company.
But Mr. Karp and executives at Hachette insisted that it would be business as usual at Twelve, trying to calm authors and literary agents who were upset by Mr. Karp's departure — and worried that its experimental, author-friendly boutique structure might suffer, especially at a time of economic stress in publishing.
He said the CGTrader is "a fair, author-friendly marketplace".
► "[A] new peer-reviewed journal [about pathogens and immunity] has a unique author-friendly mandate: to reduce the submission process to a matter of minutes, and initial reviews to just a few days," Jon Cohen reported today.
There's no shortage of places to publish original research papers about pathogens and immunity, but a new peer-reviewed journal on those topics has a unique author-friendly mandate: to reduce the submission process to a matter of minutes, and initial reviews to just a few days.
BK has the most author-friendly contract in the book business, including an "out clause" which states that if for any reason the author is unhappy with the way their book is being handled, they can write a letter to BK asking to terminate their contract.
Ultimately, we seek to provide agile, flexible, rapid, and author-friendly yet rigorous service to the tropical medicine community, as we encourage our authors to send their best work to the AJTMH.
