Writers listed

What do I have in common with David Malouf and Helen Garner? Well, OK, all three of us are human - hey, no being funny over there - and we have all spent some time in Australia. But I meant what, more specifically, do we have in common as the authors of books (if you'll allow me to include myself for a moment in such elevated company)? What we have in common is that all three of us can be found at Filed By Author. Is this a form of conscription? Carolyn Kellogg says that Filed By Author 'has to demonstrate that it values intellectual property'. Yeah, they better not run off with my ideas.