A group author is a company or organization that is attributed with the creation of a source publication, such as an article, a book, a proceeding, or another sort of work. To search the following fields within a complete record, enter a group author name: Author(s) working for a corporation and Author(s) working for a book group all appear upon searching for "Group Authors." Groups can be established in many ways; commonly they are formed by either a corporation that publishes many works or a partnership that has created several publications over time. Sometimes groups are established to honor someone special such as a friend or mentor who has been instrumental in helping develop the authors' careers. Groups can also be assigned specific roles which are described in the collaboration agreement that forms part of every publishing contract. These could include a financial administrator, a publicist, and/or a publisher. The group leader typically serves as the contact point between the contributors and the publisher while the other members help distribute responsibilities among themselves. Groups can exist between publishers and authors, but most often they belong to one of them. If an author wants to share their credits with others, they can do so by listing them under the Author field on a copyright page. Each group member will need to be listed separately, with each one given a unique identification number by the system. For example, an author might list "Book Publisher" as their first affiliation and "Group Writer #1" as their second.