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Looking forward to your launch!
Don't let the ridiculous paranoia on this thread discourage you. Writers you actually want to publish will look at your terms and submit. 99.99% of the people with "concerns" don't have anything you'd publish anyway. Looking forward to your launch!
As soon as you publish your work online -no matter how promising the security of the platform is, you just don't know how and who copied your work then translated somewhere in taiwanese and started making the £££ which should be in your account. Writers, why you just don't stop writing for Internet? Self-publishing can be more promising than online publishing, ain't?
The author of The Martian started out publishing it as a serial on his own website. Seemed to work out pretty well.
I like the idea, but it's a bit disheartening to submit stories to an unknown organization whose website includes zero details about who the publisher will be or how the stories will be published. I get that it's a "self-funded hobby," but it could just as well be a scam by a nameless, faceless group of con men. Considering the domain is registered anonymously through Amazon, there is absolutely no information availa…
I'm disheartened that my site seems scary to you -- the "we" referenced is myself and some friends who have signed up as slush readers. I'd really appreciate it if you could let me know what information I could publish that would give you confidence in the site. It sounds like I should put up an 'about' page with some information about myself and my readers. For now, here's my linkedin page, to put a face to the face…
I am a coder by day, but I'm nearing completion of a full length novel (100,000 words) and ready to self-publish on Kindle and possibly Smashwords. I'll have to take a look at this for some other works. I have some other short stories I've been kicking around. I particularly like the bias against dystopian fiction as I feel the same way. I also eschew themes like moral decay in the future, since as humans I believe w…
Don't let the ridiculous paranoia on this thread discourage you. Writers you actually want to publish will look at your terms and submit. 99.99% of the people with "concerns" don't have anything you'd publish anyway. Looking forward to your launch!
Anecdotal at best. Can you link to a study?
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Getting some social proof is a great idea. I have some author friends in real life, so maybe having endorsements from them on social media will help instill confidence. I think the first few months will be the hardest, but eventually we'll have a track record.
No, don't do that. Writers do not need social media endorsements for publishers. Show yourself and if you are new in the field then what's your roadmap? Have you raised any funds? If yes, how and if no then how you'll pay. Your website has only two pags mentioning nothing about you at all. If your website is hosted on a shared-hosting then it'll be taken down by your "human and bot" visitors collectively after publis…
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No, don't do that. Writers do not need social media endorsements for publishers. Show yourself and if you are new in the field then what's your roadmap? Have you raised any funds? If yes, how and if no then how you'll pay. Your website has only two pags mentioning nothing about you at all. If your website is hosted on a shared-hosting then it'll be taken down by your "human and bot" visitors collectively after publis…
You're right, I need more roadmap details on the site. I will add detail this evening.
Writers will beat your door down if you do that much.
I smell hollywood. Is this a solicitation for science fiction stories, or is something fishing for movie concepts/treatments? I would be very hesitant to share anything without some sort of guarantee that your ideas (ideas aren't subject to copyright) will not be taken and turned into a film script. The descriptions of what the website is looking for seem like the outcome of an LA focus group. Be careful. Read the co…
As soon as you publish your work online -no matter how promising the security of the platform is, you just don't know how and who copied your work then translated somewhere in taiwanese and started making the £££ which should be in your account. Writers, why you just don't stop writing for Internet? Self-publishing can be more promising than online publishing, ain't?