5 Resources on Tracking Submissions
Need a new system or simply need to get your submissions organized in the first place? Check out these 5 resources that can help you keep on submitting, sans stress.
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5 Resources on the Public Domain
Determining when work passes into the public domain is tricky. There are resources online that can help.
Sample DMCA generator for authors
This sample DMCA form generates an email which authors may use as a model when sending a DMCA notice to a site infringing upon their copyrighted material.
Guest post–Revolution #9: Thoughts on Electronic Publishing Vs. “Traditional” Print Publishing
by Cat Rambo 1. Any debate about the current struggle between electronic and traditional print publishing begins with this fact: no one thinks that online publishing will not eventually overtake the traditional, hold-in-your-hand, made-of-dead-trees model. While you may well continue to be able to slip something paperback-sized into your back pocket two decades down the […]
Sample DMCA notice for reading-kicks-ass.net
The website http://reading.kicks-ass.net/ contains a significant amount of material that is recognizably copyrighted by our members. Often sites which post material without permission are outside the United States and governed by different copyright rules. In this instance the hosting company’s policy explicitly prohibits distribution of copyrighted materials. Legally, DMCA notices must come from the […]
The Case Against Reading Fees
I never thought I’d be re-visiting the issue of literary agents charging reading fees. After all, the problems inherent in the charging of reading fees are recognized by all four literary agents’ profession…
Guest Blog Post: Self-Promotion–Starting Too Soon?
Self-promotion: a subject much on many writers’ minds. All across the Internet, new authors are urged to be proactive in publicizing themselves and their books–to build a “brand.” But what to do? And how much?
Guest Blog Post: How Libraries Choose Books to Purchase
A frequent question, especially among self- and small press-published authors, is how books get into libraries, and what authors can do to help. Today, guest blogger and public librarian Abigail Goben explains how libraries choose the books they purchase–and what authors should (and shouldn’t) do to play a part in that process.
An Overview of Writing for Print vs. the Web
Monica Valentinelli talks about what it means to write non-fiction for the web versus writing for a print publication like a magazine.
Authorial Control
Nebula and Hugo nominated author, Cherie Priest, discusses some of the aspects of authorial control over the publishing process.
