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Interview with Maureen Scott of Ether Books.
(as a side note: i'm not sure i agree with Ethers Books' payment scheme or the fee package they offer--but i do think they're tapping into a potential market well before most others)
ETA: interestingly, Smashwords has just today announced a similar scheme available to all its authors.
Money flows toward the writer. Publishers should make money from the sale of a product, not selling a service or a dream to writers. I realize they don't require a fee, which is good, but that they have the plan at all is a shame.
I firmly believe that pay-to-submit is skeezy, and their fee is quite high compared to other publications that unfortunately follow that model (in my experience). $40? Especially when it's accompanied by a phrase like we can have your work published in 2 weeks that makes it sound, particularly to a fairly green submitter, that paying 25 pounds or $40 buys publication in 2 weeks, which I don't think is the case. It's explained a little better down the page, but that's pretty misleading, IMO. I'm not saying it's intended to mislead, but it's a real shame that potential is there.
Shelley
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