Eat Sleep Write
I would like to warn folks who are considering purchasing advertising space from Eat Sleep Write. While you can submit your pieces to the website (though I don't recommend that, either, for reasons I will explain), purchasing advertising from Eat Sleep Write is a money pit. The website's hit count does not discriminate between Google searches, the same person clicking, or other factors that determine the real traffic of the site, and I have known many people who have purchased advertising through ESW and received no uptick in sales, clicks, or attention. With the prices they charge it is decidedly not worth it.
This is also true of editors, publishers, and anyone else looking to expand their client pool. Don't advertise there; it's a waste of resources.
In regards to submitting work to them, there are a few things you should know.
- Submitted pieces receive virtually no editing, and what is given is cursory. As a result, there is a great deal of sub-par material on that website. Having your work up there will do you no favors.
- Submitting there means the pieces will likely not be published anywhere else in the future as you are giving up first serial rights to Eat Sleep Write. Don't let them tell you otherwise.
- You will not get much by the way of "exposure" since virtually no one reads the pieces on the website. I have firsthand knowledge of this.