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[This page] notes "There are journal editors and literary agents who don’t really care about work published on small Web sites. Did you put a story up on a message board for critique? Have you posted a chapter of your manuscript on your blog? As long as the work isn’t plagiarized from someone else, some literary agents and editors don’t mind if the writing has appeared online.
But until the industry fully adjusts to the presence of the Internet, many literary agents and editors are going to simply reject work they consider to be previously published. At this point, the best option for writers is to play it safe until the rules become clearer."
I have a series planned. In at least one chapter, of each book, I'd like to make a short chapter. As part of the plot (where the short chapter is enough to get the reader through the book without problems), for example, the main character is seen fleeing from the villain. In an earlier chapter, he lets another know where he is going.
I would like, for some of these chapters, to build short stories (as promotional content for my current book and the series). In the above example, I will share what does not appear in the book (what the MC did to get the villain so angry). In other short chapters, also not germane to the plot, I will retain those short stories for a limited edition or anniversary release of the books (if the series does well).
Questions:
1. If I post the short stories on Wordpress, Blogger.com, or some other Blog site (instead of my personal Web site), and link to them on social-media pages (e.g. Twitter), will I ever be able to sell the published-to-blog materials (for such things as: a complete IP buyout that can be used commercially ; additions to the non-published shorts in an anniversary/limited/other re-release)?
2. Is there a preferred means of posting the promotional content while retaining rights to commercialize it at a later time? If yes, what are they?
3. How does self-publishing effect my concept?
4. Is this a bad idea, going the trade publication route, in general?
Thank you.
Mods, if this is in the wrong forum, please move it. Thank you.
[This page] notes "There are journal editors and literary agents who don’t really care about work published on small Web sites. Did you put a story up on a message board for critique? Have you posted a chapter of your manuscript on your blog? As long as the work isn’t plagiarized from someone else, some literary agents and editors don’t mind if the writing has appeared online.
But until the industry fully adjusts to the presence of the Internet, many literary agents and editors are going to simply reject work they consider to be previously published. At this point, the best option for writers is to play it safe until the rules become clearer."
I have a series planned. In at least one chapter, of each book, I'd like to make a short chapter. As part of the plot (where the short chapter is enough to get the reader through the book without problems), for example, the main character is seen fleeing from the villain. In an earlier chapter, he lets another know where he is going.
I would like, for some of these chapters, to build short stories (as promotional content for my current book and the series). In the above example, I will share what does not appear in the book (what the MC did to get the villain so angry). In other short chapters, also not germane to the plot, I will retain those short stories for a limited edition or anniversary release of the books (if the series does well).
Questions:
1. If I post the short stories on Wordpress, Blogger.com, or some other Blog site (instead of my personal Web site), and link to them on social-media pages (e.g. Twitter), will I ever be able to sell the published-to-blog materials (for such things as: a complete IP buyout that can be used commercially ; additions to the non-published shorts in an anniversary/limited/other re-release)?
2. Is there a preferred means of posting the promotional content while retaining rights to commercialize it at a later time? If yes, what are they?
3. How does self-publishing effect my concept?
4. Is this a bad idea, going the trade publication route, in general?
Thank you.
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