Writer's Online Marketplace

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-01-01
Publisher(s): Writers Digest Books
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Summary

Writers can now sell fiction, reviews, nonfiction, interviews, poetry and just about any other type of writing on the Web-if they know where to look. The phenomenal growth of this market has begged a market book of its own and now it's here. The Writer's Online Marketplace contains over 250 paying online markets, plus advice on the unique marketing and writing techniques needed to succeed in the online writing world. and it all comes with the authority and reliability of the publishers of Writer's Market and of Inkspot.com, a popular writers' resource site with over 45,000 subscribers. Writers will learn: how to set fees for online work; what online markets are hot; how to write online queries, with examples of successful queries; copyright basics for the electronic market; how to avoid scams; what to look for in contracts and agreements; where to find different types of online writing opportunities. Also included are interviews with online editors and writers, tips for researching market information online, a listing of agents who handle electronic works, and lists of newsgroups, chat rooms, discussions forums and mailing lists for writers. The Writer's Online Marketplace contains all the tools writers need to launch their careers in this exciting, lucrative medium. Explores a burgeoning new market for writers; Makes a perfect companion to Writer's Market 2000; Ongoing updates, marketing efforts and advertising on Inkspot.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(4)
The Basics
5(10)
E-mail basics
5(1)
Style basics for online writing
6(2)
``Chunk It or Archive It?''
8(2)
Crawford Kilian
``From Writer to Content Provider: Skills You Need''
10(5)
Marcia Yudkin
Online Queries and Submissions
15(8)
Sample query letters
17(6)
Types of Online Markets
23(15)
``Writing for the Web''
25(4)
John Hewitt
``Earn Money Teaching Online Courses''
29(9)
Paula Guran
Where to Find Market Information
38(8)
Sidebar: How to tell whether a site pays freelance writers
44(1)
Sidebar: Cautions for writers
45(1)
Contracts and Copyright
46(8)
``Electronic Rights: Your Hottest Commodity''
46(8)
Moira Allen
Networking Online
54(9)
``Making Sales Through Online Networking''
55(8)
Dana Nourie
Online Promotion
63(14)
``How to Promote Your Work Online''
68(4)
Bev Walton-Porter
``Encylopedias, Dinosaurs, and the Internet: Taking a Lesson From All Three and Making the Most of the Latter''
72(5)
Brian A. Hopkins
E-publishing
77(18)
``E-Book Basics''
80(6)
Leta Nolan Childers
``Tips for Selecting a Commercial E-Publisher''
86(5)
Jamie Engle
``What is the Future of On-Demand Publishing?''
91(2)
John Feldcamp
Interview: Marilyn Nesbitt, DiskUs Publishing
93(2)
Insider Views
95(30)
Josh Daniel, online editor
95(1)
Jerri Ledford, online writer
96(2)
Amy Gahran, online editor
98(5)
David Saperstein, author
103(1)
M.J. Rose, author
104(2)
Pamela Wilfinger (pen name Jade Walker), editor of Inscriptions
106(3)
Karen Asp, health and fitness writer
109(4)
Angela Adair-Hoy, author, editor, publisher
113(1)
Paula Guran, online horror author/editor
114(3)
Nancy Price, online editor
117(1)
``The Future of Online Journalism''
118(4)
Steve Outing
``Bits and Bytes: Found in the Web''
122(3)
Sal Towse
Market Listings
125(119)
Online publications
125(102)
Alternative markets
227(2)
Commercial e-publishers
229(15)
Appendix A: Further Reading 244(1)
Appendix B: Author Bios 245(6)
Index 251

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