Contains over 250 paying online markets, plus advice on the unique marketing and writing techniques needed to succeed online.
"The Internet is a writers' revolution," writes Debbie Ridpath Ohi in Writer's Online Marketplace. Definitely. But "finding the Web sites of publications that care to act professional, pay money, edit with heart, and stick around," warns Christopher Reynaga (creator of the Web zine The Write Market), "is like a mad crap-shoot." Once you do find those sites, it's not enough just to show up. You still need to know how to write a winning query and follow through with good content. As editor and Webmaster of Inkspot.com, an online Web site for writers, Ohi is perhaps uniquely qualified--and connected--to write about the brave new world of online writing. Her book is a solid generalist's introduction, covering everything from e-queries to e-rights and e-publishing. Ohi has called upon her e-colleagues to contribute pieces on such subjects as e-courses, e-networking, e-promoting, and "the chunk" ("the basic unit of discourse," explains Crawford Kilian, author of Writing for the Web, "for a great many Web users"). Ohi enlightens her readers about the hidden benefits of listservs (particularly the invitation-only ones), describes the five types of e-publishing for authors, and interviews 12 industry insiders. But the most enticing aspect of this book is its listings: 161 paying online publications, 10 potentially lucrative alternative markets, and 26 commercial e-publishers. Writing for the Internet can be great. It can also be unbelievably frustrating. You very well might find yourself dealing with, as one writer puts it here, "clueless kids with $9 million in venture capital." --Jane Steinberg
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A decent guide to writing for the Web:
In "Writer's Online Marketplace," Debbie Ridpath Ohi profiles several hundred paying online markets that accept freelance work. Only 118 pages of this 262-page are devoted to market listings, however. Ohi begins with an overview of writing for online audiences, discussing details such as Netiquette, online queries and submissions, copyright and contractual issues, networking, promotion, e-publishing, and the many types of online markets (including where one can find market info online). Only later does she... more info
Who Says Online Writers Don't Get Paid!?:
Reviewed by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, award-winning author of This is the Place and Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered
Writer's Online Marketplace is one of the few review copies I have that will stay on my desk within easy reach. Debbie Ridpath Ohi has compiled a book of informative articles-sage advice from other writers--to go with a section of very complete Market Listings, all paying! It covers everything from the very basics to "Insider Views." It even has a section that addresses... more info
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This is an on line review-you are on line- that is the way people get information- and this book is the primer on how to get there. I learned a lot- you will too! Rick Frishman- Pres. Planned TV Arts.(NYC) Co-author GUERRILLA PUBLICITY and GUERRILLA MARKETING FOR WRITERS
An Essential Guide That Makes The Web Work For Writers.:
Writer's Online Marketplace edited by Debbie Ridpath Ohi does a masterful job in presenting the Web as an open marketplace where writers can have a go at promoting themselves through personal Websites, where they can publish their own literary works, where they can network and develop professional relationships with others, where they can gain wider reading audiences, and where they can generate an income. The book is packed with a wealth of essential online marketing information that will inspire every... more info
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