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5) A Note to Editors (Internet Writer Resource Guide)




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This article is from the Internet Writer Resource Guide FAQ, by Trevor Lawrence trevor@bel.avonibp.co.uk with numerous contributions by others.

5) A Note to Editors (Internet Writer Resource Guide)

>From the current perspective, you are in one of two categories: a
backward Luddite or a visionary pioneer, depending on whether you have
never heard of internet email or are utilizing it and supporting
submissions through it. (That is a joke.) Sincerely however, in the near
future conducting writing transactions over the internet may become the
medium of choice for many markets. Of course, there are disadvantages
along with the grand incentives to support this capability. Many editors
however have found the ability to receive submissions and queries via
email to be immensely valuable in cultivating future issues' articles.
In some cases, you may be competing with them directly for knowledgeable
and interesting articles and writers. If a writer sees two outlets with
similar content but one with more ideal rights or remuneration
arrangements, which will s/he submit to?

The author of this list strongly encourages you to support and solicit
articles via email. It may allow you to interact and direct your writers
more effectively and less stressfully. It may allow you to improve the
quality of submissions by expanding the available pool and increasing
the target and focus of individual pieces. Ultimately it may make you
more responsive to readers than your competition. Potentially, both the
writer, editor, and reader benefit from the dynamic arrangement. All
this is written in speculative terms, however, because it is not
guaranteed. You may find that irrelevant or useless queries increase,
but even so a wider selection pool may render that unproblematic.

 

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