Escape Artists
Administrivia => Metachat => Topic started by: deflective on April 16, 2008, 09:06:41 PM
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i don't know what the copyright restrictions are but a link to the text version of a story would be very useful in discussion threads.
maybe if it has been previously published online we could link to that?
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That would be the link that says "Previously published in…"
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I've tried to find the story texts for the stories in Podcastle, but if it's not in the first 10 results in google, well, I usually give up.
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That would be the link that says "Previously published in…"
ah, cool. that link only ever took me to the publication's page before but i've found one (http://forum.escapeartists.info/index.php?topic=1479.0) that links to the actual story. i guess that means that the vast majority of the stories don't have a publicly free version of the text available.
if anyone knows and doesn't mind taking a little time to explain, what difference in copyright/price is there to acquire online text as well?
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That would be the link that says "Previously published in…"
ah, cool. that link only ever took me to the publication's page before but i've found one (http://forum.escapeartists.info/index.php?topic=1479.0) that links to the actual story. i guess that means that the vast majority of the stories don't have a publicly free version of the text available.
if anyone knows and doesn't mind taking a little time to explain, what difference in copyright/price is there to acquire online text as well?
Problem with the internet publishing thing is that it's a theoretical infinite number of copies, which drives the price up. And it's hard to calculate royalties, especially with short-fiction where it's usually a flat fee. Also it can drive down the next sale value if someone wants it for an anthology or magazine.
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PodCastle stories that I know of having a text version online:
Come Lady Death - sci fiction - http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/beagle/beagle1.html
Stone Born - never previously published, so no online free version, but logged in users can see a previous draft in the contest thread
For Fear of Dragons - probably not
Run of the Fiery Horse - probably not
Giant - on lone star stories
Goosegirl - I think deflective (thanks!) already picked this one up
Our next three stories all have online text versions. I'll try to remember to link them, or if I don't, Heradel can. (Thanks.)