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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 3438355" data-attributes="member: 22882">Ask yourself this:Compared to the costs of distribution, marketing (if any), binding and printing involved in such an anthology, would 1c/word truly break their bank?  If so, they're either taking a loss already (a risky, but not impossible business venture) or on such a narrow budget that they're basically doing the project as an odd sort of vanity publication.Ask yourself this:Instead of publishing a print anthology (which, one assumes, will cost upwards of a $200 if they're going anywhere with it; for a serious anthology try closer to $2000 or more, or at least that was the case the last time I looked into it), they could pay their authors 1c/word and put up five 4,000 word stories... for $200 and the price of the web site they already have.  That would make it a better credit for the authors (because it's actually paid, even if it's a small amount), almost certainly cut costs for the company, and give it wider potential exposure.Ask yourself this:Why aren't you insulted that your time and creativity, unlike paper, ink, binding, and THEIR time, is not worth even token payment from this organization?4,000 words dedicated to a project like this is 4,000 words I could be paid $10 for by a flat-rate, low-budget e-zine, $40 by a typical e-zines, $200 by almost all print magazines and the better paying e-zines, etc.  All of which are credits that have actual value and would help me get more stories published.  Once I've *given* a story away, it can never appear in any of those markets because they all require first publication rights.You would be better off writing those 4,000 words and posting them on your personal web site or to a writer's forum, where they would have a better chance of generating buzz and getting helpful comments and advice.  They would also generally be considered publishable by most magazines and some e-zines, having never been professionally published.  That's a better deal across the board.</blockquote>

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