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<blockquote data-quote="arwink" data-source="post: 1700016" data-attributes="member: 2292">To be honest, this is the thing that gets me about your arguement - when you're asking for writers to pay you, even at cost, to see their own work in print, they you are proffiting from the sale - you're getting the writers work for free.&nbsp; They produce the work, they give it to you, and they don't even get the satisfaction of seeing their work in print without having to pay you for the priveledge.&nbsp; I know that it seems like a bunch of people are jumping on your idea in this thread, but this is something that a lot of other writing industries are trying to stamp out - try doing a search for the warning about the various permeations of the world congress of poets, which is essentially an anthology that profits by publishing material regardless of quality and then makes its profit by selling the compilation back to the contributors.Writers are willing to put up with a lot to see work in print, but the minimum they should be accepting is the opportunity to *see* the work in print without paying for it.&nbsp; Like review copies, those freebies you give tot he writers are essentially the hit you take when asking for work from freelancers - it makes you look more proffesional, it gives you good word of mouth, and its not going to alienate folks who would otherwise be interested in your project by making it seem like they're giving you something for nothing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="arwink, post: 1700016, member: 2292"] To be honest, this is the thing that gets me about your arguement - when you're asking for writers to pay you, even at cost, to see their own work in print, they you are proffiting from the sale - you're getting the writers work for free. They produce the work, they give it to you, and they don't even get the satisfaction of seeing their work in print without having to pay you for the priveledge. I know that it seems like a bunch of people are jumping on your idea in this thread, but this is something that a lot of other writing industries are trying to stamp out - try doing a search for the warning about the various permeations of the world congress of poets, which is essentially an anthology that profits by publishing material regardless of quality and then makes its profit by selling the compilation back to the contributors. Writers are willing to put up with a lot to see work in print, but the minimum they should be accepting is the opportunity to *see* the work in print without paying for it. Like review copies, those freebies you give tot he writers are essentially the hit you take when asking for work from freelancers - it makes you look more proffesional, it gives you good word of mouth, and its not going to alienate folks who would otherwise be interested in your project by making it seem like they're giving you something for nothing. [/QUOTE]

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