Storm Raven
First Post
Maggan said:I think such a publisher would be very foolish. A persons writing skills are not measured by where he has his name printed, but upon the skills he has.
Then pretty much every publisher is foolish. Look, it may not seem fair, and it may not seem smart, but to publishers it matters where and in what format you have been published. Some magazines or journals are simply regarded as better places to have your work, regardless of the actual quality of the work - so much so that some writers will not submit their work to a "lesser" publication in lieu of trying to get a submission printed much later in a "better" outlet, even if they have already been rejected there.
I think that in general, what you are describing could be the reaction of people not in the process of hiring a writer, but more of general reaction from other people.
I think I am describing the publishing industry.
On the other hand, it is a stamp of professionalism to have been published in print, and it might break the ice at initial contacts with publishers. But I maintain that any publisher who decides who to work with based the difference between "print" or "online" credits is foolish.
Well then, you better get the word out to all of them, since almost all of them really appear to make that a big consideration.