This market is a high paying one. Story writers are paid as much as $1000 dollars just like that. Those good at poem writing can earn $100 per poem.
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Monday, July 20, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
The Authorhouse Freelance Paying Market
Writing could be so many things to many people. What you write depends on whom you are, where you are, your background and experience, your opportunities and priviledges and your passion.
As I was about getting set to put up this write up, I glossed over some sad events in people's lives and how they have been coping with it. Some lament over their plight in life but others quickly use it as opportunity to reach out to others who may be in similar situation. Thinka about young women who suddenly lose their husbands and become widows unexpectedly. The experience is an unforgetale one that would change their lives forever.
Professional success is hard to come by if one is not priviledge to have insider secrets. Definitely you can leverage on what you know to reach out to others.
It is to make it possible for you to speak to the world in your own way that Authorhouse provides a classical self-publishing opportunity for writers looking for paying markets.
With a token fee, you can get your book published in a very short time with the chance of becoming more popular. Your books will be sold to a ready market waiting for your work.
Authorhouse currently has 40,000 authors working with it and more than 60,000 published titles.
To make the deal sweater, you are also given the opportunity to be involved in their affiliate program whereby you can invite others and get rewarded.
Authorhouse.com gives freelance writers the most sought after opportunity to get paid decently for their work.
As I was about getting set to put up this write up, I glossed over some sad events in people's lives and how they have been coping with it. Some lament over their plight in life but others quickly use it as opportunity to reach out to others who may be in similar situation. Thinka about young women who suddenly lose their husbands and become widows unexpectedly. The experience is an unforgetale one that would change their lives forever.
Professional success is hard to come by if one is not priviledge to have insider secrets. Definitely you can leverage on what you know to reach out to others.
It is to make it possible for you to speak to the world in your own way that Authorhouse provides a classical self-publishing opportunity for writers looking for paying markets.
With a token fee, you can get your book published in a very short time with the chance of becoming more popular. Your books will be sold to a ready market waiting for your work.
Authorhouse currently has 40,000 authors working with it and more than 60,000 published titles.
To make the deal sweater, you are also given the opportunity to be involved in their affiliate program whereby you can invite others and get rewarded.
Authorhouse.com gives freelance writers the most sought after opportunity to get paid decently for their work.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Ravens-Writing: Freelance Income From home
You need to save yourself a lot of confusion as you continue to hunt for paying markets for freelance writing. Several models exist on the internet. Some allow you to bid for jobs. Others will call for application and still some sites give you tips on how and where to find freelance paying markets.
Ravens-writing is one of the great resource for finding paying markets that actually pay you for your writing.
The pitfalls and tips are exposively discussed that it will be difficult for you to miss road.
The choice is yours after reading her post on freelance income from home. From her write up, I heard about demand studios for the first time. My narratives could be insufficient to expose the treasure in her blog for freelance writers.
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Ravens-writing is one of the great resource for finding paying markets that actually pay you for your writing.
The pitfalls and tips are exposively discussed that it will be difficult for you to miss road.
The choice is yours after reading her post on freelance income from home. From her write up, I heard about demand studios for the first time. My narratives could be insufficient to expose the treasure in her blog for freelance writers.
Find out more.....
Click Here Now
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Can This Offer From BookLocker Swell Your Bank Account?
Booklocker has opened wide money making opportunities for freelance writers who wish to self-publish and cheaply make money.
This post is to enlighten you on the services offered and how you can key-in to the mind bugging opportunities booklocker offers.
Here are answers to questions you have wanted to ask about their services......
Questions About Our Services
Q. What services do you provide?
We’re a print-on-demand and ebook publishing services company. We help authors who want to self-publish get their book into the market quickly using print-on-demand and ebook technology.
Print-On-Demand (POD) - Using print-on-demand technology, we offer a package where authors can produce their manuscripts as print books, and have those print books sold directly to a customer via the Internet, as well as offered to bookstores who would then resell the books to customers.
We also can just act as a wholesale supplier for your book if you want to sell it through your own methods and channels and just need someone to print large quantities for you.
For more details about POD technology, see our FAQ: Questions About Print-On-Demand Publishing.
Ebooks - We offer a way for authors to sell their books in ebook format direct to the customer. Our ebooks are in PDF format and our system lets customers instantly download the ebook after they purchase it.
For more details about Ebooks, see our FAQ: Questions About Ebook Publishing.
In both cases, BookLocker does all the sales, fulfillment and customer service tasks associated with selling a book. All an author has to do is provide a finished manuscript and do the legwork to create buyers.
The author retains all rights to the book and you can terminate with us with 24-hours notice via email.
Q. I’ve read a lot of negative things about self-publishing. Why should I self-publish?
There are only two ways to get a book into the market so people can buy it - self-publishing and traditional publishing. Both operate on entirely different models.
A traditional publisher pays for all the costs involved in taking a book from unedited manuscript to finished product. In exchange for doing that, they will take all rights to the book and give you a small percentage of the sales (usually around 8%-10%). Submitting manuscripts to a traditional publisher is a highly competitive endeavor - as there are far more manuscripts submitted than publishing houses to publish them. It is especially difficult for authors with an unproven sales history.
If you are looking for a way to put your book up for sale and forget about it, then self-publishing will be a major disappointment for you. A self-published author is heavily involved with the creation, production, and marketing of the book. Nothing significant happens without that involvement. You have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and do much of the work yourself, otherwise you will never recoup your investment.
Unfortunately, even if you land a traditional publishing contract, you will likely be responsible for almost all of the marketing tasks anyway. Here is a recent article we wrote on our sister site WritersWeekly.com, about Authors Who Avoid Traditional Publishers.
Q. What POD book sizes do you publish?
Black and white interior POD books come in cut sizes of 5.5″x 8.5″ and 6″x9″ paperback or hardcover, as well as 8.25″x11″ paperback.
The covers are color. The insides are black and white.
Color-interior POD books come in cut sizes of 8.5″ x 8.5″ and 8.5″ x 11″ paperback.
The covers and interior are color.
Q. What will the list price of my POD book be?
For black and white-interior paperback POD books:
up to 108 pages - $11.95
109-150 pages - $12.95
151-200 pages - $13.95
201-250 pages - $14.95
Additional $1 per 50 pages for bigger POD books.
Because of the expense involved in manufacturing them, hardcover POD books have list prices approximately double that of the same-size paperback POD book. There are also extra shipping costs due to the fact that hardcover POD books much weigh more. We generally encourage authors to not do hardcover POD books unless there is a compelling reason to do so. If you do want to offer hardcover, you should consider offering paperback as well to give your readers the chance to purchase a less-expensive copy of your book. Additional versions of black-and-white-interior books receive half-price setup fees.
For ebooks, the minimum list price we allow is $5.95. An ebook must be priced at $8.95 or higher for us to pay a 70% royalty.
You can read about our color-interior pricing HERE.
Q. What royalty rate will I make on each sale of my book?
We pay you 35% of the list price for public sales of print books sold through the BookLocker website.
We pay 70% of the list price for ebooks sold through our site, provided they are priced $8.95 or higher. On sales of ebooks with a list price lower than $8.95, we pay a royalty rate of 50%.
Royalties on books sold through other sales channels vary depending on the channel and what we have to pay those channels in exchange for them agreeing to sell the books. Typically, though, we pay you 15% of the list price.
Sales of writing-related books may be offered on WritersWeekly.com. Royalties for those sales are 50% for ebooks and 30% for print books. BookLocker authors are NOT charged to have their writing-related books featured on WritersWeekly.com.
Q. What are the fees to get a book on your system?
Here is a summary. The detailed explanation of each fee is below the summary.
Base Fees
Ebook Listed for free provided it is in PDF.
Ebook Conversion to PDF Try http://createpdf.adobe.com or email your book as an MSWord file to Angela for a free conversion.
POD Setup - Black and white interior $299
File Hosting $18 per year
Cover Design PAPERBACK: $200 for original cover design; $150 for a template. HARDCOVER: $300 for original cover design; $250 for a template.
Ingram Catalog Listing (optional) $60.00 - Even if you don’t choose this, your book WILL still be distributed by Ingram. This is only for a small, one-time print ad in their monthly catalog.
Penalty Fees
Note: You will be given plenty of warning before incurring the below fees.
Changes After the Electronic Proof $99.50
Changes After The Print Proof $199.00
Minor Cover Change Fee $90, only for covers bought through Booklocker.
Explanation of fees:
Ebooks
Ebooks are listed at no cost, provided they are in PDF and ready to sell.
If want us to convert the file into PDF for you, we can. The cost is $35. But we recommend trying to do it for free first at: http://createpdf.adobe.com/ . You have to sign up for an account, but the first five conversions are free.
Print-On-Demand
We charge a setup fee of $299 for black-and-white-interior print books (with color covers), which can be fiction or non-fiction. This includes: formatting the book per our template, an ISBN (if you need one), the ebook version (if you want to offer it), a barcode, and putting your book on our distribution system.
You also need to have a book cover for book. If you can do one per our specifications, there is no charge. (Note: a cover file consists of a front, back and spine, as one file. Not just a front and/or back.) If you don’t have one, you can buy a custom one from us for $200 for the paperback cover or choose one based on a template design for $150. Hardcover cover design is $300 for original; $250 for template.
We charge an $18 annual file hosting fee. You have to pay the first year up front.
Optional Charge
We charge a $60 catalog listing fee for POD books if you want to be listed as a new title in a monthly catalog Ingram distributes to bookstores. This is a one-time-only ad. Personally, we wouldn’t recommend doing it. There are better ways to spend $60 promoting your book. But we offer it because authors ask for it.
Penalty Fees
There are certain points in the POD production process after which things cannot be altered without incurring charges. You will be given plenty of warning before incurring the below fees, which are as follows:
There is a $99.50 charge if, and only if, you decide you want changes after you approve the electronic version of the proof, but before the hardcopy version of the proof is printed. We charge this not to be jerks, but because we have to go backwards in the process to make changes at this point.
There is a $199.00 charge if, and only if, you decide you want changes after the hardcopy version of the proof is printed. Again, we charge this not to be jerks, but because we incur costs if changes are made at this point. The printer charges us considerably more for revisions than they do to process original files.
There is a cover change fee of $90 for minor changes to covers bought through Booklocker.
Q. How many authors use your print-on-demand and ebook publishing service?
We have published more than 1,200 authors in print.
Q. Do you provide an ISBN?
Yes. We issue you an ISBN from our block of numbers. Please note: the ISBN is controlled by us and ISBNs are not transferable. If you decide to leave us, the ISBN will be decommissioned and you’ll have to get a new one. This is dictated by the rules put forth by the government-sanctioned issuer of ISBNs - R.R. Bowker. You may use your own ISBN is you choose. However, even if you do, the ISBN can’t be transferred from one publisher to another. You will still need to obtain a new one if you move your book to a different publisher in the future. You can purchase a single ISBN from Bowker for $125.00. If you want us to assign one of our ISBNs, there is no extra charge, of course.
Q. Can I use my own ISBN?
Sure. If you have your own block of ISBNs, we can use one of those if you prefer. A block of 10 from Bowker costs $225.00.
Q. Do you provide copyright registration?
No, for two reasons.
First, the owner of the work must apply for it and second, we don’t like to charge you for stuff you can do yourself for free.
But you have to ask yourself: Is it worth the effort? Many authors think getting copyright registration means the government will sue anyone who violates it. Not so. All a copyright registration gives you is an official record with the government of the existence of your manuscript, and that you are are rightful author. But it is still up to you to take anyone violating your copyright to court.
Some advantages to having copyright registration are that it makes your case stronger if you have an official government document, and, if infringement is proven, you may be able to claim additional damages beyond your actual damages.
The forms are online here: http://www.copyright.gov/forms/
The LCCN (Library of Congress Catalog Number) is a unique identification number the Library of Congress assigns to the catalog record created for each book in its cataloged collections. Librarians often use it to locate a specific book (though they use other resources as well). You can find information on how to obtain a LCCN here: http://pcn.loc.gov/
Q. How quickly can you print my book?
Normal turnaround is four to six weeks from the time you submit the complete and formatted manuscript to us…often faster, but we like some breathing room.
Q. Other POD publishers offer marketing services I can buy. Why don’t you?
First, we do not believe in the common practice of upselling authors on extra services. Other companies encourage authors to buy marketing products and services that are questionable, at best, in their effectiveness.
Furthermore, those companies are “double-dipping” - essentially making money from selling the marketing services, then turning around and making money on any book sales the marketing services might generate. BookLocker doesn’t believe in that philosophy. We believe in making money primarily from book sales. This puts our business interests in line with the authors’ business interests. When books sell, we both make money.
Plus there is a practical business reason we don’t offer marketing services. First, we simply don’t have enough resources to do a full push with every book. To do so would mean expanding our staff, raising our prices, and losing the personal interaction we have with each author. Second, since we don’t own any rights and the author can walk away from us at any time, it doesn’t make sense to invest money out of our own pocket. Our success stories could simply get up and walk away from us before we made back our investment through the sales.
All that said, we do promote books when there is an opportunity (interviews, inquiries from the press about books on specific topics, etc.). And because of the quality of our inventory, we have a fairly loyal group of customers. Plus we do offer a free marketing area for authors, free one-on-one advice, and even help authors set up blogs on one of the many hosting services upon request. Angela recently published an 11-part series on online book marketing HERE.
Q. What marketing resources do you provide?
We offer a marketing resource site here:
http://marketing.booklocker.com/
We offer a series of articles that step through the process of doing an online marketing campaign. We encourage all authors to read the series, preferably before they work with us so they understand what’s involved in marketing a book online.
We do our own promotion of the site in general to keep traffic coming.
We offer the general public free excerpts in the form of PDFs.
We offer to help authors set up blogs on one of the many hosting services, and give them guidance on how to maximize their effectiveness.
And we offer a tracking service that allows you to see which advertising and promotion efforts you do lead to sales.
Q. What sort of sales can I expect?
That is a hard question to answer definitively because it is entirely dependent on the precision with which the author targets the book’s intended market, and then the intensity of the promotional effort to that market. We’ve had authors who earned thousands and we’ve had authors who earned nothing at all.
If you plan to just put your book up on our service and then sit back and do nothing, you will be disappointed. Some authors think having their book on Amazon means instant sales. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Any book needs an active marketing effort to be successful.
Authors who are serious about their marketing effort almost always make back the setup costs and more. That isn’t a coincidence. We intentionally designed our service around a low setup cost so earning a return on that investment is a reasonable expectation.
Some other points to consider:
An average traditionally published title sells between 5,000 and 10,000 copies a year. But because of the efficiency gained from selling direct and using the “inventory-less” models of POD and ebooks, we can pay more back to the author. So, selling 5000 copies traditionally at a 10% royalty is the financial equivalent of selling 725 ebooks at a 70% royalty, or selling 1450 POD books at a 35% royalty. Those numbers are definitely achievable through our service for authors who actively promote their books.
Also, some authors use our service with the broader goal of getting a traditional publishing contract. When you have a book in the market that has proven sales, you have far more negotiating power with a traditional publisher than if you just presented them with a manuscript.
Q. What are some of your success stories?
Most authors who use us sell enough books to easily make back their investment.
At least 12 authors have moved on to traditional publishing contracts after proving the market for a book with our service. There may be others, but only these 12 have reported it to us.
We’ve had a number of authors build a business around selling their book, or enhance their current business through selling their books. Non-fiction authors who publish more than one book for their target audience tend to do better than authors who have only one book available. In addition, many authors who turn their books into an ongoing business prefer to self-publish so they can maintain 100% control over their book, and also so they can keep more of the profits.
A detailing of our success stories can be found here.
We also have an extensive list of press clippings.
Q. Where do you sell the books besides your web site?
Our POD books are available for special order through numerous online bookstores and through most brick and mortar bookstores. Online book stores include Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, booksamillion.com, chapters.ca and numerous others. You’ll undoubtedly find your book for sale on sites you’ve never heard of before. This simply means they have an account with Ingram, the book distributor.
Online bookstores, such as Amazon.com, are not required to list our titles, or any titles for that matter, for sale. Listings offered by online bookstores are at the discretion of each particular store.
Our ebooks are just sold through BookLocker. At one time we did test market our ebooks on Amazon.com, but found that we were selling more copies through BookLocker (Amazon sold almost no copies of our ebooks), so we discontinued that part of the relationship.
Q. Do you list ebooks with Amazon’s Kindle?
A. No, we do not. For several reasons, we don’t believe Amazon’s contracts are fair to authors. Also, in order to buy a Kindle ebook, your reader would need to buy a Kindle, which costs.
At Booklocker.com, our ebooks are offered in pdf format, which are readable by the vast majority of computers, most of which already have the free software required to read pdf files, as well as software for the blind. Our customers aren’t forced to buy anything to read our authors’ ebooks.
That said, we take no rights from authors and you are welcome to list your own ebook with Amazon for Kindle. Just be very diligent in reading their contract.
Q. How do I get paid for book sales?
For sales through BookLocker, the money is credited instantly to your BookLocker account and paid out the fifth business day of the month, provided your unpaid royalties are $20 or more. Your readers’ sales numbers will match the numbers appearing on those transactions in your author account.
Some bookstores and other small retailers choose to order directly from BookLocker. Your account is credited when that store pays us…and we require prepayment on those orders.
For sales through the distributor, Ingram, it typically takes 90-120 days after the sale takes place for us to get paid. For example, if a sale occurs in February, we would get paid for that sale in May. When we’re paid, we credit the amount to your author account and it is paid to you the next time we send you a royalty check, which is the fifth business day of the month, provided your unpaid royalties are $20 or more.
Q. Should I refer buyers to Booklocker.com or to Amazon.com or another store?
It is always best to refer sales to Booklocker.com. You get paid a higher royalty, you get the royalty quicker, and we can actually deliver books faster to customers than Amazon.com.
Q. What do I tell stores that want to order directly from BookLocker instead of Ingram?
Tell them we can offer a better discount if they order direct from us. Send them to our wholesale book order page.
Q. I want to sell my book through my own methods and channels. Can I buy the books from you at a wholesale rate?
Yes. In fact, we have several authors who have their own web site or distribution arrangements and just use us as a supplier for their books.
Our author discounts charts are HERE (89K - PDF file).
Prices are subject to change, of course.
Q. Do you work with authors outside of the USA?
We’ve recently changed our policy on this regarding authors in Europe. We will now work with authors located in the U.S., Canada, and in Europe. (Note: Authors in Canada who order their books from Booklocker.com need to pay extra for trackable shipping, GST and brokerage fees.) We do not offer color-interior printing to authors in Europe. So if you are in Europe, and you only need black-and-white interior printing (with a color cover, of course), please submit your book to us.
Q. How can I terminate my contract with you?
With a simple email. We don’t tie authors to long-term contracts because you may get an offer from a traditional publisher some day. And, that publisher isn’t going to wait for you to get out of your old contract. We usually remove books within one day, depending on the time of day the termination arrives and if it arrives on the weekend.
Q. Do I need to purchase a cover from you?
Not necessarily. If you can do one per our specifications, there is no charge. But remember, a cover file consists of a front, back and spine as one file. Not just a front and back. The size of the spine is dictated by the thickness of the book, which is dictated by the final page count.
Also, the front cover will be shrunk down to a graphic the size of about 1″ x 2 ” when it gets displayed on BookLocker, as well as sites like Amazon.com and BN.com. You need to be sure you are using colors and fonts that make the words legible at that size.
If you are comfortable with all these issues, but all means send us a cover and save your money.
Q. Why should I pay you when I can just do everything myself?
Some authors do this, but fulfillment, credit card orders and customer service takes a lot of time, especially if you don’t have the automated resources to handle the load. You might want to read Angela’s article, Reasons Not to Sell Your Own Book.
Q. Why should I use BookLocker instead of going directly to your printer?
Well, the big reason is they don’t work with individual authors anymore. You would need to form a publishing company and build all the infrastructure they require to interface with them. And while that might be a cost-effective strategy if you plan to publish many books, it isn’t cost-effective for publishing a few books.
The setup fees are cheaper if you use BookLocker instead of going directly to our printer. And it is a lot less work for you.
Your own block of 10 ISBNs - $249.95
Our ISBN - No additional charge
Setup for 300-page paperback book plus print galley:
Printer’s setup fee: $125 - Add $0.15 per page for each additional page above 300, and add $80/hour if you need help meeting their specs.
Our setup fee: $299 - Same price regardless of size and we help in formatting unformatted books at no charge. Angela formats books every day so she can do it fast, and to the printer’s specs.
TOTAL:
Directly through printer: $374+
Through BookLocker: $299
Distribution: We provide automated order fulfillment. Each order placed through our site is fed directly, through a database we built, to the printer each night. If you worked with the printer directly, you would need to login to the printer’s system and manually enter the details of each order, line-by-line. Or, you could order your book in bulk and do your own shipping from home. Once orders are fed to the printer’s database from ours, they do all the drop-shipping directly to our customers. The BookLocker name and address, of course, appear on all packages.
Q. Why should I use BookLocker instead of submitting my book directly to Ingram / Amazon / B&N, etc. for distribution?
Ingram won’t work with individuals or companies that have less than 10 titles in print. Our relationship with Ingram enables us to send information on all books to their automated bookstore feed. Our books then appear on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Borders.com, chapters.ca, booksamillion.com and many other, smaller online bookstores, both domestic and foreign. Any bookstore with an Ingram account can pick up Ingram’s feed, so, if you use BookLocker, you’ll find your book listed in stores you’ve never heard of.
If you publish yourself and aren’t distributed by Ingram, you would need to manually submit your book to these stores…and would likely need to give them a bigger cut of each sale. For example, we offer a 30% discount to Ingram, which they share with bookstores. Our books appear on Amazon as “ships in 24 hours” or “ships in 2-3 days”, etc., depending on Ingram’s stock. If you went directly to Amazon and needed the same type of delivery promise to appear on their page for your customers, you would need to sign up for their Advantage program, which requires you give them 55% of each sale AND pay them $29.95 per year to keep your listing on their site.
Q. Do I need to buy a barcode for my cover?
No. We place barcodes on covers…for no additional charge, of course.
Q. I want my book to have a Library of Congress Catalog Card Number (LCCN). Where can I do that?
The LCCN is a unique identification number the Library of Congress assigns to the catalog record created for each book in its cataloged collections. Librarians often use it this locate a specific books (though they use other resources as well). You can find information on how to obtain a LCCN here:
pcn.loc.gov
Q. Where can I find copyright forms?
www.copyright.gov
Q. I want to use my own ISBN. Where can I buy a block?
We provide one of our ISBNs at no additional charge to all Booklocker print on demand authors who request one. However, you are welcome to use your own ISBN if you like. You should know, however, that your book will still show up in the online bookstores as being published by BookLocker because Ingram receives info. about your book directly from us for those databases. Ingram won’t work with self-published authors directly so they usually must use a publishing company that already has an Ingram account. Your book will, however, show up under your (or your company’s) name in Books in Print and places where you register your own ISBN.
A block of 10 ISBNs (the minimum) is $225 plus a $24.95 registration fee. You can apply for a block of ISBNs here:
www.isbn.org.
REMINDER: You do **not** need to buy barcodes from the ISBN agency! We can provide them at no charge.
Q. How do I submit a manuscript for consideration?
The submission process is two steps.
First, you fill out a form. We’ll use this to create a log of your submission.
Second, after you submit this information, we give you an email address and an ID number. You use that email address to send in a file of your manuscript and you’ll put the ID number in the subject of the email.
We don’t require any special formatting to submit a book for consideration. We only ask that it be a text, PDF, rich text or MS Word document.
All we ask is that you don’t start the process until your manuscript is complete and ready for review.
Click here to start the process.
This post is to enlighten you on the services offered and how you can key-in to the mind bugging opportunities booklocker offers.
Here are answers to questions you have wanted to ask about their services......
Questions About Our Services
Q. What services do you provide?
We’re a print-on-demand and ebook publishing services company. We help authors who want to self-publish get their book into the market quickly using print-on-demand and ebook technology.
Print-On-Demand (POD) - Using print-on-demand technology, we offer a package where authors can produce their manuscripts as print books, and have those print books sold directly to a customer via the Internet, as well as offered to bookstores who would then resell the books to customers.
We also can just act as a wholesale supplier for your book if you want to sell it through your own methods and channels and just need someone to print large quantities for you.
For more details about POD technology, see our FAQ: Questions About Print-On-Demand Publishing.
Ebooks - We offer a way for authors to sell their books in ebook format direct to the customer. Our ebooks are in PDF format and our system lets customers instantly download the ebook after they purchase it.
For more details about Ebooks, see our FAQ: Questions About Ebook Publishing.
In both cases, BookLocker does all the sales, fulfillment and customer service tasks associated with selling a book. All an author has to do is provide a finished manuscript and do the legwork to create buyers.
The author retains all rights to the book and you can terminate with us with 24-hours notice via email.
Q. I’ve read a lot of negative things about self-publishing. Why should I self-publish?
There are only two ways to get a book into the market so people can buy it - self-publishing and traditional publishing. Both operate on entirely different models.
A traditional publisher pays for all the costs involved in taking a book from unedited manuscript to finished product. In exchange for doing that, they will take all rights to the book and give you a small percentage of the sales (usually around 8%-10%). Submitting manuscripts to a traditional publisher is a highly competitive endeavor - as there are far more manuscripts submitted than publishing houses to publish them. It is especially difficult for authors with an unproven sales history.
If you are looking for a way to put your book up for sale and forget about it, then self-publishing will be a major disappointment for you. A self-published author is heavily involved with the creation, production, and marketing of the book. Nothing significant happens without that involvement. You have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and do much of the work yourself, otherwise you will never recoup your investment.
Unfortunately, even if you land a traditional publishing contract, you will likely be responsible for almost all of the marketing tasks anyway. Here is a recent article we wrote on our sister site WritersWeekly.com, about Authors Who Avoid Traditional Publishers.
Q. What POD book sizes do you publish?
Black and white interior POD books come in cut sizes of 5.5″x 8.5″ and 6″x9″ paperback or hardcover, as well as 8.25″x11″ paperback.
The covers are color. The insides are black and white.
Color-interior POD books come in cut sizes of 8.5″ x 8.5″ and 8.5″ x 11″ paperback.
The covers and interior are color.
Q. What will the list price of my POD book be?
For black and white-interior paperback POD books:
up to 108 pages - $11.95
109-150 pages - $12.95
151-200 pages - $13.95
201-250 pages - $14.95
Additional $1 per 50 pages for bigger POD books.
Because of the expense involved in manufacturing them, hardcover POD books have list prices approximately double that of the same-size paperback POD book. There are also extra shipping costs due to the fact that hardcover POD books much weigh more. We generally encourage authors to not do hardcover POD books unless there is a compelling reason to do so. If you do want to offer hardcover, you should consider offering paperback as well to give your readers the chance to purchase a less-expensive copy of your book. Additional versions of black-and-white-interior books receive half-price setup fees.
For ebooks, the minimum list price we allow is $5.95. An ebook must be priced at $8.95 or higher for us to pay a 70% royalty.
You can read about our color-interior pricing HERE.
Q. What royalty rate will I make on each sale of my book?
We pay you 35% of the list price for public sales of print books sold through the BookLocker website.
We pay 70% of the list price for ebooks sold through our site, provided they are priced $8.95 or higher. On sales of ebooks with a list price lower than $8.95, we pay a royalty rate of 50%.
Royalties on books sold through other sales channels vary depending on the channel and what we have to pay those channels in exchange for them agreeing to sell the books. Typically, though, we pay you 15% of the list price.
Sales of writing-related books may be offered on WritersWeekly.com. Royalties for those sales are 50% for ebooks and 30% for print books. BookLocker authors are NOT charged to have their writing-related books featured on WritersWeekly.com.
Q. What are the fees to get a book on your system?
Here is a summary. The detailed explanation of each fee is below the summary.
Base Fees
Ebook Listed for free provided it is in PDF.
Ebook Conversion to PDF Try http://createpdf.adobe.com or email your book as an MSWord file to Angela for a free conversion.
POD Setup - Black and white interior $299
File Hosting $18 per year
Cover Design PAPERBACK: $200 for original cover design; $150 for a template. HARDCOVER: $300 for original cover design; $250 for a template.
Ingram Catalog Listing (optional) $60.00 - Even if you don’t choose this, your book WILL still be distributed by Ingram. This is only for a small, one-time print ad in their monthly catalog.
Penalty Fees
Note: You will be given plenty of warning before incurring the below fees.
Changes After the Electronic Proof $99.50
Changes After The Print Proof $199.00
Minor Cover Change Fee $90, only for covers bought through Booklocker.
Explanation of fees:
Ebooks
Ebooks are listed at no cost, provided they are in PDF and ready to sell.
If want us to convert the file into PDF for you, we can. The cost is $35. But we recommend trying to do it for free first at: http://createpdf.adobe.com/ . You have to sign up for an account, but the first five conversions are free.
Print-On-Demand
We charge a setup fee of $299 for black-and-white-interior print books (with color covers), which can be fiction or non-fiction. This includes: formatting the book per our template, an ISBN (if you need one), the ebook version (if you want to offer it), a barcode, and putting your book on our distribution system.
You also need to have a book cover for book. If you can do one per our specifications, there is no charge. (Note: a cover file consists of a front, back and spine, as one file. Not just a front and/or back.) If you don’t have one, you can buy a custom one from us for $200 for the paperback cover or choose one based on a template design for $150. Hardcover cover design is $300 for original; $250 for template.
We charge an $18 annual file hosting fee. You have to pay the first year up front.
Optional Charge
We charge a $60 catalog listing fee for POD books if you want to be listed as a new title in a monthly catalog Ingram distributes to bookstores. This is a one-time-only ad. Personally, we wouldn’t recommend doing it. There are better ways to spend $60 promoting your book. But we offer it because authors ask for it.
Penalty Fees
There are certain points in the POD production process after which things cannot be altered without incurring charges. You will be given plenty of warning before incurring the below fees, which are as follows:
There is a $99.50 charge if, and only if, you decide you want changes after you approve the electronic version of the proof, but before the hardcopy version of the proof is printed. We charge this not to be jerks, but because we have to go backwards in the process to make changes at this point.
There is a $199.00 charge if, and only if, you decide you want changes after the hardcopy version of the proof is printed. Again, we charge this not to be jerks, but because we incur costs if changes are made at this point. The printer charges us considerably more for revisions than they do to process original files.
There is a cover change fee of $90 for minor changes to covers bought through Booklocker.
Q. How many authors use your print-on-demand and ebook publishing service?
We have published more than 1,200 authors in print.
Q. Do you provide an ISBN?
Yes. We issue you an ISBN from our block of numbers. Please note: the ISBN is controlled by us and ISBNs are not transferable. If you decide to leave us, the ISBN will be decommissioned and you’ll have to get a new one. This is dictated by the rules put forth by the government-sanctioned issuer of ISBNs - R.R. Bowker. You may use your own ISBN is you choose. However, even if you do, the ISBN can’t be transferred from one publisher to another. You will still need to obtain a new one if you move your book to a different publisher in the future. You can purchase a single ISBN from Bowker for $125.00. If you want us to assign one of our ISBNs, there is no extra charge, of course.
Q. Can I use my own ISBN?
Sure. If you have your own block of ISBNs, we can use one of those if you prefer. A block of 10 from Bowker costs $225.00.
Q. Do you provide copyright registration?
No, for two reasons.
First, the owner of the work must apply for it and second, we don’t like to charge you for stuff you can do yourself for free.
But you have to ask yourself: Is it worth the effort? Many authors think getting copyright registration means the government will sue anyone who violates it. Not so. All a copyright registration gives you is an official record with the government of the existence of your manuscript, and that you are are rightful author. But it is still up to you to take anyone violating your copyright to court.
Some advantages to having copyright registration are that it makes your case stronger if you have an official government document, and, if infringement is proven, you may be able to claim additional damages beyond your actual damages.
The forms are online here: http://www.copyright.gov/forms/
The LCCN (Library of Congress Catalog Number) is a unique identification number the Library of Congress assigns to the catalog record created for each book in its cataloged collections. Librarians often use it to locate a specific book (though they use other resources as well). You can find information on how to obtain a LCCN here: http://pcn.loc.gov/
Q. How quickly can you print my book?
Normal turnaround is four to six weeks from the time you submit the complete and formatted manuscript to us…often faster, but we like some breathing room.
Q. Other POD publishers offer marketing services I can buy. Why don’t you?
First, we do not believe in the common practice of upselling authors on extra services. Other companies encourage authors to buy marketing products and services that are questionable, at best, in their effectiveness.
Furthermore, those companies are “double-dipping” - essentially making money from selling the marketing services, then turning around and making money on any book sales the marketing services might generate. BookLocker doesn’t believe in that philosophy. We believe in making money primarily from book sales. This puts our business interests in line with the authors’ business interests. When books sell, we both make money.
Plus there is a practical business reason we don’t offer marketing services. First, we simply don’t have enough resources to do a full push with every book. To do so would mean expanding our staff, raising our prices, and losing the personal interaction we have with each author. Second, since we don’t own any rights and the author can walk away from us at any time, it doesn’t make sense to invest money out of our own pocket. Our success stories could simply get up and walk away from us before we made back our investment through the sales.
All that said, we do promote books when there is an opportunity (interviews, inquiries from the press about books on specific topics, etc.). And because of the quality of our inventory, we have a fairly loyal group of customers. Plus we do offer a free marketing area for authors, free one-on-one advice, and even help authors set up blogs on one of the many hosting services upon request. Angela recently published an 11-part series on online book marketing HERE.
Q. What marketing resources do you provide?
We offer a marketing resource site here:
http://marketing.booklocker.com/
We offer a series of articles that step through the process of doing an online marketing campaign. We encourage all authors to read the series, preferably before they work with us so they understand what’s involved in marketing a book online.
We do our own promotion of the site in general to keep traffic coming.
We offer the general public free excerpts in the form of PDFs.
We offer to help authors set up blogs on one of the many hosting services, and give them guidance on how to maximize their effectiveness.
And we offer a tracking service that allows you to see which advertising and promotion efforts you do lead to sales.
Q. What sort of sales can I expect?
That is a hard question to answer definitively because it is entirely dependent on the precision with which the author targets the book’s intended market, and then the intensity of the promotional effort to that market. We’ve had authors who earned thousands and we’ve had authors who earned nothing at all.
If you plan to just put your book up on our service and then sit back and do nothing, you will be disappointed. Some authors think having their book on Amazon means instant sales. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Any book needs an active marketing effort to be successful.
Authors who are serious about their marketing effort almost always make back the setup costs and more. That isn’t a coincidence. We intentionally designed our service around a low setup cost so earning a return on that investment is a reasonable expectation.
Some other points to consider:
An average traditionally published title sells between 5,000 and 10,000 copies a year. But because of the efficiency gained from selling direct and using the “inventory-less” models of POD and ebooks, we can pay more back to the author. So, selling 5000 copies traditionally at a 10% royalty is the financial equivalent of selling 725 ebooks at a 70% royalty, or selling 1450 POD books at a 35% royalty. Those numbers are definitely achievable through our service for authors who actively promote their books.
Also, some authors use our service with the broader goal of getting a traditional publishing contract. When you have a book in the market that has proven sales, you have far more negotiating power with a traditional publisher than if you just presented them with a manuscript.
Q. What are some of your success stories?
Most authors who use us sell enough books to easily make back their investment.
At least 12 authors have moved on to traditional publishing contracts after proving the market for a book with our service. There may be others, but only these 12 have reported it to us.
We’ve had a number of authors build a business around selling their book, or enhance their current business through selling their books. Non-fiction authors who publish more than one book for their target audience tend to do better than authors who have only one book available. In addition, many authors who turn their books into an ongoing business prefer to self-publish so they can maintain 100% control over their book, and also so they can keep more of the profits.
A detailing of our success stories can be found here.
We also have an extensive list of press clippings.
Q. Where do you sell the books besides your web site?
Our POD books are available for special order through numerous online bookstores and through most brick and mortar bookstores. Online book stores include Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, booksamillion.com, chapters.ca and numerous others. You’ll undoubtedly find your book for sale on sites you’ve never heard of before. This simply means they have an account with Ingram, the book distributor.
Online bookstores, such as Amazon.com, are not required to list our titles, or any titles for that matter, for sale. Listings offered by online bookstores are at the discretion of each particular store.
Our ebooks are just sold through BookLocker. At one time we did test market our ebooks on Amazon.com, but found that we were selling more copies through BookLocker (Amazon sold almost no copies of our ebooks), so we discontinued that part of the relationship.
Q. Do you list ebooks with Amazon’s Kindle?
A. No, we do not. For several reasons, we don’t believe Amazon’s contracts are fair to authors. Also, in order to buy a Kindle ebook, your reader would need to buy a Kindle, which costs.
At Booklocker.com, our ebooks are offered in pdf format, which are readable by the vast majority of computers, most of which already have the free software required to read pdf files, as well as software for the blind. Our customers aren’t forced to buy anything to read our authors’ ebooks.
That said, we take no rights from authors and you are welcome to list your own ebook with Amazon for Kindle. Just be very diligent in reading their contract.
Q. How do I get paid for book sales?
For sales through BookLocker, the money is credited instantly to your BookLocker account and paid out the fifth business day of the month, provided your unpaid royalties are $20 or more. Your readers’ sales numbers will match the numbers appearing on those transactions in your author account.
Some bookstores and other small retailers choose to order directly from BookLocker. Your account is credited when that store pays us…and we require prepayment on those orders.
For sales through the distributor, Ingram, it typically takes 90-120 days after the sale takes place for us to get paid. For example, if a sale occurs in February, we would get paid for that sale in May. When we’re paid, we credit the amount to your author account and it is paid to you the next time we send you a royalty check, which is the fifth business day of the month, provided your unpaid royalties are $20 or more.
Q. Should I refer buyers to Booklocker.com or to Amazon.com or another store?
It is always best to refer sales to Booklocker.com. You get paid a higher royalty, you get the royalty quicker, and we can actually deliver books faster to customers than Amazon.com.
Q. What do I tell stores that want to order directly from BookLocker instead of Ingram?
Tell them we can offer a better discount if they order direct from us. Send them to our wholesale book order page.
Q. I want to sell my book through my own methods and channels. Can I buy the books from you at a wholesale rate?
Yes. In fact, we have several authors who have their own web site or distribution arrangements and just use us as a supplier for their books.
Our author discounts charts are HERE (89K - PDF file).
Prices are subject to change, of course.
Q. Do you work with authors outside of the USA?
We’ve recently changed our policy on this regarding authors in Europe. We will now work with authors located in the U.S., Canada, and in Europe. (Note: Authors in Canada who order their books from Booklocker.com need to pay extra for trackable shipping, GST and brokerage fees.) We do not offer color-interior printing to authors in Europe. So if you are in Europe, and you only need black-and-white interior printing (with a color cover, of course), please submit your book to us.
Q. How can I terminate my contract with you?
With a simple email. We don’t tie authors to long-term contracts because you may get an offer from a traditional publisher some day. And, that publisher isn’t going to wait for you to get out of your old contract. We usually remove books within one day, depending on the time of day the termination arrives and if it arrives on the weekend.
Q. Do I need to purchase a cover from you?
Not necessarily. If you can do one per our specifications, there is no charge. But remember, a cover file consists of a front, back and spine as one file. Not just a front and back. The size of the spine is dictated by the thickness of the book, which is dictated by the final page count.
Also, the front cover will be shrunk down to a graphic the size of about 1″ x 2 ” when it gets displayed on BookLocker, as well as sites like Amazon.com and BN.com. You need to be sure you are using colors and fonts that make the words legible at that size.
If you are comfortable with all these issues, but all means send us a cover and save your money.
Q. Why should I pay you when I can just do everything myself?
Some authors do this, but fulfillment, credit card orders and customer service takes a lot of time, especially if you don’t have the automated resources to handle the load. You might want to read Angela’s article, Reasons Not to Sell Your Own Book.
Q. Why should I use BookLocker instead of going directly to your printer?
Well, the big reason is they don’t work with individual authors anymore. You would need to form a publishing company and build all the infrastructure they require to interface with them. And while that might be a cost-effective strategy if you plan to publish many books, it isn’t cost-effective for publishing a few books.
The setup fees are cheaper if you use BookLocker instead of going directly to our printer. And it is a lot less work for you.
Your own block of 10 ISBNs - $249.95
Our ISBN - No additional charge
Setup for 300-page paperback book plus print galley:
Printer’s setup fee: $125 - Add $0.15 per page for each additional page above 300, and add $80/hour if you need help meeting their specs.
Our setup fee: $299 - Same price regardless of size and we help in formatting unformatted books at no charge. Angela formats books every day so she can do it fast, and to the printer’s specs.
TOTAL:
Directly through printer: $374+
Through BookLocker: $299
Distribution: We provide automated order fulfillment. Each order placed through our site is fed directly, through a database we built, to the printer each night. If you worked with the printer directly, you would need to login to the printer’s system and manually enter the details of each order, line-by-line. Or, you could order your book in bulk and do your own shipping from home. Once orders are fed to the printer’s database from ours, they do all the drop-shipping directly to our customers. The BookLocker name and address, of course, appear on all packages.
Q. Why should I use BookLocker instead of submitting my book directly to Ingram / Amazon / B&N, etc. for distribution?
Ingram won’t work with individuals or companies that have less than 10 titles in print. Our relationship with Ingram enables us to send information on all books to their automated bookstore feed. Our books then appear on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Borders.com, chapters.ca, booksamillion.com and many other, smaller online bookstores, both domestic and foreign. Any bookstore with an Ingram account can pick up Ingram’s feed, so, if you use BookLocker, you’ll find your book listed in stores you’ve never heard of.
If you publish yourself and aren’t distributed by Ingram, you would need to manually submit your book to these stores…and would likely need to give them a bigger cut of each sale. For example, we offer a 30% discount to Ingram, which they share with bookstores. Our books appear on Amazon as “ships in 24 hours” or “ships in 2-3 days”, etc., depending on Ingram’s stock. If you went directly to Amazon and needed the same type of delivery promise to appear on their page for your customers, you would need to sign up for their Advantage program, which requires you give them 55% of each sale AND pay them $29.95 per year to keep your listing on their site.
Q. Do I need to buy a barcode for my cover?
No. We place barcodes on covers…for no additional charge, of course.
Q. I want my book to have a Library of Congress Catalog Card Number (LCCN). Where can I do that?
The LCCN is a unique identification number the Library of Congress assigns to the catalog record created for each book in its cataloged collections. Librarians often use it this locate a specific books (though they use other resources as well). You can find information on how to obtain a LCCN here:
pcn.loc.gov
Q. Where can I find copyright forms?
www.copyright.gov
Q. I want to use my own ISBN. Where can I buy a block?
We provide one of our ISBNs at no additional charge to all Booklocker print on demand authors who request one. However, you are welcome to use your own ISBN if you like. You should know, however, that your book will still show up in the online bookstores as being published by BookLocker because Ingram receives info. about your book directly from us for those databases. Ingram won’t work with self-published authors directly so they usually must use a publishing company that already has an Ingram account. Your book will, however, show up under your (or your company’s) name in Books in Print and places where you register your own ISBN.
A block of 10 ISBNs (the minimum) is $225 plus a $24.95 registration fee. You can apply for a block of ISBNs here:
www.isbn.org.
REMINDER: You do **not** need to buy barcodes from the ISBN agency! We can provide them at no charge.
Q. How do I submit a manuscript for consideration?
The submission process is two steps.
First, you fill out a form. We’ll use this to create a log of your submission.
Second, after you submit this information, we give you an email address and an ID number. You use that email address to send in a file of your manuscript and you’ll put the ID number in the subject of the email.
We don’t require any special formatting to submit a book for consideration. We only ask that it be a text, PDF, rich text or MS Word document.
All we ask is that you don’t start the process until your manuscript is complete and ready for review.
Click here to start the process.
Monday, May 11, 2009
How To Find Freelance Writing Projects
Freelance writing projects are more rewarding than individual works. But you need to be at the right place with the right attitude to garner such large scale work. These projects include article writing, content writing, copywriting, web content creation, blog posting, book writing, editing, proof writing, translation work, re-writing projects and resume writing. The topics may be varied, like books on technical matters, literary projects, research works and so on.
Organizations who are in need of such writing works post their ads on internet sites. You can select your field from them and make your bids accordingly. You have to quote an acceptable price, spell out your capabilities and time required for completion.
Finding suitable freelance work is not difficult at all. A membership in any article writing sites would serve you in the long term as they keep advising their members about the requirements and nuances of freelance writing regularly through e-mails and other postings.
Completing the project in the desired quality at the agreed to time helps you gain more work in the future. Many sites that invite freelance writers to bid for their projects look for the work history of each bidder. A writer with a negative impression can never succeed in acquiring more jobs.
While a simple web search may help you find freelance writing jobs, it is not that easy to meet the expectations of the person who hire you. Creativity mixed with meticulousness is imperative for long standing success for a online freelance writer.
Do You Want 6 Figures Freelance Projects,Click Here
Organizations who are in need of such writing works post their ads on internet sites. You can select your field from them and make your bids accordingly. You have to quote an acceptable price, spell out your capabilities and time required for completion.
Finding suitable freelance work is not difficult at all. A membership in any article writing sites would serve you in the long term as they keep advising their members about the requirements and nuances of freelance writing regularly through e-mails and other postings.
Completing the project in the desired quality at the agreed to time helps you gain more work in the future. Many sites that invite freelance writers to bid for their projects look for the work history of each bidder. A writer with a negative impression can never succeed in acquiring more jobs.
While a simple web search may help you find freelance writing jobs, it is not that easy to meet the expectations of the person who hire you. Creativity mixed with meticulousness is imperative for long standing success for a online freelance writer.
Do You Want 6 Figures Freelance Projects,Click Here
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Writing-World's Guide To Paying Markets For Fiction and Poetry - Book Review
Writing-World.com's Guide to Paying Markets for Fiction and Poetry by Moira Allen, is more than just a book of data for writer's submissions. The author includes only paying markets of periodicals (E-zines, magazines and a few newspapers). The author created a highly valuable section entitled "About this Guide", that explains what each section of details listed under the publications means. She even goes as far as describing the various rights that are often required by periodicals. I learned within the first 17 pages that I had been addressing envelopes incorrectly for international shipping by placing the country in mostly small caps beside the state or province. And what a surprise that was for me - I had no idea there was a protocol for shipping out-of-country! This important chapter also discusses common issues and problems with email and online submissions. Moira's discussion on literary magazines was also very informative and interesting.
Listing markets for short stories, poetry, fiction, fantasy, horror, Christian, adult and many other genres from romance to mystery - this book is sure to help authors market their books and freelance writers sell their articles. Author Moira Allen, goes a step farther and sub-groups markets into smaller categories, such as Children/Christian and Flash Fiction, to make the selection easier for writers.
Reference books like these tend to be dry and boring to read, but Moira's book is written personably - which is difficult to do when listing data. Each listing has numerous helpful tips and information including what kind of material the publication accepts submission for, what the publication's pay rate starts at, what rights are requested and contact information (including emails and website URLs).
This book has definitely found a spot on my writer's reference shelf in my office!
Publisher: Writing-World.com
Available at: http://www.writing-world.com/bookstore/index.shtml
Listing markets for short stories, poetry, fiction, fantasy, horror, Christian, adult and many other genres from romance to mystery - this book is sure to help authors market their books and freelance writers sell their articles. Author Moira Allen, goes a step farther and sub-groups markets into smaller categories, such as Children/Christian and Flash Fiction, to make the selection easier for writers.
Reference books like these tend to be dry and boring to read, but Moira's book is written personably - which is difficult to do when listing data. Each listing has numerous helpful tips and information including what kind of material the publication accepts submission for, what the publication's pay rate starts at, what rights are requested and contact information (including emails and website URLs).
This book has definitely found a spot on my writer's reference shelf in my office!
Publisher: Writing-World.com
Available at: http://www.writing-world.com/bookstore/index.shtml
Monday, May 4, 2009
Writing-World's Guide To Paying Markets For Fiction and Poetry - Book Review
Writing-World.com's Guide to Paying Markets for Fiction and Poetry by Moira Allen, is more than just a book of data for writer's submissions. The author includes only paying markets of periodicals (E-zines, magazines and a few newspapers). The author created a highly valuable section entitled "About this Guide", that explains what each section of details listed under the publications means. She even goes as far as describing the various rights that are often required by periodicals. I learned within the first 17 pages that I had been addressing envelopes incorrectly for international shipping by placing the country in mostly small caps beside the state or province. And what a surprise that was for me - I had no idea there was a protocol for shipping out-of-country! This important chapter also discusses common issues and problems with email and online submissions. Moira's discussion on literary magazines was also very informative and interesting.
Listing markets for short stories, poetry, fiction, fantasy, horror, Christian, adult and many other genres from romance to mystery - this book is sure to help authors market their books and freelance writers sell their articles. Author Moira Allen, goes a step farther and sub-groups markets into smaller categories, such as Children/Christian and Flash Fiction, to make the selection easier for writers.
Reference books like these tend to be dry and boring to read, but Moira's book is written personably - which is difficult to do when listing data. Each listing has numerous helpful tips and information including what kind of material the publication accepts submission for, what the publication's pay rate starts at, what rights are requested and contact information (including emails and website URLs).
This book has definitely found a spot on my writer's reference shelf in my office!
Publisher: Writing-World.com
Available at: http://www.writing-world.com/bookstore/index.shtml
Listing markets for short stories, poetry, fiction, fantasy, horror, Christian, adult and many other genres from romance to mystery - this book is sure to help authors market their books and freelance writers sell their articles. Author Moira Allen, goes a step farther and sub-groups markets into smaller categories, such as Children/Christian and Flash Fiction, to make the selection easier for writers.
Reference books like these tend to be dry and boring to read, but Moira's book is written personably - which is difficult to do when listing data. Each listing has numerous helpful tips and information including what kind of material the publication accepts submission for, what the publication's pay rate starts at, what rights are requested and contact information (including emails and website URLs).
This book has definitely found a spot on my writer's reference shelf in my office!
Publisher: Writing-World.com
Available at: http://www.writing-world.com/bookstore/index.shtml
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
FirstWriter.com-Amazing Freelance Paying Market
Sometimes you want to write and phew, you are temporily blocked out. This is not the time your pen flow freely as a result of the quick coordination your mind relates to your hands. Anyway, you need to continue writing anyhow to get your thoughts across.
One major problem first writers faces is where to get publishers to make it happen for them. They want to be promoted and break into the paying markets. At first, it seems impossible but the breakthrough will definitely come. But you should know that the breakthrough will not come until you have access to the key information of where to find the market that will pay you for writing.
*How can you find a literary agent to promote your work?
* Where can you get connected to publishers that will help publish your work so that you too can benefit from paying markets?
* Where can you find writing contests to test if your writing could attract appeal in the market and be paid for it?
* There are hidden magazines out there that pays freelance writers. How can you locate them and establish an ongoing relationship with them?
* Where can you get experts to proofread and critique your work?
Yes. I found the answer to those nagging questions. First writer is the place to go.
This paying freelance market saves you from scammers roaming about the net. It exposes you to more than 1,000 publishers in a matter of seconds. You also stand to benefit from your music gift as first writer connect you with a powerful online resource to help you achieve your dream.
To benefit from this paying market opportunity, go to www.firstwriter.com
One major problem first writers faces is where to get publishers to make it happen for them. They want to be promoted and break into the paying markets. At first, it seems impossible but the breakthrough will definitely come. But you should know that the breakthrough will not come until you have access to the key information of where to find the market that will pay you for writing.
*How can you find a literary agent to promote your work?
* Where can you get connected to publishers that will help publish your work so that you too can benefit from paying markets?
* Where can you find writing contests to test if your writing could attract appeal in the market and be paid for it?
* There are hidden magazines out there that pays freelance writers. How can you locate them and establish an ongoing relationship with them?
* Where can you get experts to proofread and critique your work?
Yes. I found the answer to those nagging questions. First writer is the place to go.
This paying freelance market saves you from scammers roaming about the net. It exposes you to more than 1,000 publishers in a matter of seconds. You also stand to benefit from your music gift as first writer connect you with a powerful online resource to help you achieve your dream.
To benefit from this paying market opportunity, go to www.firstwriter.com
Friday, April 17, 2009
111 Rare Paying Markets No One Has Ever Shared With You
Trust me. I have committed myself to removing every obstacle before you that can prevent you from having the information that will give you the desired break in your freelance writing career.
Over the time I have been researching on paying markets for freelance writers, I have met with writers online who are selfless and their example has been my motivation not to hold anything back from you whenever I discover them.
This article could not have been possible if the off-network signal regime I had suffered from my provider has persisted since the past few days. It could be very discouraging not being online to do what you want to do and serve your fans the way you had always wanted. Anyway, I have refused to be deterred.
My determination has eventually paid off. These one hundred and eleven (111) paying markets for writers whether high or low paying market will definitely thrill you.
You will wonder why you have never been told about them before. As usual, my advice to you is that you should try to access these resources because there is power in taking action.
In order to help you follow through so easily, I have gotten one of my online expert on paying markets-Glenda Shoonmaker to list them out categorically and here is what she came up with:
A Writing Place
Extensive compilation of all sorts of publications' submissions guidelines.
AcqWeb
AcqWeb offers an international directory of e-mail addresses of publishers, vendors and related professional resources for writers.
Alphabetical List of Paying Markets
Get links to more than 600 paying markets...
American Magazines
Current list of American general, business and trade magazines from Peter's Place of Freelance Journalism.
Arts Deadlines List
Good list of announcements - like calls for submissions and contests - some for writers.
Arts Publications
Search for magazines, ezines, journals, catalogues, and newsletters alphabetically or by sub genre.
Australian Electronic Journals
Listing of more than 1,000 Australian electronic journals and magazines.
Bloodletters
Good listing of details and links to "Goblin Markets."
BMI Online Magazines
List of smaller magazines (many are non-paying markets).
Brint Magazine List
Comprehensive list of business journals, print and electronic publications, international newspapers, and more.
Canadian Magazine Links
Good list from Peter's Place of Freelance Journalism.
CALLIHOO Newsletter
Features list of Science Fiction and Fantasy market guidelines from May 2002 to present (which appears to be October 2002).
Calls for Papers
Lists postings from academic anthologies and journals looking for works.
Children's Writers Marketplace
Site offers a magazine market list from one published author's own writing card file.
Christian Writer's Market Guide
The 2003 Edition lists more than 660 periodical markets, about 380 book markets, 120 greeting card/specialty markets and almost 250 poetry markets.
Christian Poet's Markets
Provides links to 52 publications of interest to Christian poets who wish to market their poetry.
Christian Writer's Guidelines and Markets at Snowfaux
Provides almost 300 periodicals with working links to on-line Christian writer's guidelines.
Consumer Magazines and E-Zines
Find links to various magazine and ezine sites that hire freelance writers from absolutewrite.
Core List of Journals for Women's Studies
The Association of College & Research Libraries, Women's Studies Section compiles this list.
DarkMarkets
This is "The Online Market Guide for Horror Writers."
Duotrope's Digest
Features a database of over 1375 current markets for short fiction and poetry.
Electronic Publications
List of mystery ezine markets from the Mysterious Home Page.
Engen's Science Fiction & Fantasy Market Search Engine
Searchable database of markets for Sci-Fi and Fantasy writers.
English-language Media in Spain
This site from Freelance Spain has links to media publications and outlets in Spain.
Exclusive "Quick Cash Writing" Course:
Read as best-selling author Nick Daws exposes the little-known writing markets that will pay big bucks for just five minutes work.
Click HERE to learn more.
Fiction Factor
Site provides good listing of paying fiction and nonfiction markets.
Firstwriter
Free directory, contest listings and much more for writers online.
ForWriters
List of markets accepting submissions.
Gebbie Press
Only lists links directly to magazine publishers online (not actual submission guidelines).
Guide to on-line guidelines
See who is accepting submissions for what types of writing and where they're located on the Web.
Guidelines
Growing list of submission guidelines from the organizedwriter.
Guidelines from Writer's Digest
Collection of top 100 places to get published.
IIAV - Online periodicals
The International Information Centre and Archives of the Women's Movement (IIAV) in Amsterdam is building a digital archive including a database of online periodicals.
Index of Online Fiction
Index listing e-zines that pay their authors at least about $0.01/word, are currently in business, and are known to be writer-friendly...
Jacqui Bennett Writers Bureau
Offers large collection of UK markets for fiction and nonfiction.
Journals
Oyster Boy Review of Fiction & Poetry lists Academic, Independent and "Big Guns."
Journals
A comprehensive list of literary journals with an online presence.
KidMagWriters.com-children's magazine writers information center
Frequently updated list of links to Children's magazine guidelines.
Life Writers Market Watch
Brief list of calls for submissions with detailed information.
Literary Journals
Great listing of links to literary journals with detailed information.
Literary Magazines
Long list of links to literary magazine websites from the Nebraska Center for Writers.
LitMag
Good guide to literary magazines.
LitRefs: Submission Guidelines
This site has hundreds of links to both online and paper magazines with a focus on poetry publications. The majority of the publications are located in the UK.
Magazines & Small Venues
Lists paying and non-paying markets for writers of Science Fiction Romance.
Magazines Page
Long list of magazines from the Ultimate Science Fiction Web Guide (not updated since September 2001).
Magazine Markets
List of more than 40 children's magazine markets.
Magazine Guidelines Database
Freelancewriting.com provides extensive resource for writing guidelines.
Magazines & Newsletters
Links to mystery magazine markets from the Mysterious Home Page.
Market Information
Good list of contests and market information for songwriters from The Muse's Muse.
Market List
Brief list from WriteLit.com - where writers and readers meet.
Market Table
List of short fiction markets (except anthologies) that pay 1 cent per word or more for science fiction, fantasy and/or horror stories. (Last updated April 2000.)
Markets
Lengthy list of websites featuring markets from LitScene.com - The portal for writers and authors.
Markets
List of markets from chopeclark - publisher of "Fundsforwriters."
Markets for Writers
Brief listing of writing markets.
Markets for Writers
List of primarily Canadian markets, with some U.S. magazines also.
Markets for Science Fiction and Fantasy
Good list of markets and links to related resources from Julia West, Fantasy and Science Fiction author.
Markets from Writelink
Good list of markets - updated monthly.
Market Information
List of links to markets that publish Science-Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.
Markets Online
Extensive list of links to freelance writing markets.
Mary Wolf's Guide to Electronic Publishers
Helpful list of book length publishers, short story, online and ezine publishers as well.
MovieBytes
Lists links to screenwriting contests & markets for writers online.
News, Markets of Interest to Writers
Great list of Free postings and offers more postings if you pay to become a member.
Online Journals
An extensive list of online literary journals with content only to be found on the web. Hypertext, radical prose, experimental poetry, and good old narrative.
Papers Invited
Comprehensive listing of calls for papers from professional bodies, universities, journal editors and conference organizers.
Paying Ezine Markets
Good list of details and links to paying ezine markets for speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, and mystery fiction writers online from Bonnie Mercure.
Paying Markets
Good list of paying Science Fiction markets from scifieditor.
Paying Markets
Good list of detailed submission information and links to paying markets for writers.
Paying Markets
Lit.org list of markets - not a lot of current postings.
Paying Markets for Writers of Fiction
Lists some online databases featuring writers guidelines, as well as numerous links to publications seeking fiction submissions.
Paying Markets from Writer´s Weekly
Submit your writing to publications that pay.
Paying Print Markets
Extensive list of details and links to paying print markets for speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, and mystery fiction from Bonnie Mercure.
places for writers
Resources for Canadian (and international) writers, updated daily with contests, calls for submission, and other writerly tidbits.
Poetry Links @drowningman.net
Extensive list of links to poetry pages with submission guidelines - emphasis is on print journals and University publications.
PoetryMachine
Extensive listings of Canadian and US markets for poetry.
Poetry Markets
Site lists recent calls for manuscripts.
Poetry Publishers Who Accept Email Submissions
Site lists the email addresses for editors of journals which publish poetry and are willing to accept submissions by email.
Publishers Directory
List of close to 200 children's book and magazine publishers.
Publist
Site offers a searchable database of more than 150,000 magazines, journals, newsletters, and other periodicals.
Pubslist
Brief list of literary publications.
Ralan's Webstravaganza
Extensive list of markets for novel, science fiction, humor writers and more.
Random House
Comprehensive list of magazines and journals that publish short stories.
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Magazine Markets
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America provides links to various paying publications.
Science Fiction and Fantasy - Paying Markets
Good list of paying markets for writers of science fiction, fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Resource Network
More than 100 links to webzines related to Fantasy and Science Fiction.
SFF Net: Ezines and Rags
Paying and nonpaying electronic markets.
Specficworld's Market Resources
Good list of markets mainly for speculative fiction writers.
Spicy Green Iguana
More than 200 links to SF, fantasy, and horror magazine publications.
The Colossal Directory of Children's Publishers Online
Comprehensive, alphabetical listings of children's magazines and book publishers, with links to sites, submission guidelines and more.
The Market List
Searchable database of ezines, publishers and others seeking submissions in categories like science fiction, fantasy, horror and related poetry.
The Original Write Market
Good list of markets - categorized by Christian, Children's, Romance, Mystery and Sci-Fi.
The Rose & Thorn Writer's Market Info
Paying and non-paying market listings; links to other sites offering market listings.
The Writer's Directory
Excellent list of paying, non-paying and international short fiction and poetry publications.
Trade Magazines By Industry
Great list from Kendall Hanson.
Travel Writer's Marketplace
World's leading online place of business for travel writers, editors, photographers, broadcasters and PR professionals.
UK Fiction Markets
Sell Your Stories to UK Magazines!
UK Magazines
Lists various markets for writers.
West End Writers Club - Markets
Short list of markets for writers with details and links.
Women-Focused Magazines And Newsletters On The Web
This site from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has dozens of links.
Write Markets
Updated list of paying and non paying market listings for writers.
Writer's Guidelines Directory
Database of various markets searchable by categories.
Writer's Guidelines
Good list of links to publications with guidelines online from healthwriting.com.
Writers' Journal Announcements
Bulletin Board lists announcements of events, contests, or opportunities of interest to writers.
Writers Market Info
Good list of Christian markets from Revwriter - For Writers - On Writing & Publishing.
Writers Market
Paying freelance writing assignments by Michelle Dragalin.
Writers Markets
A list of marketplaces for science fiction, fantasy and horror writers to get their work published.
Writer' Markets
Extensive list of paying markets for writers of various genres from mystery and Sci-fi publications to Animals and Kids magazines with links to websites.
Writer's/Photographer's Guidelines
An American and Canadian listing of guideline links for writers and photographers.
Writers Wanted: Paying Markets
Online free forum lists posts of writers' guidelines from paying publications.
Writing Markets
Find more than 200 paying markets for writers - in categories like Christian publications, travel writing, computer, women's interests and more...
Writing Markets from SellWritingOnline
Database listing markets and contests for writers online.
Writing To Heal, Writing To Grow
Provides extensive list of markets for personal essay writing.
For quick access to these 111 paying markets, go to http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art1489.asp
Your comment on this article is welcome..
Over the time I have been researching on paying markets for freelance writers, I have met with writers online who are selfless and their example has been my motivation not to hold anything back from you whenever I discover them.
This article could not have been possible if the off-network signal regime I had suffered from my provider has persisted since the past few days. It could be very discouraging not being online to do what you want to do and serve your fans the way you had always wanted. Anyway, I have refused to be deterred.
My determination has eventually paid off. These one hundred and eleven (111) paying markets for writers whether high or low paying market will definitely thrill you.
You will wonder why you have never been told about them before. As usual, my advice to you is that you should try to access these resources because there is power in taking action.
In order to help you follow through so easily, I have gotten one of my online expert on paying markets-Glenda Shoonmaker to list them out categorically and here is what she came up with:
A Writing Place
Extensive compilation of all sorts of publications' submissions guidelines.
AcqWeb
AcqWeb offers an international directory of e-mail addresses of publishers, vendors and related professional resources for writers.
Alphabetical List of Paying Markets
Get links to more than 600 paying markets...
American Magazines
Current list of American general, business and trade magazines from Peter's Place of Freelance Journalism.
Arts Deadlines List
Good list of announcements - like calls for submissions and contests - some for writers.
Arts Publications
Search for magazines, ezines, journals, catalogues, and newsletters alphabetically or by sub genre.
Australian Electronic Journals
Listing of more than 1,000 Australian electronic journals and magazines.
Bloodletters
Good listing of details and links to "Goblin Markets."
BMI Online Magazines
List of smaller magazines (many are non-paying markets).
Brint Magazine List
Comprehensive list of business journals, print and electronic publications, international newspapers, and more.
Canadian Magazine Links
Good list from Peter's Place of Freelance Journalism.
CALLIHOO Newsletter
Features list of Science Fiction and Fantasy market guidelines from May 2002 to present (which appears to be October 2002).
Calls for Papers
Lists postings from academic anthologies and journals looking for works.
Children's Writers Marketplace
Site offers a magazine market list from one published author's own writing card file.
Christian Writer's Market Guide
The 2003 Edition lists more than 660 periodical markets, about 380 book markets, 120 greeting card/specialty markets and almost 250 poetry markets.
Christian Poet's Markets
Provides links to 52 publications of interest to Christian poets who wish to market their poetry.
Christian Writer's Guidelines and Markets at Snowfaux
Provides almost 300 periodicals with working links to on-line Christian writer's guidelines.
Consumer Magazines and E-Zines
Find links to various magazine and ezine sites that hire freelance writers from absolutewrite.
Core List of Journals for Women's Studies
The Association of College & Research Libraries, Women's Studies Section compiles this list.
DarkMarkets
This is "The Online Market Guide for Horror Writers."
Duotrope's Digest
Features a database of over 1375 current markets for short fiction and poetry.
Electronic Publications
List of mystery ezine markets from the Mysterious Home Page.
Engen's Science Fiction & Fantasy Market Search Engine
Searchable database of markets for Sci-Fi and Fantasy writers.
English-language Media in Spain
This site from Freelance Spain has links to media publications and outlets in Spain.
Exclusive "Quick Cash Writing" Course:
Read as best-selling author Nick Daws exposes the little-known writing markets that will pay big bucks for just five minutes work.
Click HERE to learn more.
Fiction Factor
Site provides good listing of paying fiction and nonfiction markets.
Firstwriter
Free directory, contest listings and much more for writers online.
ForWriters
List of markets accepting submissions.
Gebbie Press
Only lists links directly to magazine publishers online (not actual submission guidelines).
Guide to on-line guidelines
See who is accepting submissions for what types of writing and where they're located on the Web.
Guidelines
Growing list of submission guidelines from the organizedwriter.
Guidelines from Writer's Digest
Collection of top 100 places to get published.
IIAV - Online periodicals
The International Information Centre and Archives of the Women's Movement (IIAV) in Amsterdam is building a digital archive including a database of online periodicals.
Index of Online Fiction
Index listing e-zines that pay their authors at least about $0.01/word, are currently in business, and are known to be writer-friendly...
Jacqui Bennett Writers Bureau
Offers large collection of UK markets for fiction and nonfiction.
Journals
Oyster Boy Review of Fiction & Poetry lists Academic, Independent and "Big Guns."
Journals
A comprehensive list of literary journals with an online presence.
KidMagWriters.com-children's magazine writers information center
Frequently updated list of links to Children's magazine guidelines.
Life Writers Market Watch
Brief list of calls for submissions with detailed information.
Literary Journals
Great listing of links to literary journals with detailed information.
Literary Magazines
Long list of links to literary magazine websites from the Nebraska Center for Writers.
LitMag
Good guide to literary magazines.
LitRefs: Submission Guidelines
This site has hundreds of links to both online and paper magazines with a focus on poetry publications. The majority of the publications are located in the UK.
Magazines & Small Venues
Lists paying and non-paying markets for writers of Science Fiction Romance.
Magazines Page
Long list of magazines from the Ultimate Science Fiction Web Guide (not updated since September 2001).
Magazine Markets
List of more than 40 children's magazine markets.
Magazine Guidelines Database
Freelancewriting.com provides extensive resource for writing guidelines.
Magazines & Newsletters
Links to mystery magazine markets from the Mysterious Home Page.
Market Information
Good list of contests and market information for songwriters from The Muse's Muse.
Market List
Brief list from WriteLit.com - where writers and readers meet.
Market Table
List of short fiction markets (except anthologies) that pay 1 cent per word or more for science fiction, fantasy and/or horror stories. (Last updated April 2000.)
Markets
Lengthy list of websites featuring markets from LitScene.com - The portal for writers and authors.
Markets
List of markets from chopeclark - publisher of "Fundsforwriters."
Markets for Writers
Brief listing of writing markets.
Markets for Writers
List of primarily Canadian markets, with some U.S. magazines also.
Markets for Science Fiction and Fantasy
Good list of markets and links to related resources from Julia West, Fantasy and Science Fiction author.
Markets from Writelink
Good list of markets - updated monthly.
Market Information
List of links to markets that publish Science-Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.
Markets Online
Extensive list of links to freelance writing markets.
Mary Wolf's Guide to Electronic Publishers
Helpful list of book length publishers, short story, online and ezine publishers as well.
MovieBytes
Lists links to screenwriting contests & markets for writers online.
News, Markets of Interest to Writers
Great list of Free postings and offers more postings if you pay to become a member.
Online Journals
An extensive list of online literary journals with content only to be found on the web. Hypertext, radical prose, experimental poetry, and good old narrative.
Papers Invited
Comprehensive listing of calls for papers from professional bodies, universities, journal editors and conference organizers.
Paying Ezine Markets
Good list of details and links to paying ezine markets for speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, and mystery fiction writers online from Bonnie Mercure.
Paying Markets
Good list of paying Science Fiction markets from scifieditor.
Paying Markets
Good list of detailed submission information and links to paying markets for writers.
Paying Markets
Lit.org list of markets - not a lot of current postings.
Paying Markets for Writers of Fiction
Lists some online databases featuring writers guidelines, as well as numerous links to publications seeking fiction submissions.
Paying Markets from Writer´s Weekly
Submit your writing to publications that pay.
Paying Print Markets
Extensive list of details and links to paying print markets for speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, and mystery fiction from Bonnie Mercure.
places for writers
Resources for Canadian (and international) writers, updated daily with contests, calls for submission, and other writerly tidbits.
Poetry Links @drowningman.net
Extensive list of links to poetry pages with submission guidelines - emphasis is on print journals and University publications.
PoetryMachine
Extensive listings of Canadian and US markets for poetry.
Poetry Markets
Site lists recent calls for manuscripts.
Poetry Publishers Who Accept Email Submissions
Site lists the email addresses for editors of journals which publish poetry and are willing to accept submissions by email.
Publishers Directory
List of close to 200 children's book and magazine publishers.
Publist
Site offers a searchable database of more than 150,000 magazines, journals, newsletters, and other periodicals.
Pubslist
Brief list of literary publications.
Ralan's Webstravaganza
Extensive list of markets for novel, science fiction, humor writers and more.
Random House
Comprehensive list of magazines and journals that publish short stories.
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Magazine Markets
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America provides links to various paying publications.
Science Fiction and Fantasy - Paying Markets
Good list of paying markets for writers of science fiction, fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Resource Network
More than 100 links to webzines related to Fantasy and Science Fiction.
SFF Net: Ezines and Rags
Paying and nonpaying electronic markets.
Specficworld's Market Resources
Good list of markets mainly for speculative fiction writers.
Spicy Green Iguana
More than 200 links to SF, fantasy, and horror magazine publications.
The Colossal Directory of Children's Publishers Online
Comprehensive, alphabetical listings of children's magazines and book publishers, with links to sites, submission guidelines and more.
The Market List
Searchable database of ezines, publishers and others seeking submissions in categories like science fiction, fantasy, horror and related poetry.
The Original Write Market
Good list of markets - categorized by Christian, Children's, Romance, Mystery and Sci-Fi.
The Rose & Thorn Writer's Market Info
Paying and non-paying market listings; links to other sites offering market listings.
The Writer's Directory
Excellent list of paying, non-paying and international short fiction and poetry publications.
Trade Magazines By Industry
Great list from Kendall Hanson.
Travel Writer's Marketplace
World's leading online place of business for travel writers, editors, photographers, broadcasters and PR professionals.
UK Fiction Markets
Sell Your Stories to UK Magazines!
UK Magazines
Lists various markets for writers.
West End Writers Club - Markets
Short list of markets for writers with details and links.
Women-Focused Magazines And Newsletters On The Web
This site from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has dozens of links.
Write Markets
Updated list of paying and non paying market listings for writers.
Writer's Guidelines Directory
Database of various markets searchable by categories.
Writer's Guidelines
Good list of links to publications with guidelines online from healthwriting.com.
Writers' Journal Announcements
Bulletin Board lists announcements of events, contests, or opportunities of interest to writers.
Writers Market Info
Good list of Christian markets from Revwriter - For Writers - On Writing & Publishing.
Writers Market
Paying freelance writing assignments by Michelle Dragalin.
Writers Markets
A list of marketplaces for science fiction, fantasy and horror writers to get their work published.
Writer' Markets
Extensive list of paying markets for writers of various genres from mystery and Sci-fi publications to Animals and Kids magazines with links to websites.
Writer's/Photographer's Guidelines
An American and Canadian listing of guideline links for writers and photographers.
Writers Wanted: Paying Markets
Online free forum lists posts of writers' guidelines from paying publications.
Writing Markets
Find more than 200 paying markets for writers - in categories like Christian publications, travel writing, computer, women's interests and more...
Writing Markets from SellWritingOnline
Database listing markets and contests for writers online.
Writing To Heal, Writing To Grow
Provides extensive list of markets for personal essay writing.
For quick access to these 111 paying markets, go to http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art1489.asp
Your comment on this article is welcome..
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
JustMarkets.com-The Best Paying Market Ever
I can't wait to share this secret with you. Since I have been researching on paying markets for writers, I have yet to see any market so exciting and true as Justmarkets.com
This is not about free stuffs on the internet. You have to really show you need it before you can have the opportunity to benefit from their services.
Reasons Why You Must Join The Train
'Dear Freelance Writer,
You know that the most time-consuming and frustrating task any writer faces is the constant search for markets and jobs.
How much time do you spend trying to find new, fresh paying freelance writing jobs to query?
If you spend just 15 minutes a day, you're up to nearly 2 hours a week right there.
But can you even FIND a paying telecommute gig in 15 minutes?
Okay, what about 30 minutes a day? Is it possible to read each and every post in each and every craigslist city in half an hour? (That's just one of the websites I search every day.)
Do you know how many freelance telecommute opportunities are listed that you've never even seen?
Let's say you rely on those paid-subscriber newsletters that come out every two weeks. Sure you've got lots of paying markets - but these jobs for writers are old, they're taken - it's worthless information.
Or maybe you like free sites and email services that boast lots and lots of daily markets--great! But I research those too and can tell you that the majority pad their lists with non-paying markets, contest listings and on-site only jobs. With JustMarkets, you get paying telecommute writers markets and you get paid!
JustMarkets is backed by business investment and a professional team of publishers, web techs and wizards. And our main job is to search for paying telecommute markets for you.
What Beneficiaries Say About Just Markets
In fact, subscribers have been falling over themselves to express their appreciation for this hard-to-come-by paying market where you get daily info about ready markets willing to spoil your bank account with dollars.
One of the recent beneficiary writes 'Good morning,
I hope you are not tired of hearing from me, but I wanted to tell you that yesterday I interviewed and landed another job - this is my 4th - that I read about in my Just Markets email. When I complete this fourth contract, I will have earned over $10,000 from the four jobs.
You are giving us great leads.
Thanks again,
Elaine Schneider
http://www.lessontutor.com
Author of Taking Hearing Impairment to School
What's More?
There ARE paying markets: new ones, every day. Start-up print magazines; start-up electronic magazines; websites that need content; web sites that need sales copy; publication sites looking for copyeditors and sales writers, just to name a few.
The problem is that these markets for writers are spread out all over the internet - it takes time, organization, commitment and discipline to search out telecommute, paying gigs and put them into one convenient spot, day after day, for a reasonable fee.
Just markets solves the problem for you square and fair. You only indicate your desire to belong by paying inexpensive bucks you can afford.
Details Of Getting The Daily Paying Markets
Subscribe to receive JM Daily newsletter 5 days a week!
Choose the payment method that suits you the best:
SPECIAL MELTDOWN PRICES (valid 24 Mar - 31 Mar only)
JustMarkets Daily (1 Month Subscription), $9.95 (33% off) $14.95 *
JustMarkets Daily (3 Month Subscription), $28.95 (36% off) $43.50 *
JustMarkets Daily (6 Month Subscription), $53.95 (40% off) $79.95 *
JustMarkets Daily (1 Year Subscription), $89.95 (50% off) $143.50 *
Please note, that the above transactions are recurring,
so your credit card will be periodically billed in frequency and amount chosen. If you do not like recurring billing get an unlimited lifetime subscription to JM:
JustMarkets Daily (Lifetime subscription), $143.50 (50% off) $287.00 *
* Includes free access to JustMarkets community at Yahoo! Groups. Personal invitation to JustMarkets Yahoo! Group will be sent to the subscriber in 24 hours.
Benefits of JustMarkets Yahoo! Group:
- You'll never miss your JM Daily again, if your JM Daily email is caught by spam filters, you will have your copy in JM Yahoo Group.
- You'll be provided with even more job leads, as anyone in JM community will be able to share the writing leads they found with the others in JM list.
- You'll be able to comment the job leads provided by JM, ask for opinion, advice, discuss freelance writing related topics with the members of JM community.
- JM Yahoo Group has the archive of all JM Daily issues since Jan 2009.
P.S: If you are expressively impressed about this paying market opportunity, feel free to leave a comment below this post to feed me back.
This is not about free stuffs on the internet. You have to really show you need it before you can have the opportunity to benefit from their services.
Reasons Why You Must Join The Train
'Dear Freelance Writer,
You know that the most time-consuming and frustrating task any writer faces is the constant search for markets and jobs.
How much time do you spend trying to find new, fresh paying freelance writing jobs to query?
If you spend just 15 minutes a day, you're up to nearly 2 hours a week right there.
But can you even FIND a paying telecommute gig in 15 minutes?
Okay, what about 30 minutes a day? Is it possible to read each and every post in each and every craigslist city in half an hour? (That's just one of the websites I search every day.)
Do you know how many freelance telecommute opportunities are listed that you've never even seen?
Let's say you rely on those paid-subscriber newsletters that come out every two weeks. Sure you've got lots of paying markets - but these jobs for writers are old, they're taken - it's worthless information.
Or maybe you like free sites and email services that boast lots and lots of daily markets--great! But I research those too and can tell you that the majority pad their lists with non-paying markets, contest listings and on-site only jobs. With JustMarkets, you get paying telecommute writers markets and you get paid!
JustMarkets is backed by business investment and a professional team of publishers, web techs and wizards. And our main job is to search for paying telecommute markets for you.
What Beneficiaries Say About Just Markets
In fact, subscribers have been falling over themselves to express their appreciation for this hard-to-come-by paying market where you get daily info about ready markets willing to spoil your bank account with dollars.
One of the recent beneficiary writes 'Good morning,
I hope you are not tired of hearing from me, but I wanted to tell you that yesterday I interviewed and landed another job - this is my 4th - that I read about in my Just Markets email. When I complete this fourth contract, I will have earned over $10,000 from the four jobs.
You are giving us great leads.
Thanks again,
Elaine Schneider
http://www.lessontutor.com
Author of Taking Hearing Impairment to School
What's More?
There ARE paying markets: new ones, every day. Start-up print magazines; start-up electronic magazines; websites that need content; web sites that need sales copy; publication sites looking for copyeditors and sales writers, just to name a few.
The problem is that these markets for writers are spread out all over the internet - it takes time, organization, commitment and discipline to search out telecommute, paying gigs and put them into one convenient spot, day after day, for a reasonable fee.
Just markets solves the problem for you square and fair. You only indicate your desire to belong by paying inexpensive bucks you can afford.
Details Of Getting The Daily Paying Markets
Subscribe to receive JM Daily newsletter 5 days a week!
Choose the payment method that suits you the best:
SPECIAL MELTDOWN PRICES (valid 24 Mar - 31 Mar only)
JustMarkets Daily (1 Month Subscription), $9.95 (33% off) $14.95 *
JustMarkets Daily (3 Month Subscription), $28.95 (36% off) $43.50 *
JustMarkets Daily (6 Month Subscription), $53.95 (40% off) $79.95 *
JustMarkets Daily (1 Year Subscription), $89.95 (50% off) $143.50 *
Please note, that the above transactions are recurring,
so your credit card will be periodically billed in frequency and amount chosen. If you do not like recurring billing get an unlimited lifetime subscription to JM:
JustMarkets Daily (Lifetime subscription), $143.50 (50% off) $287.00 *
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Benefits of JustMarkets Yahoo! Group:
- You'll never miss your JM Daily again, if your JM Daily email is caught by spam filters, you will have your copy in JM Yahoo Group.
- You'll be provided with even more job leads, as anyone in JM community will be able to share the writing leads they found with the others in JM list.
- You'll be able to comment the job leads provided by JM, ask for opinion, advice, discuss freelance writing related topics with the members of JM community.
- JM Yahoo Group has the archive of all JM Daily issues since Jan 2009.
P.S: If you are expressively impressed about this paying market opportunity, feel free to leave a comment below this post to feed me back.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Top Ten Freelance Writers
I cannot resist to let this blow off the lid. Who are the top 10 freelance writing experts and what to they do? What resources can you find on their sites and blogs? What are the experiences they have to share with upcoming freelance writers? Could they be of any help in getting your fist freelance writing job?
You may not get the anwsers to these posers until you have visited their sites which I will reveal below.
It is left to you to make something out of the mind-blowing resources in the kitty of these top ten freelance writers:
1. Freelance Job Openings
2. About Freelance Writing
3. Fab Freelance Writing Blog
4.
Pervarakapadia
5.
Single Mom Freelance Writing
6.
Freelance Writing Online
7.
Academia-Research
8.
Write For Cash
9.
Freelance Blogger Jobs
10.
Canadian Freelance Writing Jobs
You may not get the anwsers to these posers until you have visited their sites which I will reveal below.
It is left to you to make something out of the mind-blowing resources in the kitty of these top ten freelance writers:
1. Freelance Job Openings
2. About Freelance Writing
3. Fab Freelance Writing Blog
4.
Pervarakapadia
5.
Single Mom Freelance Writing
6.
Freelance Writing Online
7.
Academia-Research
8.
Write For Cash
9.
Freelance Blogger Jobs
10.
Canadian Freelance Writing Jobs
Monday, March 30, 2009
From Freelance Writing To Financial Freedom
I am not Robert Kiyosaki neither I'm I related to Robert Allen. These are great authors who have added value to other people's lives and had become financially free as a result of their highly demanded services. Okay. Let me tell you something about their services-Robert Kiyosaki is the author of the best selling book titled Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Robert Allen on his own wrote Multilple Streams Of Income. I got to know them many years ago through Success Digest and I had bought those books and read them several times.
Those books have something in common-how to move from zero level to financial freedom. They encouraged readers to think about what they can offer to others, learn to earn income through it and acquire the financial discipline to be financially free through money management skills.
I have refered to those resources to drive home a point to you. If you can write, you already have a service you can offer. Another very vital secret those authors taught us is that we should work hard to be our own boss. Can you get a point there?
Freelance writing is a very easy and simple way to be your own boss. Where you turn it into a service is to begin to share what you know with others using the power of the internet.
There are people over there who will fall over themselves to read about your opinion or teachings on subjects that interest them. You think about what I just did in the earlier paragraphs of this piece. I told you about some books I read and what I gained from them. I made you understand in very easy language you can understand how you can become financiallly free as recommended by those authors. Nobody gave me the assignment. I own the idea and took action on it so that you too can have something to read. That is what freelance writing is about.
How then do you make money with this freelance writing gift or venture of yours? Simple. That is where the power of the internet comes in. Don't bother about the printer next to your street. Never worry about the huge amount and materials you will need to publish your writing and ideas. Going in that line can quickly terminate your dream of making it in this freelance writing business. The printers will frustrate you with their prohibitive charges. You want to spend less to nothing and earn mind boggling income-right? What do you do? Set up a blog around your identified niche or interest. The tool you need to set the blog up is almost free. Blogger offers it free. Fastecash has offered to train you and offer you free hosting for one year. This offer alone will display your expertice to the global community irrespective of where you are in the village and transform you into a webmaster just like that. You only need to pay very little for the training package so you can acquire the knowledge and discipline to succeed.
That is the only hard work you'll ever need to do. Next? Determine the period of your publication. Is it going to be daily, weekly, monthly or bi-annually? Take the decision and be consistent. Get people to read your write up and never stop publishing.
From your training package, you'll learn how to monetize your blog through adsense. That is google way of making you really rich so you can attain financial freedom through your freelance writing.
Once you start cashing the dollars, learn to save and invest. You will become better, wiser and richer and also very popular.
One amazing thing is that your freelance writing can attract advertisers who will directly contact you to place advert on your page. You chage any amount you wish.
If you can't wait for advertisers to locate you, there is a company who have signed up so many advertisers who are ready to pay you handsomely if you can write about their product in your blog. If you are interested in this opportunity, just quickly go to http://www.bloggerwave.com and sign up.
Who says you cannot attain wealth and financial freedom through freelance writing? Such a person should be living in the land of ghosts.
My final word to you is that don't just sit down doing nothing. Start gisting about that thing you know so well in writing. Take Action Now!
P.S. If you have gained much from this piece, kindly leave a comment below this post. Your feedback will empower me to serve you better.
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Those books have something in common-how to move from zero level to financial freedom. They encouraged readers to think about what they can offer to others, learn to earn income through it and acquire the financial discipline to be financially free through money management skills.
I have refered to those resources to drive home a point to you. If you can write, you already have a service you can offer. Another very vital secret those authors taught us is that we should work hard to be our own boss. Can you get a point there?
Freelance writing is a very easy and simple way to be your own boss. Where you turn it into a service is to begin to share what you know with others using the power of the internet.
There are people over there who will fall over themselves to read about your opinion or teachings on subjects that interest them. You think about what I just did in the earlier paragraphs of this piece. I told you about some books I read and what I gained from them. I made you understand in very easy language you can understand how you can become financiallly free as recommended by those authors. Nobody gave me the assignment. I own the idea and took action on it so that you too can have something to read. That is what freelance writing is about.
How then do you make money with this freelance writing gift or venture of yours? Simple. That is where the power of the internet comes in. Don't bother about the printer next to your street. Never worry about the huge amount and materials you will need to publish your writing and ideas. Going in that line can quickly terminate your dream of making it in this freelance writing business. The printers will frustrate you with their prohibitive charges. You want to spend less to nothing and earn mind boggling income-right? What do you do? Set up a blog around your identified niche or interest. The tool you need to set the blog up is almost free. Blogger offers it free. Fastecash has offered to train you and offer you free hosting for one year. This offer alone will display your expertice to the global community irrespective of where you are in the village and transform you into a webmaster just like that. You only need to pay very little for the training package so you can acquire the knowledge and discipline to succeed.
That is the only hard work you'll ever need to do. Next? Determine the period of your publication. Is it going to be daily, weekly, monthly or bi-annually? Take the decision and be consistent. Get people to read your write up and never stop publishing.
From your training package, you'll learn how to monetize your blog through adsense. That is google way of making you really rich so you can attain financial freedom through your freelance writing.
Once you start cashing the dollars, learn to save and invest. You will become better, wiser and richer and also very popular.
One amazing thing is that your freelance writing can attract advertisers who will directly contact you to place advert on your page. You chage any amount you wish.
If you can't wait for advertisers to locate you, there is a company who have signed up so many advertisers who are ready to pay you handsomely if you can write about their product in your blog. If you are interested in this opportunity, just quickly go to http://www.bloggerwave.com and sign up.
Who says you cannot attain wealth and financial freedom through freelance writing? Such a person should be living in the land of ghosts.
My final word to you is that don't just sit down doing nothing. Start gisting about that thing you know so well in writing. Take Action Now!
P.S. If you have gained much from this piece, kindly leave a comment below this post. Your feedback will empower me to serve you better.
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Friday, March 27, 2009
What You Have Not Been Told About Freelance Writing
The freelance writing market is wide, competitive and open. Nevertheless, you can give your writing talent a filip by expressing your ideas freelancing. What does freelance writing entails?
Freelance writing has become wide business opportunity for as many as are ready to launch themselves into the writing world. Imagine starting a business that require little money to start and which you can do from home plus you choose the hour you work.
Although the world of freelance writing in wide, open and competitive, you can easily get started no matter where you live in the universe. Freelance writing has often been associated with Journalism and the publishing industry. It is very simple to understand that freelancers are many among consultants, coaches, mentors, computer programmers and database developers.
Freelance writing involves working with clients who are far away especially these days when access to the internet and computers is fast becoming easy. As a freelance writer, you are not bound or limited to any company. You can choose to work with several clients so far you can schedule your work to meet set deadline.
Any individual seeking to go into freelance writing service must learn how to persuade clients to offer him project and should be creative. The beauty of it all is that you can turn it into self-employment that offers great freedom and self expression.
The earning potential in freelance writing has been estimated to be more than $1000,000 per year bearing in mind that the average salary for those employed by companies ranges between $40k to $75k.
Freelance writing allows you to be in other jobs. Variety of specialisations in this field include-copy writing, medical writing, columnist, correspondent and others.
One challenge budding freelance writers face is in the area of rejection. A freelance writer not receiving rejection is most probably not working. Learn to cope with rejection. It is part of the business. Rejection could be the motivation you need to generate winning ideas.
Above all, information of where to find paying markets for writers is of great necessity. Not knowing where to find clients that will pay for your service could abruptly end your freelance writing ambition.
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Freelance writing has become wide business opportunity for as many as are ready to launch themselves into the writing world. Imagine starting a business that require little money to start and which you can do from home plus you choose the hour you work.
Although the world of freelance writing in wide, open and competitive, you can easily get started no matter where you live in the universe. Freelance writing has often been associated with Journalism and the publishing industry. It is very simple to understand that freelancers are many among consultants, coaches, mentors, computer programmers and database developers.
Freelance writing involves working with clients who are far away especially these days when access to the internet and computers is fast becoming easy. As a freelance writer, you are not bound or limited to any company. You can choose to work with several clients so far you can schedule your work to meet set deadline.
Any individual seeking to go into freelance writing service must learn how to persuade clients to offer him project and should be creative. The beauty of it all is that you can turn it into self-employment that offers great freedom and self expression.
The earning potential in freelance writing has been estimated to be more than $1000,000 per year bearing in mind that the average salary for those employed by companies ranges between $40k to $75k.
Freelance writing allows you to be in other jobs. Variety of specialisations in this field include-copy writing, medical writing, columnist, correspondent and others.
One challenge budding freelance writers face is in the area of rejection. A freelance writer not receiving rejection is most probably not working. Learn to cope with rejection. It is part of the business. Rejection could be the motivation you need to generate winning ideas.
Above all, information of where to find paying markets for writers is of great necessity. Not knowing where to find clients that will pay for your service could abruptly end your freelance writing ambition.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The Ultimate Guide To Freelance Writing Jobs
Deborah was a serious mum who decided to do something with her writing talent. She came up with an idea to provide leads to other freelance writers who may be blocked out on the opportunities available for freelance writers so that they can generate income without working for any boss.
They can write anytime they want even from the kitchen especially nursing mothers like hers. She never knew that the idea could yield so great a dividend.
The idea that revolves round her passion was started in 2005 and now it has hit a gold mine.
In her own words, this is how she puts it 'Freelance Writing Jobs began in May 2005 as a way to help other writers, especially Work at Home Moms, find decent paying jobs. More than three years later its succeeded beyond our wildest dreams. We’ve expanded from being a little writing leads blog run by a “mommy blogger” to the number one online community for freelance writers'.
I have taken it upon myself to share this story with you so that you too can quickly turn your passion into profit through the leads that you can get in this my blog.
You don't know how good you could be or how well others will accept your ideas or opinion until you take action and write on that thing you had always wanted to share with others.
Her story has been so encouraging to me personally as the anchor man behing 101 freelance paying markets. Knowing that there are people out there who had earlier gave a lead to other freelance writers to benefit from their knowledge was a tonic that fired me up to put up this piece you are reading.
What we are talking about is that freelance writing is an already well established $billion dollars income generating goldmine. You can earn up to $1000,000 p.a.
Your own is to write and I will show you where to go for money.
As you contact these leads, it is not guaranteed that they will accept your work hook line and sinker. Sometimes you will have to cope with rejection. All successful freelance writers has faced this but it is a mark of recognition that you are doing it. The more the rejection you get, the nearer you are to your breakthrough.
Sorry for that diversion about probability of rejection. Now back to Deborah. Her blog could possibly pass for the ultimage guide to freelance writing jobs. The information in her blog is irressitable. That is why I have decided to expose this resource in my post at this time so that you too can enjoy what I have gained from her effort.
This could the the lead you have been waiting for. I call it the ultimate guide to freelance writing jobs. Can you try it? Go to http://www.freelancewritinggigs right now. It could be your first opportunity to earn money from your freelance writing activities.
You can leave a comment below this post if the info have been useful to you.
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They can write anytime they want even from the kitchen especially nursing mothers like hers. She never knew that the idea could yield so great a dividend.
The idea that revolves round her passion was started in 2005 and now it has hit a gold mine.
In her own words, this is how she puts it 'Freelance Writing Jobs began in May 2005 as a way to help other writers, especially Work at Home Moms, find decent paying jobs. More than three years later its succeeded beyond our wildest dreams. We’ve expanded from being a little writing leads blog run by a “mommy blogger” to the number one online community for freelance writers'.
I have taken it upon myself to share this story with you so that you too can quickly turn your passion into profit through the leads that you can get in this my blog.
You don't know how good you could be or how well others will accept your ideas or opinion until you take action and write on that thing you had always wanted to share with others.
Her story has been so encouraging to me personally as the anchor man behing 101 freelance paying markets. Knowing that there are people out there who had earlier gave a lead to other freelance writers to benefit from their knowledge was a tonic that fired me up to put up this piece you are reading.
What we are talking about is that freelance writing is an already well established $billion dollars income generating goldmine. You can earn up to $1000,000 p.a.
Your own is to write and I will show you where to go for money.
As you contact these leads, it is not guaranteed that they will accept your work hook line and sinker. Sometimes you will have to cope with rejection. All successful freelance writers has faced this but it is a mark of recognition that you are doing it. The more the rejection you get, the nearer you are to your breakthrough.
Sorry for that diversion about probability of rejection. Now back to Deborah. Her blog could possibly pass for the ultimage guide to freelance writing jobs. The information in her blog is irressitable. That is why I have decided to expose this resource in my post at this time so that you too can enjoy what I have gained from her effort.
This could the the lead you have been waiting for. I call it the ultimate guide to freelance writing jobs. Can you try it? Go to http://www.freelancewritinggigs right now. It could be your first opportunity to earn money from your freelance writing activities.
You can leave a comment below this post if the info have been useful to you.
CLICK Here Now To VOTE FOR THIS BLOG!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Insider Secrets To Freelance Writing Income
Writing on freelance job opportunities is my passion. Just as I was about putting finishing touch to the initial write up on this article, I carelessly lost the draft on my computer. I was so anxious to get it uploaded on my blog panel that I forgot to back up the piece. The result?Non deliberate delete of the article graphically written to spice up your day. Sometimes you still find yourself making some mistakes even as ‘computer’ expert so to say forgetting basic rules. Okay enough of my tale.
You see, this freelance writing hobby is highly tantalizing. You think about what you know and ready to share with others. Before you know it, you start writing your opinion down so that others can get to read it and learn from it.
My duty is to open your eyes to various ways you can instantly begin to profit from your talent. Freelance writing is as easy as talking. If you are fortunate to talk to others on issues that interest you and even go ahead to record it and pen down your tales, you will see how many pages that will turn out to be. What I am driving at is that there is money in your talent. Once you know potential buyers of your service, what is left for you is to contact them and position yourself for regular patronage from them.
The Internet has revolutionized the freelance writing world. In Nigeria, it is still relatively unpopular. If you doubt this, go and do a google search on freelance writing in Nigeria and Africa, you will discover that it is a fertile land. Many corporations still do business in their old ways. They get to hire staff permanently while their colleague abroad has outsourced that service to freelance writers online sometimes at relatively cheaper rates with high quality.
The freelance writing market is wide but there are few service providers. Very few professional journalists are there who understand the use of the Internet. Unknown to them, they now have competitors they cannot see who earn dollars off their potential accounts.
Friend, I am so delighted about this freelance writing opportunity. If you lack internet skills don’t worry. With simple ability to punch the keyboard and browse, you are well positioned for this freelancing expo I want to give you here in this write up.
Think about your favorite football club. Think about your favorite dish which you can so easily cook so that anybody who eats it will keep on asking for more. Think about how you have successfully kept your marriage for years as husbands and wife. So many couples cannot do that. You can share your secrets with such people just by writing it in partnership with publishers who are ready to provide the infrastructures for you and pay you in foreign currency.
There are companies who don’t want you to worry about your lack of google adsense skills. They know that generating codes and finding where best to paste it to generate income could be frustrating to you and have volunteered to do the advert placement for you. You will just need to sign up based on mutually agreed conditions. Just as in a dream, you will start doing what you know how to do best-freelance writing with their powerful resources to give you the desired leverage. They place adverts on what you write and get the income which is shared 50-50. This is an amazing freelance writing opportunity you cannot ignore.
For more on this insider income opportunity, quickly head to blogburner.com to mime the benefits to its maximum.
I am just happy dishing out this information free so you can get up and running in less than 7 days. Yes you can do that. It is your passion. Keep on freelance writing.
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You see, this freelance writing hobby is highly tantalizing. You think about what you know and ready to share with others. Before you know it, you start writing your opinion down so that others can get to read it and learn from it.
My duty is to open your eyes to various ways you can instantly begin to profit from your talent. Freelance writing is as easy as talking. If you are fortunate to talk to others on issues that interest you and even go ahead to record it and pen down your tales, you will see how many pages that will turn out to be. What I am driving at is that there is money in your talent. Once you know potential buyers of your service, what is left for you is to contact them and position yourself for regular patronage from them.
The Internet has revolutionized the freelance writing world. In Nigeria, it is still relatively unpopular. If you doubt this, go and do a google search on freelance writing in Nigeria and Africa, you will discover that it is a fertile land. Many corporations still do business in their old ways. They get to hire staff permanently while their colleague abroad has outsourced that service to freelance writers online sometimes at relatively cheaper rates with high quality.
The freelance writing market is wide but there are few service providers. Very few professional journalists are there who understand the use of the Internet. Unknown to them, they now have competitors they cannot see who earn dollars off their potential accounts.
Friend, I am so delighted about this freelance writing opportunity. If you lack internet skills don’t worry. With simple ability to punch the keyboard and browse, you are well positioned for this freelancing expo I want to give you here in this write up.
Think about your favorite football club. Think about your favorite dish which you can so easily cook so that anybody who eats it will keep on asking for more. Think about how you have successfully kept your marriage for years as husbands and wife. So many couples cannot do that. You can share your secrets with such people just by writing it in partnership with publishers who are ready to provide the infrastructures for you and pay you in foreign currency.
There are companies who don’t want you to worry about your lack of google adsense skills. They know that generating codes and finding where best to paste it to generate income could be frustrating to you and have volunteered to do the advert placement for you. You will just need to sign up based on mutually agreed conditions. Just as in a dream, you will start doing what you know how to do best-freelance writing with their powerful resources to give you the desired leverage. They place adverts on what you write and get the income which is shared 50-50. This is an amazing freelance writing opportunity you cannot ignore.
For more on this insider income opportunity, quickly head to blogburner.com to mime the benefits to its maximum.
I am just happy dishing out this information free so you can get up and running in less than 7 days. Yes you can do that. It is your passion. Keep on freelance writing.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The Quickest Way To Grab Freelance Writing Jobs
The freelance writing market is a highly profitable and multi-billion dollar niche. If you doubt me, simple, just hit the phrase 'freelance writing jobs' or 'freelance paying markets' on google search engine. What do you find? Several companies falling upon one another to grab your attention. They pay heavily in dollars to get a listing.
In Nigeria, the freelance writing market is still in its infancy. Publishers in Nigeria prefer to employ journalist to do their write up for them. That's is the industrial age idea. The internet revolution has put a final stop to that. From anywhere in the world, you can now start competing with others anywhere in the world for writing jobs right from home. This is a great opportunity to profit from your writing talent. That is why I am passionate about this writing phenomenon.
My duty? I know you did not beg me to do it. It is self assigned to open your eyes to opportunities you have ignored. All you need is access to internet where ever you may be.
As a civil servant and Biomedical Scientist, the discoveries I continue to make daily about this freelancing 'money' is mind buggling and I will not stop sharing it with you.
Don't mind some job givers that will ask you to bring your C.V. This freelance opportunity I want to reveal in this post is the quickest way to grab the job you have been waiting for. You don't need to learn any skill to write your C.V. Just tell them how good you are about writing. Show them the previous materials you have written and choose the topic and category you are good at. Your credentials will be reviewed and once you are approved, you are in business. Express yourself freely and make people enjoy your article.
If you are anywhere in Nigeria and reading this, don't delay any longer. Remember the future is on the Internet. Beat those 'professional journalist' to the game by joining this train on freelance writing. You can't determine how far you can go until you take action.
So where is this quick freelance writing job opportunity I'm talking about? Go get it here at http://www.suite101.com
They will sign you up and your money will start flowing just like that anyhow you want it. You are in charge. You decide how and when to do the write up. This is multiple streams of income made easy.
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In Nigeria, the freelance writing market is still in its infancy. Publishers in Nigeria prefer to employ journalist to do their write up for them. That's is the industrial age idea. The internet revolution has put a final stop to that. From anywhere in the world, you can now start competing with others anywhere in the world for writing jobs right from home. This is a great opportunity to profit from your writing talent. That is why I am passionate about this writing phenomenon.
My duty? I know you did not beg me to do it. It is self assigned to open your eyes to opportunities you have ignored. All you need is access to internet where ever you may be.
As a civil servant and Biomedical Scientist, the discoveries I continue to make daily about this freelancing 'money' is mind buggling and I will not stop sharing it with you.
Don't mind some job givers that will ask you to bring your C.V. This freelance opportunity I want to reveal in this post is the quickest way to grab the job you have been waiting for. You don't need to learn any skill to write your C.V. Just tell them how good you are about writing. Show them the previous materials you have written and choose the topic and category you are good at. Your credentials will be reviewed and once you are approved, you are in business. Express yourself freely and make people enjoy your article.
If you are anywhere in Nigeria and reading this, don't delay any longer. Remember the future is on the Internet. Beat those 'professional journalist' to the game by joining this train on freelance writing. You can't determine how far you can go until you take action.
So where is this quick freelance writing job opportunity I'm talking about? Go get it here at http://www.suite101.com
They will sign you up and your money will start flowing just like that anyhow you want it. You are in charge. You decide how and when to do the write up. This is multiple streams of income made easy.
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This Helium Can Make You Rich
No. It is not the atom those of us who read chemistry in the secondary school is familiar with. You know, one of the vital knowledge you must acquire is the mastering of the elements table and helium is one of them. Okay. That's not what I want to talk about in this piece.
In my research on freelance writing opportunities since i started last year,I have never seen one that is so specially packaged as to empower you as a freelance opportunity seeker as this publishing company I want to share with you.
Talking of freelance opportunities, what really comes to mind first are popular sites like ezinearticles.com, elance.com, articlesweekly.com and lot of others. Indeed.com advertises opportunities for freelance writers just in the mold of craiglist.com. I hope you are following? Those sites Just listed above are too great to ignore. One disadvantage of those is that freelance opportunity seekers have one stumbling block or other to overcome. Some make it mandatory for you to bid for freelance jobs. Others insist you must be in the U.S. physically to enjoy the opportunity.
Now is the time to wipe away your tears. Helium has put a stop to that. It is one of the best single freelance opportunity provider that really enshrine freedom for writers. You choose the type of job you want to do without bidding. Browse through a section of the site called the market place and find assignments that suit you. Right there too you load the tool that makes it possible to start writing instantly and submit. You compete with other writers who may be interested in the same assignment and the job giver finally chooses which of the articles written best appeal to him.
This is an amazing opportunity. You keep on writing and expressing yourself while you get paid to do it without hinderance. payment vary from $20 and above. The publisher collects the payment and share the commission with you. They too get paid for connecting you with their clients who need your service.
So if you already have a paypal account, this is the freelance opportunity to explore so that your dollar account keep swelling. It is an opportunity you cannot afford to ignore. More importantly, you also have the opportunity to participate in writing contest to win $100 for your effort.
You can't wait any longer to start benefitting from this freelance writing opportunity. Go to www.helium.com
This is your chance. Grab it with all your talent.
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In my research on freelance writing opportunities since i started last year,I have never seen one that is so specially packaged as to empower you as a freelance opportunity seeker as this publishing company I want to share with you.
Talking of freelance opportunities, what really comes to mind first are popular sites like ezinearticles.com, elance.com, articlesweekly.com and lot of others. Indeed.com advertises opportunities for freelance writers just in the mold of craiglist.com. I hope you are following? Those sites Just listed above are too great to ignore. One disadvantage of those is that freelance opportunity seekers have one stumbling block or other to overcome. Some make it mandatory for you to bid for freelance jobs. Others insist you must be in the U.S. physically to enjoy the opportunity.
Now is the time to wipe away your tears. Helium has put a stop to that. It is one of the best single freelance opportunity provider that really enshrine freedom for writers. You choose the type of job you want to do without bidding. Browse through a section of the site called the market place and find assignments that suit you. Right there too you load the tool that makes it possible to start writing instantly and submit. You compete with other writers who may be interested in the same assignment and the job giver finally chooses which of the articles written best appeal to him.
This is an amazing opportunity. You keep on writing and expressing yourself while you get paid to do it without hinderance. payment vary from $20 and above. The publisher collects the payment and share the commission with you. They too get paid for connecting you with their clients who need your service.
So if you already have a paypal account, this is the freelance opportunity to explore so that your dollar account keep swelling. It is an opportunity you cannot afford to ignore. More importantly, you also have the opportunity to participate in writing contest to win $100 for your effort.
You can't wait any longer to start benefitting from this freelance writing opportunity. Go to www.helium.com
This is your chance. Grab it with all your talent.
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Monday, March 16, 2009
13 Paying Markets For Essays And Life Stories
The easiest way to break into the print is through non-fiction writing. This is the conclusion of experts freelance writers. You are better placed to find publishers falling upon themselves for your freelance writing service if you can focus on writing personal essays and true life stories.
Writing personal life stories that is simple to understand and dramatic is certainly a hot cake in the freelance market.
But another thing is knowing those who need the service you want to render. Who are those people you would send your stories and personal essays to?
Here are 13 paying freelance writing markets for this purpose:
1. Common Ties: They publish answers to short questions combined with art work. You’ll need to quickly contact them to discover what kind of entries they welcome now.
Guidelines available at http://commonties.com/submit.php
2. Christian Science Monitor: This is a favourite place for essay writers. Newbies have a good chance to break into this market with humour and touching personal stories. It is a world wide American Newspaper that seek upbeat personal essays from 300-900 words. Read guidelines at http://www.csmonitor.com/aboutus/guidelines.html
3. Chronogram: This publication welcome insightful, first person essays, short stories and poetry. They make payment based on a sliding scale depending on the contract between the editor and writer. Guidelines available at http://www.chronogram.com/pages/submissions
4. The Sun: Focuses on personal essays, interviews and poetry. They receive submission by post only so you cannot depend on internet communication for this. Pays from $500-$1,500 depending on the length of the essay. Contributors are also given complimentary copies for 1 year
5. Newsweek: Essays for this market should have personal tone and word count of between 850-900 words. You can write on any topic. Pays between $500-$1000. Also provide opportunity for annual essay competition awards. First prize winner gets $5000. You can get guidelines at http://www.newsweek.com/id/39258
6. Creative Non-Fiction: Essay writers and personal story tellers should have a lot to contribute here. Pays $10 per printed page. Guidelines available at http://www.creativenonfiction.or/thejournal/submitocnf.htm
7. Marriage Partnership: This is a Christian website on marriage which solicits first –person stories. Writers are expected to query first before sending their entries. Guidelines available at http://christianitytoday.com/mp/info.html
8. Underwired: Exclusively for women and welcome personal essays of between 800-1200 words for publication every month. Freelance writers should ensure that their submissions tally with the themes posted on the website. Guidelines available at http://uwmag.com/submission-guidlines-mainmenu-39.html
9. Chicken Soup For The Soul: This publication has different themes and sections. Upcoming books are advertised on the site and deadline for entries well stipulated. On publication, your write up/contribution will attract payment not specified on the website. Guidelines available at http://chickensoup.com
10. A Cup Of Comfort Series: They publish uplifting true life stories of between 100-2000 words about experiences and relationships that inspire and enrich our lives. On publication, one top-prize of $500 is awarded per volume and $100 for each other stories and a complimentary copy of the book. Guidelines available at http://www.cupofcomfort.com/share.htm
11. Angels On Earth: They publish first-person true life stories about those who have positively affect us in some dramatic ways. Payment between $100-$400 for full length narratives and $25-$100 for shorter stories. Guidelines available at http://www.angelsmagazine.com/writers_guidelines.asp
12. Orion: Essays wanted from newcomers and experienced freelance writers. This publication is about issues of our time; how we live, what we value and what sustains us. Payment ranges between $25 to $1000 depending on the type of entry and length of words. Guidelines at http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/mag/3004/
13. The Subway Chronicles: This is a New York Based site which welcome essays and short fillers about the New York city subway system. Payment is $20 for featured essay. Guidelines at http://www.thesubwaychronicles.com/guidelines.htm
There you have them 13 freelance paying markets you can contact immediately. Remember to use the power of internet technology to your advantage.
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Writing personal life stories that is simple to understand and dramatic is certainly a hot cake in the freelance market.
But another thing is knowing those who need the service you want to render. Who are those people you would send your stories and personal essays to?
Here are 13 paying freelance writing markets for this purpose:
1. Common Ties: They publish answers to short questions combined with art work. You’ll need to quickly contact them to discover what kind of entries they welcome now.
Guidelines available at http://commonties.com/submit.php
2. Christian Science Monitor: This is a favourite place for essay writers. Newbies have a good chance to break into this market with humour and touching personal stories. It is a world wide American Newspaper that seek upbeat personal essays from 300-900 words. Read guidelines at http://www.csmonitor.com/aboutus/guidelines.html
3. Chronogram: This publication welcome insightful, first person essays, short stories and poetry. They make payment based on a sliding scale depending on the contract between the editor and writer. Guidelines available at http://www.chronogram.com/pages/submissions
4. The Sun: Focuses on personal essays, interviews and poetry. They receive submission by post only so you cannot depend on internet communication for this. Pays from $500-$1,500 depending on the length of the essay. Contributors are also given complimentary copies for 1 year
5. Newsweek: Essays for this market should have personal tone and word count of between 850-900 words. You can write on any topic. Pays between $500-$1000. Also provide opportunity for annual essay competition awards. First prize winner gets $5000. You can get guidelines at http://www.newsweek.com/id/39258
6. Creative Non-Fiction: Essay writers and personal story tellers should have a lot to contribute here. Pays $10 per printed page. Guidelines available at http://www.creativenonfiction.or/thejournal/submitocnf.htm
7. Marriage Partnership: This is a Christian website on marriage which solicits first –person stories. Writers are expected to query first before sending their entries. Guidelines available at http://christianitytoday.com/mp/info.html
8. Underwired: Exclusively for women and welcome personal essays of between 800-1200 words for publication every month. Freelance writers should ensure that their submissions tally with the themes posted on the website. Guidelines available at http://uwmag.com/submission-guidlines-mainmenu-39.html
9. Chicken Soup For The Soul: This publication has different themes and sections. Upcoming books are advertised on the site and deadline for entries well stipulated. On publication, your write up/contribution will attract payment not specified on the website. Guidelines available at http://chickensoup.com
10. A Cup Of Comfort Series: They publish uplifting true life stories of between 100-2000 words about experiences and relationships that inspire and enrich our lives. On publication, one top-prize of $500 is awarded per volume and $100 for each other stories and a complimentary copy of the book. Guidelines available at http://www.cupofcomfort.com/share.htm
11. Angels On Earth: They publish first-person true life stories about those who have positively affect us in some dramatic ways. Payment between $100-$400 for full length narratives and $25-$100 for shorter stories. Guidelines available at http://www.angelsmagazine.com/writers_guidelines.asp
12. Orion: Essays wanted from newcomers and experienced freelance writers. This publication is about issues of our time; how we live, what we value and what sustains us. Payment ranges between $25 to $1000 depending on the type of entry and length of words. Guidelines at http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/mag/3004/
13. The Subway Chronicles: This is a New York Based site which welcome essays and short fillers about the New York city subway system. Payment is $20 for featured essay. Guidelines at http://www.thesubwaychronicles.com/guidelines.htm
There you have them 13 freelance paying markets you can contact immediately. Remember to use the power of internet technology to your advantage.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Freelance Jobs Resources In South Africa
The African continent is gradually stamping its feet on the internet with unbelievable opportunities for whosoever cares to discover the inherent freelance writing opportunities in the continent.
I’m amazed at the great possibilities now staring smart talented writers at the face just for them to discover it. There are skills to acquire. There are tricks to learn and you have to decide to transform your life and career with the power of information.
All you need to succeed is already at your disposal. Your writing talent is a great asset whether you have any formal training or not. You may not be a journalist yet but you can express yourself and tell your own story.
I bring you here places you can network with to express yourself in South Africa who needs your talent as a freelance writer. There is no barrier in this trade. The internet has broken all barriers. Enjoy.
1. South African Writers Network: Here you have both access to private and public membership. If you are an aspiring writer or a publisher, this network is for you. You will receive help to publish your work with classified information the indolent will never have.
You will have the opportunity to explore wealth of information on the internet and develop your writing skills.
Here is the secret to honing your writing skills and have a major breakthrough www.sawn.co.za
2. www.Futureshock.co.za
How can you start your freelancing career? How can you find freelance writing jobs? What should you charge for your writing? How do you advertise your services. If you submit your work and not get paid what happens. What should you know about bidding sites? Why is it even necessary to join some restricted sites?
Answers to these queries are freely available here.
3. www.freelancewritingtips.com
This is the greatest freelance writing tips in the world. There are writing opportunities you can get for just making a trial.
These are just but some of the freelance jobs resources in South Africa. Remember that you can run freelance service from anywhere you are either at home, the beach or holiday. The ball is now in your court.
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I’m amazed at the great possibilities now staring smart talented writers at the face just for them to discover it. There are skills to acquire. There are tricks to learn and you have to decide to transform your life and career with the power of information.
All you need to succeed is already at your disposal. Your writing talent is a great asset whether you have any formal training or not. You may not be a journalist yet but you can express yourself and tell your own story.
I bring you here places you can network with to express yourself in South Africa who needs your talent as a freelance writer. There is no barrier in this trade. The internet has broken all barriers. Enjoy.
1. South African Writers Network: Here you have both access to private and public membership. If you are an aspiring writer or a publisher, this network is for you. You will receive help to publish your work with classified information the indolent will never have.
You will have the opportunity to explore wealth of information on the internet and develop your writing skills.
Here is the secret to honing your writing skills and have a major breakthrough www.sawn.co.za
2. www.Futureshock.co.za
How can you start your freelancing career? How can you find freelance writing jobs? What should you charge for your writing? How do you advertise your services. If you submit your work and not get paid what happens. What should you know about bidding sites? Why is it even necessary to join some restricted sites?
Answers to these queries are freely available here.
3. www.freelancewritingtips.com
This is the greatest freelance writing tips in the world. There are writing opportunities you can get for just making a trial.
These are just but some of the freelance jobs resources in South Africa. Remember that you can run freelance service from anywhere you are either at home, the beach or holiday. The ball is now in your court.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Top Freelance Writing Jobs Resources In Nigeria
If you are tired of searching the internet effortlessly for freelance writing jobs resources even in Nigeria there is hope for you now.
It could be frustrating to spend valuable time seeking for materials to help you develop your writing skills only for you to end up not getting it. You may eventually be tempted to abandon the goal you have set for yourself thinking that there is no headway in what you are doing.
Never worry today because I’m going to wipe away your tears in that aspect as I quickly reveal top 3 freelance writing jobs resources even in Nigeria.
These resources will not only help you to develop your writing skills, but will also open your eyes to ideas and tricks highly successful freelance writers have access to which have been out of your reach since all these days.
For technical reasons I will not give the full details of the website address where you can find these resources. If you are smart enough, just add (www dot com) to the subheadings below and dash to your browser to access these eye opening resources.
Directory.classifieds1000
Here is the one stop shop for accessing hot information on available jobs and vacancies including freelance writing jobs.
1. Freelancewriting
Here you will have the once in a life time opportunity to learn freelance writing in an easy way and how to get freelance writing jobs plus complimentary resources. You cannot afford to miss it.
2. FreelanceWritingScene
This is the arena for hot jobs in freelance writing with detailed step by step guide on how you can start your freelance writing career. You’ll find it so amazing.
3. OnlineWritingOpportunities
If you have been frustrated about the road blocks on your way such as not knowing what publishers need from you to qualify for freelance jobs from them this is where to go. Sample letters that will instantly win jobs for you and how to get paid is freely made available here.
It is certain that with these resources, which are highly rated by google, your freelance job hunting effort will yield profitable results.
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It could be frustrating to spend valuable time seeking for materials to help you develop your writing skills only for you to end up not getting it. You may eventually be tempted to abandon the goal you have set for yourself thinking that there is no headway in what you are doing.
Never worry today because I’m going to wipe away your tears in that aspect as I quickly reveal top 3 freelance writing jobs resources even in Nigeria.
These resources will not only help you to develop your writing skills, but will also open your eyes to ideas and tricks highly successful freelance writers have access to which have been out of your reach since all these days.
For technical reasons I will not give the full details of the website address where you can find these resources. If you are smart enough, just add (www dot com) to the subheadings below and dash to your browser to access these eye opening resources.
Directory.classifieds1000
Here is the one stop shop for accessing hot information on available jobs and vacancies including freelance writing jobs.
1. Freelancewriting
Here you will have the once in a life time opportunity to learn freelance writing in an easy way and how to get freelance writing jobs plus complimentary resources. You cannot afford to miss it.
2. FreelanceWritingScene
This is the arena for hot jobs in freelance writing with detailed step by step guide on how you can start your freelance writing career. You’ll find it so amazing.
3. OnlineWritingOpportunities
If you have been frustrated about the road blocks on your way such as not knowing what publishers need from you to qualify for freelance jobs from them this is where to go. Sample letters that will instantly win jobs for you and how to get paid is freely made available here.
It is certain that with these resources, which are highly rated by google, your freelance job hunting effort will yield profitable results.
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
Freelance Writing Opportunities In Nigeria
Truely, my posts have been showcasing freelance opportunities for writers in foreign countries especially the United States. That should not be strange to you because of the power of the Internet which has removed all local and international barriers on the way of writers.
You cannot have any excuse of not expressing yourself or displaying your writing talent and finding media in desperately in need of your talent.
Just like any other businesses from Nigeria, your freelane writing adventure would encounter challenges other businesses from Nigeria encounter for example the problem of identity and the image problem. But that should not deter you.
I have found genuine Nigerian writers making money online who can teach you all you need to know about this business and mentor you to success.
This post is crafted in an interview mould with one of my mentor and counsellor on freelance writing-Innocent Ighalogbue
Publisher-I am aware that you have been on the scene for quite sometime now in the freelane writing business. What are the challenges faced by Nigerians in this bussiness opportunity?
Innocent-'From the mails I usually receive it appears a lot of good writers from Nigeria have totally given up the hope of ever be part of the writing job opportunity online due to erratic power supply and convenient access to the Internet.
I agree that these are problems, but I don’t believe they are strong enough to prevent us from this opportunity, which only requires our writing skill. I believe problems are meant to be solved, so we must find a way to overcome them than using them as excuse for not been part of the opportunity.
It wasn’t that rosy for me at the beginning when I got a job to write for a client in America, I didn’t own a personal computer or an Internet connection. The only thing I had was that at my place of work, I had access to computer and which was connected to the Internet. But I knew if I could sacrifice my comfort for a couple of weeks, I will then be able to provide the necessary facilities I need to work comfortably for myself.
I would therefore stay back after office time to write my articles and send to my client. Sometimes to enable me complete and deliver as many jobs as I could, I would have to sleep over at the office.
This has now paid off handsome as with my lap top computer with Internet connection I can do as much writing job and other things as I desire online anywhere.
The bottom line here is that there must be a way to overcome the challenges you might be having that limit your participation in this great opportunity for writers to make money using their writing skill online; if you look for it, you will definitely find it!
Publisher-But is the challenge restricted to power failure and absence of infrastructure? What about those who are connected and yet unable to access thes oppotunities? What other challenges constitute stumbling blocks to the realisation of theirs goal?
Innocent-'I am using this post to answer the questions of those who attended the Mother Of All Wealth Empowerment Seminars at Success Attitude Development Centre, Lagos, recently where I gave a presentation on my proprietary and top selling information product: How To Translate Your Writing Skill To Money Online.
Also in this write-up you must not fail to find out what I call the Mother Of All Discounts – it’s mind-blowing, you will be glad you did.
If you were at the seminar I just mentioned, you will remember that the time was far spent that day, and since I couldn’t answer your numerous questions about all that it takes for you to render your service as a freelance writer and be making good stream of income, I did promise to post the answers here. So read on!
Que: Am a song writer, how can I get song writing job online and what are the websites? Also, is it pay before service?
Ans: Although song writing is not commonly advertised by webmasters and writing job givers, it may still be possible to land one. Just keep checking here and other places on the Internet where you can find writing jobs, you may just be able to secure one.
Yes, it is usually pay after work. That is, you get paid after you have submitted your writing assignment to your employer. In some cases, to guide against the job giver going off with your articles or any other form of writing without paying you, some job sites offer an escrow account.
The job giver is made to deposit the amount the writing job is worth in the escrow account, then after the writing is completed and is accepted by the job giver, the writer can collect the money. That is a good way of ensuring that you get your payment, however you may not be able to make such arrangement with all job givers.
Therefore, to safeguide your writings you should first complete a minimum writing assignment that you can be paid for, send it to the employer and request for your payment.
If they have problems paying then you can decide not to continue with them. Be that as it may, please I want to assure you that though there might be fraudulent job givers, the majority of people needing freelance writers on the Internet are genuine – don’t be alarmed, they won’t run away with your money.
Que: After writing your article, how do you send it across to them?
Ans: first of all you will use MS Word to write your articles. Name each file after the topic you wrote about. And since you may be writing several topics on a single assignment, you will have to put the several files in a folder. You can name the folder the project title.
Then zip up the folder and upload it as an attachment to the email you are sending the employer.
Que: Can you write for more than one website owner?
Ans: Yes of course, depending on your schedule and the time you have, you can decide to write for as many websites as you can possibly handle.
If you like you can set up a mini writing agency at home by securing jobs and training one or two people to do them.
Que: Can you create an article using a private label right?
Ans: No! If somebody is paying you to write on certain topics for them, it means they need fresh and unique writings that nobody else has, including you (yes, including you because once they have paid you, the article you have written becomes theirs only and you must respect that).
Remember that you are not the only one who may have that same private label right material, therefore it is not unique.
Que: We need samples of cover letter and resume Ans: Please look around this blog you will find sample cover letter. Sample resume will come later, just keep checking.
Que: How can we use article writing with adsense by submitting to article directory? Ans: Well, this is a different kind of question from making money as freelance writer online, but I will still give you the answer.
If you have a website with adsense, one way of promoting it is by writing articles and submitting them with article directories, where website owners can pick them up for use on their websites. As they post them on their sites and people come to read them, you stand a chance of having them clicking to your site.
Those are basically the questions Nigerian writers who desire to join in the lucrative freelance writing opportunity on the Internet wanted answers to last week at the seminar I mentioned above.'
How about that? No one gives information on freelance writing opportunities in Nigeria as Innocent. You can reach him at innocent@onlinewritingopportunities.com
I'll be dishing out more on freelance writing opportunities in subsequent posts. Stay tuned.
CLICK Here Now To VOTE FOR THIS BLOG!
You cannot have any excuse of not expressing yourself or displaying your writing talent and finding media in desperately in need of your talent.
Just like any other businesses from Nigeria, your freelane writing adventure would encounter challenges other businesses from Nigeria encounter for example the problem of identity and the image problem. But that should not deter you.
I have found genuine Nigerian writers making money online who can teach you all you need to know about this business and mentor you to success.
This post is crafted in an interview mould with one of my mentor and counsellor on freelance writing-Innocent Ighalogbue
Publisher-I am aware that you have been on the scene for quite sometime now in the freelane writing business. What are the challenges faced by Nigerians in this bussiness opportunity?
Innocent-'From the mails I usually receive it appears a lot of good writers from Nigeria have totally given up the hope of ever be part of the writing job opportunity online due to erratic power supply and convenient access to the Internet.
I agree that these are problems, but I don’t believe they are strong enough to prevent us from this opportunity, which only requires our writing skill. I believe problems are meant to be solved, so we must find a way to overcome them than using them as excuse for not been part of the opportunity.
It wasn’t that rosy for me at the beginning when I got a job to write for a client in America, I didn’t own a personal computer or an Internet connection. The only thing I had was that at my place of work, I had access to computer and which was connected to the Internet. But I knew if I could sacrifice my comfort for a couple of weeks, I will then be able to provide the necessary facilities I need to work comfortably for myself.
I would therefore stay back after office time to write my articles and send to my client. Sometimes to enable me complete and deliver as many jobs as I could, I would have to sleep over at the office.
This has now paid off handsome as with my lap top computer with Internet connection I can do as much writing job and other things as I desire online anywhere.
The bottom line here is that there must be a way to overcome the challenges you might be having that limit your participation in this great opportunity for writers to make money using their writing skill online; if you look for it, you will definitely find it!
Publisher-But is the challenge restricted to power failure and absence of infrastructure? What about those who are connected and yet unable to access thes oppotunities? What other challenges constitute stumbling blocks to the realisation of theirs goal?
Innocent-'I am using this post to answer the questions of those who attended the Mother Of All Wealth Empowerment Seminars at Success Attitude Development Centre, Lagos, recently where I gave a presentation on my proprietary and top selling information product: How To Translate Your Writing Skill To Money Online.
Also in this write-up you must not fail to find out what I call the Mother Of All Discounts – it’s mind-blowing, you will be glad you did.
If you were at the seminar I just mentioned, you will remember that the time was far spent that day, and since I couldn’t answer your numerous questions about all that it takes for you to render your service as a freelance writer and be making good stream of income, I did promise to post the answers here. So read on!
Que: Am a song writer, how can I get song writing job online and what are the websites? Also, is it pay before service?
Ans: Although song writing is not commonly advertised by webmasters and writing job givers, it may still be possible to land one. Just keep checking here and other places on the Internet where you can find writing jobs, you may just be able to secure one.
Yes, it is usually pay after work. That is, you get paid after you have submitted your writing assignment to your employer. In some cases, to guide against the job giver going off with your articles or any other form of writing without paying you, some job sites offer an escrow account.
The job giver is made to deposit the amount the writing job is worth in the escrow account, then after the writing is completed and is accepted by the job giver, the writer can collect the money. That is a good way of ensuring that you get your payment, however you may not be able to make such arrangement with all job givers.
Therefore, to safeguide your writings you should first complete a minimum writing assignment that you can be paid for, send it to the employer and request for your payment.
If they have problems paying then you can decide not to continue with them. Be that as it may, please I want to assure you that though there might be fraudulent job givers, the majority of people needing freelance writers on the Internet are genuine – don’t be alarmed, they won’t run away with your money.
Que: After writing your article, how do you send it across to them?
Ans: first of all you will use MS Word to write your articles. Name each file after the topic you wrote about. And since you may be writing several topics on a single assignment, you will have to put the several files in a folder. You can name the folder the project title.
Then zip up the folder and upload it as an attachment to the email you are sending the employer.
Que: Can you write for more than one website owner?
Ans: Yes of course, depending on your schedule and the time you have, you can decide to write for as many websites as you can possibly handle.
If you like you can set up a mini writing agency at home by securing jobs and training one or two people to do them.
Que: Can you create an article using a private label right?
Ans: No! If somebody is paying you to write on certain topics for them, it means they need fresh and unique writings that nobody else has, including you (yes, including you because once they have paid you, the article you have written becomes theirs only and you must respect that).
Remember that you are not the only one who may have that same private label right material, therefore it is not unique.
Que: We need samples of cover letter and resume Ans: Please look around this blog you will find sample cover letter. Sample resume will come later, just keep checking.
Que: How can we use article writing with adsense by submitting to article directory? Ans: Well, this is a different kind of question from making money as freelance writer online, but I will still give you the answer.
If you have a website with adsense, one way of promoting it is by writing articles and submitting them with article directories, where website owners can pick them up for use on their websites. As they post them on their sites and people come to read them, you stand a chance of having them clicking to your site.
Those are basically the questions Nigerian writers who desire to join in the lucrative freelance writing opportunity on the Internet wanted answers to last week at the seminar I mentioned above.'
How about that? No one gives information on freelance writing opportunities in Nigeria as Innocent. You can reach him at innocent@onlinewritingopportunities.com
I'll be dishing out more on freelance writing opportunities in subsequent posts. Stay tuned.
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Friday, February 27, 2009
19 New Freelance Job Opportunities From Indeed
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In this post, you will enjoy freelance job opportunities released recently by indeed.com
Hope you'll maximize your benefit from this free info.....
19 new jobs found
Freelance Writer
E World Publishing - Hunlock Creek, PA
Academic Freelance Writers needed immediately for... writers earn between $45,000 and $70,000 a year. Serious inquiries only, as we are looking for writers... $45,000 - $70,000 a year
From JobThread - 3:09 AM - save job, email, block, more...
Freelance Writer
Internet Brands - Los Angeles, CA
298 Freelance Writer About the Job... Los Angeles based Internetbrands.com is looking for a writer... Web, Online, Freelance, Writer, Writing, SEO...
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Need a Freelance Horoscope Writer
Atlanta, GA
We are looking for a freelance horoscope writer for our new women's magazine. But, there is a twist…we are looking for horoscopes written from a love...
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Freelance Writer - Metromix
Careerbuilder - Washington, DC
in Washington, DC is looking for experienced freelance writers to help launch a new local entertainment site aimed at 21-to-34-year-olds. Writers will visit and...
From CareerBuilder - 12:00 PM - save job, email, block, more...
Freelance News writer
Careerbuilder - Los Angeles, CA
basic non-linear editing/clip editing duties; and logging video feeds. The writer also must learn the responsibilities of the associate producer and program...
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News Writer - Freelance
Careerbuilder - Seattle, WA
Station Department:News Position:Freelance News Writer Q13 FOX Seattle's FOX affiliate is looking for an experienced journalist and creative writer for our...
From CareerBuilder - 12:04 PM - save job, email, block, more...
Remote Freelance Editor: Web Content
Internet Brands - New York City, NY
We are looking for editors to edit the articles for our writers. We pay a rate of $.50-$2.00 per 200-800 word article via paypal or with a check through ADP...
From NewYorkJobs.com - 2:52 AM - save job, email, block, more...
Managing Editor - Writer
Careerbuilder - Kansas City, MO
researching as well as managing the editorial staff, associate and freelance writers and photographers. Â... Requirements-- Candidate will be required to...
From CareerBuilder - 12:03 PM - save job, email, block, more...
Senior Editor
FILTER - Seattle, WA
and mentor a team of writers, facilitating their... fast and under pressure Experience hiring freelance writers and editors and managing their work A great...
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Senior Editor, BNET Industries
CNET Networks - San Francisco, CA
contacts in the business media space; proven ability to successfully manage freelance writers; proficiency in Wordpress or other blog platforms; familiarity...
From CNET Networks - 1:12 AM - save job, email, block, more...
Senior Editor
BNET - San Francisco, CA
contacts in the business media space; proven ability to successfully manage freelance writers; proficiency in Wordpress or other blog platforms; familiarity...
From JournalismJobs.com - 7:33 AM - save job, email, block, more...
Content Editor
Careerbuilder - Reston, VA
on Wirefly.com > Develop and manage relationships with freelance writers.  > Manage freelance budget  > Write in-depth reviews of popular cell...
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Editor (Magazine)
Careerbuilder - Denver, CO
in senior-level positions at Fortune 1000 companies Ability to manage freelance writers and contributing editors Experience with online and digital products...
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CREATIVE/MARKETING PROFESSIONALS
Careerbuilder - Bentonville, AR
in placing creative and marketing talent in freelance and full-time positions. With over 350 clients and... · Technical Writers · Copywriters Â...
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CREATIVE/MARKETING PROFESSIONALS
Careerbuilder - Fort Smith, AR
in placing creative and marketing talent in freelance and full-time positions. With over 350 clients and... · Technical Writers · Copywriters Â...
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CREATIVE/MARKETING PROFESSIONALS
Careerbuilder - Little Rock, AR
in placing creative and marketing talent in freelance and full-time positions. With over 350 clients and... · Technical Writers · Copywriters Â...
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CREATIVE/MARKETING PROFESSIONALS
Careerbuilder - Rogers, AR
in placing creative and marketing talent in freelance and full-time positions. With over 350 clients and... · Technical Writers · Copywriters Â...
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CREATIVE/MARKETING PROFESSIONALS
Careerbuilder - Fayetteville, AR
in placing creative and marketing talent in freelance and full-time positions. With over 350 clients and... · Technical Writers · Copywriters Â...
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CREATIVE/MARKETING PROFESSIONALS
Careerbuilder - Springdale, AR
in placing creative and marketing talent in freelance and full-time positions. With over 350 clients and... · Technical Writers · Copywriters Â...
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19 new jobs found
Freelance Writer
E World Publishing - Hunlock Creek, PA
Academic Freelance Writers needed immediately for... writers earn between $45,000 and $70,000 a year. Serious inquiries only, as we are looking for writers... $45,000 - $70,000 a year
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Freelance Writer
Internet Brands - Los Angeles, CA
298 Freelance Writer About the Job... Los Angeles based Internetbrands.com is looking for a writer... Web, Online, Freelance, Writer, Writing, SEO...
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Need a Freelance Horoscope Writer
Atlanta, GA
We are looking for a freelance horoscope writer for our new women's magazine. But, there is a twist…we are looking for horoscopes written from a love...
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Freelance Writer - Metromix
Careerbuilder - Washington, DC
in Washington, DC is looking for experienced freelance writers to help launch a new local entertainment site aimed at 21-to-34-year-olds. Writers will visit and...
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Freelance News writer
Careerbuilder - Los Angeles, CA
basic non-linear editing/clip editing duties; and logging video feeds. The writer also must learn the responsibilities of the associate producer and program...
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News Writer - Freelance
Careerbuilder - Seattle, WA
Station Department:News Position:Freelance News Writer Q13 FOX Seattle's FOX affiliate is looking for an experienced journalist and creative writer for our...
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Remote Freelance Editor: Web Content
Internet Brands - New York City, NY
We are looking for editors to edit the articles for our writers. We pay a rate of $.50-$2.00 per 200-800 word article via paypal or with a check through ADP...
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Managing Editor - Writer
Careerbuilder - Kansas City, MO
researching as well as managing the editorial staff, associate and freelance writers and photographers. Â... Requirements-- Candidate will be required to...
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Senior Editor
FILTER - Seattle, WA
and mentor a team of writers, facilitating their... fast and under pressure Experience hiring freelance writers and editors and managing their work A great...
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Senior Editor, BNET Industries
CNET Networks - San Francisco, CA
contacts in the business media space; proven ability to successfully manage freelance writers; proficiency in Wordpress or other blog platforms; familiarity...
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Senior Editor
BNET - San Francisco, CA
contacts in the business media space; proven ability to successfully manage freelance writers; proficiency in Wordpress or other blog platforms; familiarity...
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Content Editor
Careerbuilder - Reston, VA
on Wirefly.com > Develop and manage relationships with freelance writers.  > Manage freelance budget  > Write in-depth reviews of popular cell...
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Editor (Magazine)
Careerbuilder - Denver, CO
in senior-level positions at Fortune 1000 companies Ability to manage freelance writers and contributing editors Experience with online and digital products...
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CREATIVE/MARKETING PROFESSIONALS
Careerbuilder - Bentonville, AR
in placing creative and marketing talent in freelance and full-time positions. With over 350 clients and... · Technical Writers · Copywriters Â...
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Careerbuilder - Fort Smith, AR
in placing creative and marketing talent in freelance and full-time positions. With over 350 clients and... · Technical Writers · Copywriters Â...
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CREATIVE/MARKETING PROFESSIONALS
Careerbuilder - Little Rock, AR
in placing creative and marketing talent in freelance and full-time positions. With over 350 clients and... · Technical Writers · Copywriters Â...
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CREATIVE/MARKETING PROFESSIONALS
Careerbuilder - Rogers, AR
in placing creative and marketing talent in freelance and full-time positions. With over 350 clients and... · Technical Writers · Copywriters Â...
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CREATIVE/MARKETING PROFESSIONALS
Careerbuilder - Fayetteville, AR
in placing creative and marketing talent in freelance and full-time positions. With over 350 clients and... · Technical Writers · Copywriters Â...
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CREATIVE/MARKETING PROFESSIONALS
Careerbuilder - Springdale, AR
in placing creative and marketing talent in freelance and full-time positions. With over 350 clients and... · Technical Writers · Copywriters Â...
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