February 01, 2004
Volume 1 No. 35
ISSN 1530-5287

Welcome to the first issue of the eBook Ecstasy newsletter produced by Tigress Press, LLC. We hope to continue the tradition of excellence that is the reputation of this fine publication and, while we foresee some changes down the road, we will keep the format that has made eBook Ecstasy successful.

eBook Ecstasy is a free newsletter aimed at introducing readers to great e-books. Because this newsletter is primarily for readers, we’d like to know more about what you like to read. In upcoming issues, we plan to include press releases about new titles and reviews of new books. We’ll also include information from authors about upcoming book signings, awards, and other achievements. We’ll continue interviews with your favorite authors if you tell us whom you want to know more about.

For authors, artists, and publishers, this is an opportunity to "display your wares." Let us know what’s on the horizon. In future issues, we want to expand this newsletter to include print titles as well as e-books.

1. Publishing News
2. Market News
3. Author Interview
4. Publisher Interview
5. Featured Article
6. Reviews
7. New Releases

Featured author: Marilyn Meredith
Featured publisher: Lida E. Quillen
Featured reviewers: Sylvia Blakey and Barbara M. Hodges
Featured article: Stephen D. Rogers

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Tigress Press, http://www.tigresspress.com, is pleased to announce that The Emerald Dagger, fantasy fiction by Tigress Press author Barbara M. Hodges, has been chosen as a nominee in the Romantic Times Book Club magazine in the Best of Small Press Paranormal and Futuristic category.

Announce the release of your new book in the e-book announcements forum at Knowbetter: http://www.knowbetter.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=11and list the title in their e-book directory: http://www.knowbetter.com/ebook/titles/add_info.asp.

Trica McGill's novel, Traces of Dreams,was voted mainstream Romantic Book of The Year for 2003 at the recent Romance Writers of Australia annual awards dinner. http://www.triciamcgill.com/

Ardy M. Scott's cover art for WindChance is a finalist for EPIC's Quasar award; http://www.epicauthors.org/quasars-best-winners2004.html

Laura’s Guide to Self-publishing is a site to help others in self-publishing, as well as marketing and publicity: http://www.freewebs.com/lauraonselfpublishing.

Check out Holly Lisle's free e-book on writing fiction, Mugging the Muse: http://www.hollylisle.com/downloads.html#mugging

Cybling is a SF, fantasy and horror chat area featuring interviews with the movers, shakers and up-and-comers in the genre: http://cybling.hypermart.net/flashz.htm.

Self-Publish And Be Damned? Not Always, by Andy Kessler. "I brought out my own book and beat the odds." See http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110004578.

Diskus Publishing has a fun-filled Winter Wonderland: http://diskuspublishing.com/Wonderland.html

ebooklove is a new group at Yahoo Groups for discussing romance e-books: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebooklove.

Cyber-Pulp is experiencing a period of aggressive growth and may be changing its URL soon. The current URL is http://come.to/cyberpulp/. Check out their e-books.

Ebookbase is a wholesale distributor of e-books targeted for mobile devices: http://www.ebookbase.com/

Go to http://www.bookswelove.net and sign up for the BooksWeLove monthly newsletter - keep track of your favorite BooksWeLove author, and be the first to hear about new releases, and BooksWeLove contests and enter to win a book a month.

Publishing & Marketing for New Authors is a publishing and marketing email list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newauthors

Dawnstar Books! www.dawnstarbooks.com publishes Two Cents. The first 2004 issue is now available. This special issue is titled "The Psychology of Failure (and what to do about it)." According to Anthony Hernandez of Dawnstar Books, "It's a bit of a departure from my usual fare and I strongly urge everyone to stop by and read it."

Book Promotion Newsletter is available at www.bookpromotionnewsletter.com.

Marilyn Meredith Seminar will be held in Reno, NV for 6 days and 5 nights, from March 28-April 2, 2004, for a week of writing tips, manuscript critiquing and fun. The following topics will be covered: So You Want to Be a Fiction Writer, Creating Believable Characters and Setting as Character, Advanced Self-Editing, and Getting Published Today. Each session will include time for questions and for individuals to read three or four pages of a manuscript in progress for critiquing. One-on-one sessions can also be arranged.

Visit www.fictionforyou.com for more details, then take the link to the Sands Regency Hotel to make your reservations online. Just request reservations for either a party of one or two people for the Marilyn Meredith Package. You can also call 1-866-386-7829 to make the reservation. If you have e-mail, be sure to leave your e-mail address.

Use EPIC's (Electronically Published Internet Connection) Publishers Corner to get information about your publishing company listed free: http://www.epicauthors.org/pubcorner.html.

The Electronically Published Internet Connection (EPIC) is proud to announce the finalists for the fifth annual EPPIE Awards. These awards, which honor the finest electronically published books of the year, will be presented on March 15 in Oklahoma City as part of EPICon 2004. The list of finalists is available at http://www.epicauthors.org/eppiewinners2004.html

EPICon 2004 will take place March 14-16. Registration is open to anybody with an interest in electronic publishing. A complete list of conference activities (including workshops, panel discussions, and a group book signing) is available at http://www.epic-conference.com.

For more information on EPIC and EPICon, visit http://www.epicauthors.org. Questions about the EPPIES may be directed to Betty Kasischke at annekas@aol.com.

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Baen Books now accepts electronic submissions. Prefers 100k-300k word novels: http://www.baen.com/

Black Medina is a new online literary magazine. Open to submissions: http://www.blackmedina.net/

The Point Of Life Show
The New Technique Of Credible Thinking: Is America Ready For Authentic Change? The Point Of Life Show VoiceAmerica.com debuts Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at 7:00PM Eastern Time. The program is free for anyone with a computer and an online connection. People throughout the world can listen in and also phone in (954 785 8439) and ask any question relating to their health, wealth, and happiness. For a pre-show interview, contact Michael Levy: http://www.pointoflife.com or P.O. Box 7, 3032 East Commercial Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33303, USA.

Bobbing Around, Dr. Bob Rich's newsletter, is accepting short articles, announcements and brags: http://mudsmith.net/bobbing.html.

Dragonfly Publishing, Inc. is currently seeking 50,000-90,000 word SF/F and SF romance novels: http://www.dragonflypubs.com/dfp/subs.html.

E2K, a journal for the new literary paradigm, pays $25.00 for article, essay or story and $10.00 for poetry on publication: http://www.netauthor.org/e2k/.

Moonlight Publishing is open to submissions. Send query letter only: http://www.moonlight-publishing.co.uk/.

Mundania Press is open to submissions in SF/F, mystery, horror, romance, paranormal and erotica: http://www.mundania.com/submissions.html.

Odyssey Summer Writing Workshop announces its 2004 session with George R. R. Martin, special writer in residence. Odyssey is a highly respected creative writing workshop for science fiction, fantasy, and horror authors. Featured 2004 guest lecturers include award-winning authors Catherine Asaro, Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman, and Barry B. Longyear; bestseller Bob Mayer; and award-winning editor/writer Gardner Dozois. Further information and applications are available from the website. Students must apply by April 15, 2004: http://www.sff.net/odyssey.

Runestone Publishing LLC is open to submissions in the following genres: SF/F, mystery, romance, paranormal, suspense and thriller: http://www.runestonepublishing.com/.

Tigress Press is open to submissions for publication in 2005, and is particularly interested in fantasy or romance or a combination of the two: http://www.tigresspress.com/.

Twilight Times Books In 2004, TT Books will evolve from an Internet e-publisher to a traditional small press print publisher. Open to submissions Feb. 15 to March 5, 2004. Especially interested in professionally written SF/F, literary and mainstream novels as well as literate non-fiction: http://twilighttimesbooks.com/subs.html.

Grace Abraham Publishing - Non-fiction Dark-N-Stormies:
Do you have a compelling story to tell? Do you have the solution to a problem plaguing moms, dads, families or children? Are you a survivor who wants to share a tale of hope? If you have a non-fiction, book-length manuscript you'd like Grace Abraham Publishing to consider, send us a proposal. Manuscript must be completed. Multiple submissions are okay provided you inform us of that at time of submission. See http://www.graceabraham.com/page8.html for guidelines. Please do not send full manuscript unless it is requested.
Dark-N-Stormies - Fiction Imprint of Grace Abraham Publishing is currently seeking book-length fiction in the mystery/suspense, psychological thriller, cozy mystery, romantic suspense and procedural mystery categories. If you have a completed manuscript you would like Dark-N-Stormies to consider, send a cover letter, synopsis, and first two chapters only via snail mail (with SASE) to the address listed on our website (http://www.graceabraham.com/) or via e-mail (posted in the body of your message - attachments will NOT be opened) to gd830@hotmail.com.

Mathews Books: a new publishing company is open for submissions. Our goal is to fulfill dreams, one author at a time. We are starting things off with two fiction contests, both on line at http://www.mathewsbooks.net. The two contests are open to all fiction writers, with a $500 first prize plus having your manuscript published in the Romance 101 Contest, in the Fiction 2004 is open to all genres with a $500 first prize plus having your manuscript published. Check it out at their website.

Announcing the 21st RT Booklovers Convention, March 24-28, 2004, Hotel Martinique, New York City. Get more information on workshops and activities from: http://www.rtbooklover.com/

Tina Adams of Fiction Promotions (http://www.fictionpromotions.com) has recently introduced a new website to fans in the fantasy reading world, Fantasy Author Yellow Pages (http://www.fantasyauthoryellowpages.com) where readers may search out and find their favorite fantasy authors on the web. In exchange for you adding a small graphic to your author website, Ms. Adams will post a premium listing for you on the site, complete with author photo and a 35-word ad! Listings are live for one year. For more information and to get listed, visit the website.

Check out WritersBreak.com, the new web site and ezine for fiction and creative non-fiction writers!: http://www.writersbreak.com/.

Liddy Midnight (http://www.liddymidnight.com/) is part of the team writing The Fantasy Shoppe stories as Annalise for Ellora's Cave. Venus Rising, the first of the series, was just released on Jan. 1, 2004, and a novella, Eye of the Hawk, will appear in the anthology Equinox II: The Magic Continues in March 2004. Subscribers to my newsletter are eligible to win one of four copies of the DIEUX DU STADE 2004 calendar, one each week in January to kick things off. There's a click-through to subscribe on the front page of my site, www.liddymidnight.com.

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Featured Publisher Interview: LIDA E. QUILLEN OF TWILIGHT TIMES PUBLISHING.
Lida E. Quillen is an author, editor, literary agent, publicist and webmaster. She is the founder and owner of cyber bookshop and publishing house Twilight Times Books as well as the Twilight Times Agency and Twilight Times ezine. I highly recommend you take advantage of the knowledge and experience gleaned from her Internet endeavors by reading her latest non-fiction book, Practical Tips for Online Authors.

Now let’s meet Lida E. Quillen.

BMH: Tell us a little about yourself.

LEQ: After attempting such occupations as air traffic controller, real estate agent, apartment manager, etc., I have found a field of endeavor that is challenging and personally rewarding. I enjoy writing and by 1995 I had garnered publication credits in over twenty print publications with my short stories, poetry and articles. I've also completed the first five chapters and a chapter-by-chapter outline of the rest of the book for five different novels. These are best described as a dark fantasy set in another universe, a contemporary urban fantasy, a fantasy set in the Old West, an epic fantasy set in another universe and a supernatural murder mystery.

After I discovered the Internet, my fiction writing slowed to a trickle. There is something seductive about having 20mb of space to fill with your own creative works. I had fun building a personal website dedicated to beginning writers who plan to write and sell their work. I wanted to share what I've learned along the way to becoming a published writer.

BMH: How did you get into publishing, and why?

LEQ: When I first discovered the Internet in 1997, I was amazed at the number of highly talented and yet unpublished writers I kept meeting online. I could feel their anguish and frustration at not being able to break into print. I decided to do something about it and created Twilight Times ezine in July 1998 to showcase great writing and to give these writers an outlet.

Next I started listening to writers who could not get their novels published. In January 1999, I started Twilight Times Books to present the works of talented, but under-published novelists. I am committed to providing an outlet for brilliant authors with books that deserve to see print.

I enjoy giving talented authors their first break and watching them develop as writers. Fortunately, I also enjoy the publication process. We have authors, editors and artists from countries around the world. A new book from an author in Denmark might have a Canadian editor and cover artwork from an artist in Australia. Finding the best editor for a particular author, commissioning the artwork, bringing out the book in various formats, sending it around to the distributors, handling the marketing and promo, etc. is all part of the publication process - a most interesting and challenging endeavor.

BMH: Is Twilight Times open for submissions at this time?

LEQ: Yes, Twilight Times Books is open to submissions from Feb. 15 to March 5, 2004. We normally open to submissions two or three times a year.

We have expanded our guidelines to include more non-fiction titles in 2004 and will be actively seeking the following genres - SF/F, literary, magic realism, mystery, New Age and paranormal. We would like to see more SF/F and mystery submissions.

At Twilight Times Books our mission is to promote excellence in writing and great literature. We're dedicated to enhancing the prospects of getting great literary, New Age and SF/F books into the hands of readers.

BMH: What is your submission process?

LEQ: We accept electronic submissions and prefer a query letter together with a bio, synopsis, marketing plan and the first chapter in the body of an email message. If we are intrigued by the story concept, then we request the entire work as an RTF or Word 97 file that will be evaluated by our submissions editor. We do try to respond to submissions within two months. Overall the quality of submissions has improved greatly since we have moved to print publishing.

BMH: What as a publisher, is your biggest headache concerning submissions?

LEQ: Quite often a writer has made a good start on a novel, but it simply is not sufficiently polished for publication. It is a little frustrating for me to have to turn down work that otherwise has excellent potential because the writer did not invest additional time to really make the book sparkle.

BMH: Do you belong to any organizations?

LEQ: SFF.Net, which is a "watering hole" for authors, publishers and editors, Association of Authors & Publishers, EPIC (Electronically Published Internet Connection), SPAN (Small Publishers Association of North America) and The Writers Collective.

BMH: Have they been a help to you?

LEQ: We signed with The Writers Collective as an associate member. This will give us a jump start on distribution and marketing as we can tie in with their distribution channels - Fidlar Doubleday for fulfillment, Baker & Taylor for wholesale, offset printers for larger production runs, book data to Muze who sends the info to booksellers, etc. They have streamlined the process we need to be following when ramping up production of our paperback books.

I have also benefited by participating on various publisher email lists. Some great info was posted recently on the self-publishing list. Some of the lists to which I subscribe:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ind-e-pubs/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pod_publishers/
http://www.pub-forum.net/
http://www.publish-l.bigstep.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Self-Publishing/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallpub-civil/

BMH: What are your feelings on e-books and their future?

LEQ: With epublishers, your book can be accepted, published and available to readers in about four months or less. Very few epublishers will pay an advance. However, reputable publishers will provide editing, artwork and a certain amount of promo at no charge. A few publishers are starting to charge for these services, but I hope this is not a new trend. The cross-genre and/or lesser-known incarnations of SF/F are best served by electronic publishers. Ardent readers cannot get enough of their favorite time travel, vampire romance, paranormal and etc. sub-genres. As ebook readers/devices improve in functionality and come down in price, a ready-made audience will snap up these non-traditional books.

In addition, authors on the web are acquiring new skills. We are starting to think in terms of multi-media effects due to the influence of surfing experiences. The manner in which the words appear on the page (HTML coding), non-linear (embedded hot links), visual (graphics, borders, backgrounds), music (wav, mp3 files) and so on, have an almost subliminal effect. We spend hours in front of a computer screen, researching and interacting with literally hundreds of people worldwide on a daily basis. All these experiences cannot help but affect the way authors will write in the future.

I foresee there will be incredible advances in technology. In two or three years, you will never be lost because your cell phone will have a built-in GPS (global positioning system). You will be able to download info to your cell phone, PDA or other hand-held device from the Internet at DSL speeds. Continued advances in technology will open up the ebook market to millions of new readers. The publishers who are able to stay the course will reap the benefits.

BMH: What do you feel is the biggest marketing and promoting tool for publishers?

LEQ: The most important marketing tool for publishers is to publish first-rate books. Small press publishers need to establish standards of excellence.

Examples are posted each week on the publisher forums of reviewers who will not review small press books, bookstore chains that will not carry small press books and even wholesalers that are reluctant to carry the books. Why? They have seen any number of books in which the quality of the writing was less than desirable. This is due in part to certain subsidy publishers who have flooded the marketplace with books of inferior quality.

Epublishing is still a new and evolving endeavor. As epublishing houses move from ebooks to print books, we will see novels that were perfectly acceptable ebooks that do not look nearly as acceptable as a print book. When this occurs, each publisher will need to re-evaluate her publication process. Do you want to publish great stories from new authors that are a little "rough" around the edges, or do you want highly polished works that any NYC print publisher would be pleased to publish?

BMH: How is a marketing dollar best spent in your opinion?

LEQ: A small press publisher does not need to take out ads in major newspapers and magazines. Set up an online postcard system your authors can use to promote their books on the Internet. Offer a catalogue as a download from your web site. Do send media kits to top reviewers. Send postcards, flyers and/or brochures to targeted specialty shops and book catalogues.

Small press publishers should do more to support and interact with the independent bookstores with targeted mailings and follow-up with phone calls.

Study the excellent free articles at such web sites as the following:
Midwest Book Review, http://www.midwestbookreview.com/bookbiz/advice/advice.htm;
The Tool Shed in the Cat's Backyard, http://hometown.aol.com/catspawpress/ToolShed.html;
and especially "Creating and Executing a Book Publicity Plan," http://www.imediafax.com/.

My new book, Practical Tips for Small Press Publishers, is a guidebook with advice for the small press publisher that contains dozens of low-cost promo and publicity opportunities.

BMH: How big a part do you feel good reviews play in sales?

LEQ: From what I am hearing on the publisher forums, good reviews play a very important role in sales. Most publishers generally see a direct correlation between a favorable review in major media such as NYT Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Washington Post, etc. and increased sales.

BMH: What does Twilight Times do to promote their authors, and what do you do to encourage your authors to promote themselves?

LEQ: ARCs are sent to noteworthy reviewers, press releases and news stories are sent to the author’s local and regional newspapers, libraries, bookstores, associations and etc., news stories are posted online to newsgroups, readers’ bulletin boards and appropriate readers email lists.

We encourage our authors to join email lists such as online-authors, MurderMustAdvertise and publishingandpromoting for networking and sharing promo ideas. Dozens of promo and marketing tips are provided to our authors each month.

Recent tips to our authors include (but not limited to) the following:
For those of you with recent ebook releases and/or those of you currently promoting your book(s), feel free to send a postcard announcement to friends, relatives, etc.
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/postcard/

Check out "A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Building a Writing Career" by Sean Murphy
http://www.writersmarket.com/content/multidimensional.asp
Getting on the Air, Part I by Brian Jud, http://www.writing-world.com/jud/jud15.shtml
Getting on the Air, Part I by Brian Jud, http://www.writing-world.com/jud/jud16.shtml
Radio and Live Broadcasts on the Internet, http://webalmanac.allinfoabout.com/internet/webradio.htm
Jim's Word - links of interest to writers, http://bloxword.ca/jimsbmks.htm
Writers Resource Center, http://www.poewar.com/index.html
U. S. Media links, http://www.allnewspapers.com/namerica/usa/states/default.htm

Expressions is published monthly and open to submissions all year round. They welcome your participation and almost anything you’d like to contribute. Send all submissions in the body of an email – no attachments please - with "Expressions" in the subject line. Submit to:cathyartist@hotmail.com, http://samsdotpublishing.com/expressions/decemberexpressions.htm.

Take advantage of the free ad space and links for writers and editors: http://catherine_buburuz.tripod.com/cathybuburuzschampagneonice/id7.html

BMH: What about a web site? How important is it to be easily negotiated?

LEQ: A well-designed web site is very important. Potential customers can quickly lose interest if the site is difficult to navigate. You also need to offer something of value for free from your web site. For example, I have an ebook freebies page, a page with descriptions of ebook devices and a recommended reading list for small press publishers.

BMH: How many new releases do you plan for 2004?

LEQ: Actually, we have twelve books in various phases of production with release dates of June, July and August 2004 for the paperback books. These include SF/F, short story collections, literary, New Age, mainstream, and mystery and suspense novels.

BMH: Where do you see Twilight Times five years from now?

LEQ: First of all, I’d like to note how far we have come. Twilight Times Books was established January 1999 as an epublisher. In 2004, we will evolve from an Internet epublisher to a small press print publisher. TT Books is currently expanding into paperback books and will be seeking new distributors for both ebooks and print books in the coming months.

Let me bring you up to date on recent events at TT Books. Alex Roces' novel, The Moon Child, was chosen as book of the month for the National Bookstore, a chain of bookstores in his home country of the Philippines. Plus they have agreed to promote the book through an advertising and marketing campaign with all expenses paid by National Bookstore. I believe there are fifty bookstores in the chain, but all they are initially ordering is 300 books. Guess English language books don't sell all that well there.

Cynthia Ward gave a speech and sold twenty-five pre-release promo books and twenty diskette ebook versions of Sometimes There's a Dove.

Several of our titles are now available from Fictionwise with more additions each month. Fictionwise offers our books in eight different formats. Jerome and the Seraph, the first book in a series about the "quantum cat," was no. 2 on the bestseller list for fantasy books and Dragon's Moon (a Dream Realm award finalist) was no. 1 in YA ebooks at Fictionwise for several weeks.

In other book news - a Romanian language version of Eyes of Truth has been printed. Both the author and I have received copies. They did a first class job. The Romanian publisher has three other books of ours under contract and will be interested in additional books if these first four do well there.

I found all this very encouraging. I had to give some thought as to a "business plan" for TT Books. I decided I do not want TT Books to be known as an epublisher for much longer. In 2004, I will establish TT Books as a traditional small press print publisher. We will continue to publish ebooks, but the focus will be on print books. For the record, Twilight Times Books will not be a "POD" publisher. We will be using both digital and offset printers.

By second quarter 2004, TT Books will be functioning much as a small press print publisher, whether we call ourselves that or not. At that point I should be able to offer a few free print books for the author's personal use and perhaps even a small advance (real small) to new authors (and/or current authors with new books). We already offer a standard royalty. We pay all expenses pertaining to publication of ebooks or print books, including preview galley copies to reviewers (just started this for the print books), edits, copy edits, press releases, as well as the formatting, design, artwork, interior layout, actual printing, etc. of the book. That is pretty much the role of a mainstream publisher.

So, small press publisher in 2004 and perhaps mid-list publisher (initial print runs of 5000+) by 2010.

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Calls for submissions
Three places to find calls for anthology submissions are: AnthologiesOnline, http://www.anthologiesonline.com; Poets & Writers, http://www.pw.org; Ralan, http://www.ralan.com.

Not all open anthologies will be e-anthologies but those that are will be designated as such.

Open Anthologies?
There are two types of anthologies: open and closed. Anyone can submit to an open anthology. Closed anthologies are by invitation only. Once you start to appear in anthologies, editors who enjoyed your writing will invite you to submit to closed anthologies, which increases your chance of acceptance. It's also cool.

E-Anthology Publishers
Two e-publishers who are currently building their inventory of e-anthologies are: Cyber-Pulp, http://come.to/cyberpulp; Silver Lake Publishing, http://www.silverlakepublishing.com. Check their site for open calls or send the publisher an e-mail asking for the names of any editors who may be soliciting contributions to a future project.

Cyber-Pulp is experiencing a period of aggressive growth and may be changing its URL soon. If the one listed above doesn’t work, follow the updated link from the Bibliography page at my site: http://www.stephendrogers.com/.

Submissions
Submitting to an e-anthology is no different than submitting elsewhere. Read the guidelines to determine the preferred method and format. Follow the guidelines. Editors are trying to fill slots for a single project and they must quickly cut down the number of submissions by first rejecting those that didn't follow the stated rules. Make sure you include your contact information. The e-anthology editor is usually working on a tighter deadline than the periodical editor and doesn't have time to track you down.

Once You're Accepted
Like any other e-book, you'll sign a contract and possibly be asked to proof your submission. Check your story, your byline, and your biography (including any URL or email address). Be professional and provide the editor/publisher with a requested contract, feedback, or information in a timely manner. You don't want to be the one holding up the show. You want to be the one who was a delight to work with in order to increase the likelihood of being invited to future projects.

The Fine Print
Although it probably comes as no surprise, there is a downside to writing for e-anthologies. Royalties are split between the contributors, usually by story but sometimes by length. You'll receive a smaller piece of the pie every time the e-anthology sells but the increased sales and visibility more than make up for sharing the wealth.

One Writer's Experience
This past year, I focused my energies on e-anthologies for the above stated reasons and was accepted at more than 20 of them within a six-month period. That's 20 book covers that will eventually appear on my website as the books are released, books that will stay "in print" longer than any single issue of a magazine. I've already started receiving invites to both e-anthologies and their print cousins because nothing breeds success like success. But you know that. That's why you read this article through to the end and why I hope you follow my advice and reap the rewards offered by writing for e-anthologies. Drop me a line when you do.

Stephen D. Rogers is a published writer of fantasy, horror, literary, mystery, romance, and science fiction.  A participant in the Fairfield University Writer's Institute of 1989 and the Bread Loaf conference of 1994, Stephen is the director of the non-profit literacy organization Literature Is For Everybody, Incorporated and a staff writer for Crime Scene.  Stephen lives with his wife and daughter in Massachusetts, USA.

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Barbara M. Hodges developed a love for words at an early age, the seeds planted by a mother who read to her from as far back as she can remember. She lives in Nipomo, California and shares her life with her husband Jeff, two basset hounds and a sassy cat. Barbara has been published in both fiction and non-fiction, and her first novel, The Blue Flame, was a finalist in the Independent eBook Awards. Her other fiction novels include, The Sword and The Flame, co-authored with C.R. MacPhadrick, The Emerald Dagger, released June 2003, and two fiction novels under contract for later release, Romeo’s Angel and The Silver Angel. She can be reached by e-mail: bassetbarb@aol.com.

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Wings ePress Inc. at http://www.wings-press.com/
Twilight Times Publishing at http://twilighttimesbooks.com/
New Concepts Publishing at http://www.newconceptspublishing.com/
Novel Book Inc. at http://www.novelbooksinc.com/
Schehrazade Tales at http://scheherazadetales.com/
Amber Quill Press at http://www.amberquill.com/
Atlantic Bridge at http://www.atlanticbridge.net/
Awe-Struck at http://www.awe-struck.net/
Disk Us Publishing at http://diskuspublishing.com
Double Dragon Publishing at http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/
Extasy Books at http://www.extasybooks.com/
Embiid at http://www.embiid.net/
Hard Shell Word Factory at http://www.hardshell.com/
Mundania Press at http://www.mundania.com/submissions.html

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