Online Publication
Posted by bencooper | Filed under General
As I’ve been scouring the web looking for publications to submit my work to I’ve hit upon an interesting debate about online publications.
Many people, writers and readers, seem to view online publication with disdain. I suppose because the ease with which a webzine could be knocked up, and the fact that they are done simply for love, signifies to these people that the quality of stories will be low.
I can see their point.
However as the print market for speculative short fiction, especially here in the UK, is very small it seems that online webzines are emerging as a market, much like the print fanzines which were much more prevalent in days of yore.
Not only that but some of them are of particularly high quality and include some great fiction as well as interesting interviews and reviews. Personally I admire the creators of these online ‘zines as they do it mainly for their love of the genre and to provide much needed space to new writers.
I’m hoping to get some of my stories published on these webzines and I’ll also put up links to the good ones on my links page.
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