My sister is starting up a really cool business called Anthology Builder. It is still in beta testing, but people can already go there to look around and buy stuff. The idea is to provide a place for people to create an anthology filled with stories that they selected. The authors get paid each time one of their stories is used in an anthology. The stories are all reprints of things that have been published elsewhere. At the moment all the stories are either Science Fiction or Fantasy, but Nancy hopes to get writers from all genres.
Once the site is out of beta, Howard will be blogging about it on the Schlock site. If you go now, you can say you got there first. If you’re a reader you should go build your own anthology. If you’re a writer you should check out the guidelines to see if your work can be sold there.
As yet none of my writing qualifies for submission. I’ve only sold one story and it has yet to see print let alone being ready for reprint. But in the future I’m hoping to participate in this great idea. (Yes I could probably lean on my sister to let me in, but I want to see this work for her. The last thing she needs is some obvious nepotism right from the get-go.)
Wait, is Nancy your sister? Small LJ…
I was checking out the Anthology Builder site earlier today, and loving it. I need to get a story or two sent their way. I would love to see this thing really take off.
It’s not nepotism if you exchange 40,000 eyeballs for story inclusion. I mean, just because we’re related doesn’t mean we can’t commit some barterous commerce.
🙂
–Howard
I hope you do submit stories and spread the word. I’d love to see this work both for Nancy and for short fiction in general.
I hadn’t considered it from that angle.
That’s a really brilliant idea. I wonder whether she can hook into some of the more internet-aware publishing companies.
I assume it’s print-on-demand-based?
Yes it is print-on-demand. It really is a brilliant idea. I’m so happy to see it start running.
I’m just trying to figure out which story (or stories) to submit 🙂