The WM Freelance Writers Connection

You’ve probably heard of Publish America as they’ve been splashed all over the news of the writing world quite a bit in recent years. If you haven’t, beware.   “We treat our authors the old-fashioned way — we pay them,” Publish America (PA) proudly claims on their website. According to the site, PA is “the [...]

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by Tiffany Jansen For the first two years of my freelance writing career, I worked for content mills. I took my work seriously and researched, proofread, and even interviewed in order to come up with the best possible content. In return, I got $15 per article. At most. Why did I subject myself to this? [...]

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by Tiffany Jansen Last Friday, we dicussed the cost of print books. Why do they cost so much and where does all your money go? Reader Michelle Baker made an extremely good point in the comments: “It seems to me that digital books cost too much and too little simultaneously. Some are selling for $0.99 [...]

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by Alyssa Ast It’s a well known fact eBook sales continue to skyrocket while print sales continue to plummet in the U.S. But, according to a recent study, this is now a global occurrence, and countries across the globe are reporting an increase in eBook sales. With this growth of eBook sales throughout the world, [...]

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by Tiffany Jansen Why do print books cost so much? It certainly can’t cost that much for a bit of paper, ink, and cardboard. No it can’t. And it doesn’t. But the price on the back cover of the book in your hand doesn’t just cover production costs. Assuming you’re going the route of traditional [...]

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