[SKRIVA] Amerikansk sf-novellnätblaska betalar jordnötter
- From: Ahrvid Engholm <ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <skriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:32:09 +0100
Vad skall man säga om det här? En nystartad amerikansk sf-novelltidskrift,
"Scifi" Short stories - enbart att kalla sig "scifi" är betänkligt - tydligen
nätbaserad, hade tänkt sig göra ägarna rika genom att betala peanutes.
Novellförfattare får per novell furstliga...tre dollar! Ca 20 kr, alltså.
Och redaktören man tänkt anställa får 30% av ev intäkter - nettointäkter,
alltså.
http://io9.com/5745275/is-sci-fi-short-stories-magazine-a-scam-or-your-standard-ripoff
Ordföranden för författarorganisationen SFWA, John Scalzi, säger:
"It's not even 30% of the royalties, it's 30% royalties on the net, which means
a) editors don't get paid until the publishers meet their own costs and
compensations, b) the publishers get to define when that point is.
I don't think this is a binary choice between "scammy" or "normal"; I think
it's just a couple of guys who want their own science fiction magazine being
horribly, horribly cheap to the people who will actually do most of the work to
make their property attractive, i.e., the editors and the contributors. The
"We'll make money while everyone else works for next to nothing!" ethos is not
exclusive to the Internet era, particularly in the science fiction genre, but
the ease in which people can do things now does seem to encourage people to
have grand business plans without thinking about funding them adequately, or
compensating others more than laughably.
It's certainly not a gig I would ever consider or would suggest others
consider. It seems doubtful any real money is going to made here, and really,
if you're not going to be paid for your work, you might as well work for
yourself, volunteer your time to a non-profit like Strange Horizons, or put
together a fun fanzine with your pals."
--Ahrvid
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