Lorraine Mace

Write Away! March 2009

Text Box: Sell It For Me One More Time Living abroad, I’m always looking for new English language markets. In my research I’ve come across two websites that may be of benefit to those who have previously published articles they would like to resell. But the first of these two sites could also be used to sell articles that have been written, but not yet sold for one reason or another. Constant Content This website accepts articles, reviews, photography and blog items for onward selling. Uploading work is easy and you have the option to decide what rights you wish to sell and so price your work accordingly. Once you’ve chosen the category (article, review, photography or blog) you then browse for the item’s file on your computer. Fill out the submission fields with the title, price, summaries and keywords and then click ‘submit’ – it really is as simple as that. Your work is then placed in a queue for the website to review. Once accepted by the site, it will be on view for editors to purchase at the price set by you, or you can choose something called Best Offer. Best Offer Terms Using this option means allowing end-users to make offers on your work. You can chose this feature from the outset, or you can enable it at a later date on submitted articles for which you have already set a price. Full Rights If you wish, you can set a higher price by offering full rights, but this is only for work which has not yet been published anywhere. One thing to bear in mind if you go down that route is that the customer is buying the right to use your work in any manner he sees fit and you have, in a sense, become a ghost-writer. This could mean seeing your article with another’s by-line. So do think hard before choosing that option. Payments are usually made through PayPal. Visit the website to find out more and read the full guidelines: www.constant-content.com/about/writer-guidelines.htm iTravelSyndicate iTravelSyndicate is an online marketplace for travel content. Imagine selling travel articles several times using reprint rights. Isn’t that something most of us dream about? When you have posted travel articles to iTravelSyndicate, editors from all over the world can view your work. If they like what they see, they purchase nonexclusive reprint rights for the price you have set. For more details and guidelines, visit the website at: www.travelwriters.com/network/itravelsyndicate/index.asp Write Away! Notes from the Margin


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