http://futurismic.com/2009/01/15/clarkesworld-reopens-to-fiction-submissions/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:59:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://futurismic.com/2009/01/15/clarkesworld-reopens-to-fiction-submissions/comment-page-1/#comment-17717 Paul Raven Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:48:38 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=5587#comment-17717 <i>Clarkesworld</i> doesn't struggle in the way <i>Futurismic</i> does, because they're a side-operation (and, I expect, loss-leader) for a small press, Wyrm Publishing... and I think they sell far more than twenty copies a time (though I don't have the figures). Even so, your comment seems a little disjointed - you appear to be using a lack of commercial success as an excuse for not supporting a free-to-read creative endeavour, and I'm not really sure how that adds up or whether I've misunderstood you completely. Clarkesworld doesn’t struggle in the way Futurismic does, because they’re a side-operation (and, I expect, loss-leader) for a small press, Wyrm Publishing… and I think they sell far more than twenty copies a time (though I don’t have the figures). Even so, your comment seems a little disjointed – you appear to be using a lack of commercial success as an excuse for not supporting a free-to-read creative endeavour, and I’m not really sure how that adds up or whether I’ve misunderstood you completely.

]]> http://futurismic.com/2009/01/15/clarkesworld-reopens-to-fiction-submissions/comment-page-1/#comment-17714 Screen Sleuth Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:14:36 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=5587#comment-17714 I don't know...these kind of sites keep struggling to stay above water these days, and its a shame...creativity is one thing we should be encouraging, but its hard to do when you bust your tail crafting a beautiful piece of fiction... and sell 20 copies total on a site like this. I don’t know…these kind of sites keep struggling to stay above water these days, and its a shame…creativity is one thing we should be encouraging, but its hard to do when you bust your tail crafting a beautiful piece of fiction… and sell 20 copies total on a site like this.

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