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Two months ago I posted about a new online science fiction magazine I was creating: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11151062 https://news.ycombinator.com/i

by mojoe 11y ago

Two months ago I posted about a new online science fiction magazine I was creating: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11151062 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11151062 I'm happy to report that the first issue is now live! I'm looking forward to hearing your feedback. I will continue to refine the magazine as time goes on, but I believe we have a great collection of stories for you, which is what we set out to do.

personjerry 11y ago
I asked this on the original thread too but never got an answer, and I ask it again because I'm not familiar with how publishing works: If I submit a series of short stories, would I still retain the right to collect them into a book and have it published elsewhere, like Asimov did with Foundation?
- mojoe 11y ago
  I'm sorry I missed your question the last time around. Yes, you retain the copyright, I just buy 'first world electronic print rights.' This means that I'm buying exclusive rights to publish electronically for a period of time (in this case 6 months) and after that I have non-exclusive publishing rights (so you can sell or publish reprints any time after 6 months). After 3 years you have the option of terminating my non-exclusive rights altogether, although you don't need to to sell your own reprints. I've been told by authors that my contract is the most author-friendly they've seen (it's based on SFWA's model magazine contract).
  - personjerry 11y ago
    That sounds good, thank you for the thorough answer.
- sohkamyung 11y ago
  The rights are mentioned on their website [1]. It states that: 'Our contract follows the lead of SFWA's Model Magazine Contract.' [2] [1] [ http://compellingsciencefiction.com/submit.html http://compellingsciencefiction.com/submit.html ] [2] (PDF) [ http://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ModelMagazineContract.pdf http://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ModelMagazine... ]
arcticfox 11y ago
Wow, this is an awesome idea! I'm a very casual sci-fi fan (don't make too much time to read any more) but this appeals to me a lot. I like how you've structured everything as well. I'm going to try to read the first issue on my phone, if they're good stories, I'll probably subscribe.
- mojoe 11y ago
  I appreciate the compliment, I've spent many weekends on this. There is plenty of room for improvement, so please email me at joe@compellingsciencefiction.com if you have suggestions!
joeax 11y ago
Congrats on the launch. I had a short story in mind that I was going to submit after reading your last post but I didn't realize you were going the hard science fiction route. Although I strive to be as scientifically accurate as possible I can't classify my stories as hard since there are fantasy components-- I have a deep obsession with time travel, parallel universes, bending spacetime, etc. I also like to mix in mythological components from ancient to Mesoamerican.

by mojoe 11y ago

personjerry 11y ago

I asked this on the original thread too but never got an answer, and I ask it again because I'm not familiar with how publishing works: If I submit a series of short stories, would I still retain the right to collect them into a book and have it published elsewhere, like Asimov did with Foundation?

mojoe 11y ago
I'm sorry I missed your question the last time around. Yes, you retain the copyright, I just buy 'first world electronic print rights.' This means that I'm buying exclusive rights to publish electronically for a period of time (in this case 6 months) and after that I have non-exclusive publishing rights (so you can sell or publish reprints any time after 6 months). After 3 years you have the option of terminating my non-exclusive rights altogether, although you don't need to to sell your own reprints. I've been told by authors that my contract is the most author-friendly they've seen (it's based on SFWA's model magazine contract).
- personjerry 11y ago
  That sounds good, thank you for the thorough answer.
sohkamyung 11y ago
The rights are mentioned on their website [1]. It states that: 'Our contract follows the lead of SFWA's Model Magazine Contract.' [2] [1] [ http://compellingsciencefiction.com/submit.html http://compellingsciencefiction.com/submit.html ] [2] (PDF) [ http://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ModelMagazineContract.pdf http://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ModelMagazine... ]

arcticfox 11y ago

Wow, this is an awesome idea! I'm a very casual sci-fi fan (don't make too much time to read any more) but this appeals to me a lot. I like how you've structured everything as well. I'm going to try to read the first issue on my phone, if they're good stories, I'll probably subscribe.

mojoe 11y ago
I appreciate the compliment, I've spent many weekends on this. There is plenty of room for improvement, so please email me at joe@compellingsciencefiction.com if you have suggestions!

joeax 11y ago

Congrats on the launch. I had a short story in mind that I was going to submit after reading your last post but I didn't realize you were going the hard science fiction route. Although I strive to be as scientifically accurate as possible I can't classify my stories as hard since there are fantasy components-- I have a deep obsession with time travel, parallel universes, bending spacetime, etc. I also like to mix in mythological components from ancient to Mesoamerican.