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This is a very interesting project. Are you self financing the entire operation? The "about us" page has some info on your review process. It seems those are vo
by kriro 11y ago
This is a very interesting project. Are you self financing the entire operation? The "about us" page has some info on your review process. It seems those are volunteers or are you also paying them? I love the free+payment optional model and not relying on ads.
What's your bigger fear, lack of quality entries or lack of subscribers?
6c/words seems pretty solid so that's nice. SFWA rights is a good choice as well, seems like you are pretty author friendly :)
How are you handling authors payments btw. (not an author but curious)?
Sustaining >550 paying customers to break even seems like no small task.
I have looked for similar online magazines with good rights in another domain (horror) before and your site seems to be ahead of the curve with regards to seeming professional and transparent, kudos.
- mojoe 11y agoYes, I'm currently self financing everything. All the individuals on the 'about' page are volunteers. You can see a little bit of a finance breakdown on the 'subscribe' tab (http://compellingsciencefiction.com/subscribe.html http://compellingsciencefiction.com/subscribe.html). I'm paying authors the old-fashioned way, with checks! Since it's only 5 checks/month, this doesn't seem like something I need to optimize right away. I appreciate your kind words -- it will be tough to get enough paying supporters, but hopefully people find the content worthwhile.