June 18, 2007
On participation, printing, the "future of print"
One ultimate goal of this project is to condense all the best works as submitted and published on the site (and of course, this means anyone accepted under the "traditional" online submission route) into an annual/semi-annual volume.
Part of the difficulty of getting words into print is, of course, the cost. Another difficulty is liability, which can be solved more or less easily with a little bit of money ... Anyone who has worked in publishing will know that as much money as is obviously needed to produce high-quality printed works, there is at least as much money needed for some out of the way yet essential functions. Enter: the Literary Nonprofit, mixed media mashups, Oprah's book club and author biopic releases paired with book launches.
Now it may seem I am criticizing these trends .. but in actuality, I see the point in doing whatever could be appealing to keep literature going strong. Yes, good literature is good enough to stand on its own, but no, it is not going to go out and find readers for itself. Until we lovers of the written word manage to glamorize literature enough to pull a critical mass of fans from the woodwork, we're just going to have to work extra hard in the margins to get the word out there ... fiction is till relevent!
As for Lingua Year #1 ... look for it in a webstore near you sometime next Spring. And until then ... spread the word to any artists, writers, futurists, critics, or fans.
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April 28, 2007
Update: Market Listing at Duotrope
As of yesterday Lingua is listed as a fledgling market at Duotrope. If you're already reading this, you probably don't need to go read our details, but check out this fabulous site aimed at helping writers and editors find each other.
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February 21, 2007
So today while perusing the going print rates for decent-quality stock I decided I had better add some proper rights explanation to the uploads page. You people should know what you're getting into, after all.
Basically we would like to publish previously unpublished works. Upon publishing here you are free to include the work in an anthology, novel, other zine, whatever. We would appreciate it if you named us as the place of original publication.
Eventually linguaphobous will make the transition into print. Any writer we'd like to include is free to accept or reject the contract which would include payment.
So if you're worried about horror stories like those mentioned in one of SFWA's great articles never fear, we will not hold your rights in limbo. You hold the copyright to your art, and all is as it should be in the universe.
Which brings us to the matter of publication schedule. I figure issue #1 will take a few months to really flesh itself out. I would like to see monthly happen sometime soon, but at least the constantly changing backgrounds featured in the first issue will satiate the desire for newness until things speed up a bit.
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February 5, 2007
Everything's live and looking good. If you see any errors before I get a mailer up please write .
For now I'll just let you know about a few features that are in the works. Besides a more robust blog we've got:
- Improved printing support
- User profiles
- User zine spreads (and printing too)
- Archiving ;)
Happy reading!
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