Category: reprints

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How do you find interviewees for your articles?

You almost always need at least one interview for a magazine or newspaper article. But it makes much more sense to get three or four, and even many more if you plan to rewrite the original piece again and again. (And if Reprints, Rewrites, or Reprints of Rewrites are your plan: bravo. My $2.99 Kindle […]

Tuesday January 27th, 2015 in article selling, article writing, articles, digital publishing, e-publishing, editing, first draft, humor in articles, Kindle, magazine articles, newsletter writing, publishing, querying for article sales, reprint of a rewrite, reprints, rewrites, second draft, travel writing, writing | Comments Off on How do you find interviewees for your articles?

Profits from reprints, rewrites, and reprints of rewrites

As long as you have written a fetching article that an editor wants readers to read on his/her pages, why not sell the same blend as reprints, then mix the same magical facts, quotes, and anecdotes into a rewrite or two with different slants? You could even sell some reprints of the rewrites later on! […]

Wednesday January 21st, 2015 in article writing, book title, cover notes, digital publishing, e-publishing, editing, empire building, freelance articles, Kindle, magazine articles, newsletter writing, niche publishing, querying for article sales, reprint of a rewrite, reprints, rewrites, self-publishing, sidebars, simultaneous submissions, travel writing, webmarketing, writing | Comments Off on Profits from reprints, rewrites, and reprints of rewrites

Can you sell the same article to a magazine, newspaper, and blog?

(1) Can you sell the same article to a magazine and a newspaper? (2) And can you use the same article or item in both print on paper and in the digital market, like blogs, at the same time? The real question for both is “Should you…?” With a big healthy dose of caution and […]

Monday January 5th, 2015 in article selling, article writing, articles, book title, digital publishing, e-publishing, editing, first draft, magazine articles, newsletter writing, niche marketing, niche publishing, open publishing, proofreading, publishing, querying for article sales, reprints, rewrites, second draft, writing | Comments Off on Can you sell the same article to a magazine, newspaper, and blog?

How to make editors vomit…

I’ll tell you how in a second. A more important question is, “If you’re trying to put your kids through college by churning out magazine articles, and hoping to sell a couple of reprints from every original piece that you got in print, why in the world would you even put “editor” and “vomit” in […]

Monday December 22nd, 2014 in article selling, article writing, articles, digital publishing, e-publishing, editing, first draft, freelance articles, humor in articles, magazine articles, newsletter writing, query letters for humor writing, querying for article sales, reprints, rewrites, second draft, travel writing, writing | Comments Off on How to make editors vomit…

Querying magazine editors in late 2014

Here’s the scenario. You have a great idea that you think X magazine’s readers would love to read about on its pages. But you don’t know the editor and you don’t know how to break the ice or make the suggestion. What do you do in what order? Things haven’t changed much in the past […]

Saturday August 30th, 2014 in article selling, article writing, articles, e-publishing, editing, freelance articles, magazine articles, publishing, querying for article sales, reprints, rewrites, travel writing, writing | Comments Off on Querying magazine editors in late 2014