Reprints

[EdK]

Mike mentioned this in another thread. I've only sold one reprint in my life. Have any of the rest of you had luck selling a story more than once (to a paying market)? If so, where?

Mine was to The Sword Review.

Edward Knight
Editor
Journey Books Publishing
Amazing Journeys Magazine

http://www.journeybookspublishing.com
http://www.journeybooksonline.com

[unclepete]

One neat place I sold a reprint to was escape pod -- the cool thing about them is they actually prefer reprints, and they make your story into an audio story.

http://escape.extraneous.org/






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[erazmus]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've all heard about them! (okay, they rejected my best piece. I occasionally get bitter. So long as it doesn't last its okay.) I mostly sub to smaller print 'zines with reprints, especially stories I had out in smaller print-zines. Its a strategy that makes no sense at all, and so far I'm batting zero with it. But as time passes and my original markets fade into obscurity, it may get easier.
Mike

Michael D. Turner
'Psyched Up' in _Turn the other Chick_-ed. E. Friesner-Baen books
www.baen.com
'Dutchman Rescue'in Continuum SF #6
www.continuumsciencefiction.com/orders.htm (http://www.continuumsciencefiction.com/orders.htm)

'An Incident at Black Tongue Tavern' in _Bash Down the Door and Slice Open the Badguy_ from Fantasist Enterprises:
www.fantasistent.com/books/anthologies/BASH.php (http://www.fantasistent.com/books/anthologies/BASH.php)

[Christopher_Heath]

I made the mistake of submitting a reprint to a non-paying market. The editor asked me to cut 2k out of an 8k story. So I took the time to labor and chop a quarter of it out and still have it make sense. The market then folded, and it was never reprinted ("Azieran: The Crown of Roon" was supposed to be in SciFantastic #6). Let that be a lesson, don't put too much effort into a non-paying market. A paying market can fold too, but as stated in another thread, if someone is putting money into it, they're more likely to honor their commitments and at least keep it going an issue or two longer to fulfill their obligations. There is a silver lining, though. "Azieran: The Crown of Roon" was originally published in Grimoire de Solace vol. I, Lost Runes and Sorrow (you can see an ad for it in Black Gate #4). I was editor and so the story got in with only my own scrutiny. At least now I know it the story is good enough to rise to the top of a slush pile, albeit a non-paying slush pile (and from what I hear, those too, run deep).







Christopher M. Heath

"Azieran: Distilling the Essence" in Sails and Sorcery by Fantasist Enterprises
"Azieran: The Conquerors" in Chimaera Serials
"Azieran: Pawn of theSerpentine Witch" in Chronicles of Fantasy by ComStar Media
"Azieran: Sentinel of an Ageless Reign" in Chronicles of Fantasy by ComStar Media
"Azieran: The Lakeshorn Mirrors" in Chronicles of Fantasy by ComStar Media
"Azieran: Crestfallen in Mal'kyrrik" serialized novella in Forgotten Worlds
"Azieran: Wyrd Sins" in Rogue Worlds
"The Coruscate King" in Freehold: Betrayal - Ghourlesh Book I
"Azieran: Beyond the Black Veil" in Stalking Shadows
"Azieran: In the Wake of Ain Koph's Fall" in Grendelsong #4



+ others

[gwthomas21]

I have sold lots of reprints. The only thing to remember is the pay is a lot less. $5-50 I believe I have been paid. Most $10. But the good news is that after a while you can sell them again. I call it 'Nickel-and-diming' but it does add hundreds to my income each year. I would never consider a major rewrite for a reprint. I also don't mail them out. It has to be an e-sub market. If there is any real expense then why bother? This is a traqditional way for a short story writer to make a living. Someone like Edward D. Hoch who is in every issue of ELLERY QUEEN MYSTERY MAGAZINE makes the bulk of his income on reprints. (He probably gets more than $10 for them.)

GW

G. W. Thomas has appeared in over 350 different books, magazines and ezines includig Writer's Digest, The Armchair Detective and Black October Magazine. He draws the web comic CHUCK THE PENGUIN. His website is www.gwthomas.org (http://www.gwthomas.org)

[Rob Santa]

I'm with GW. I started focusing on reprints early last year after I sold a few (one was to Ed). Again, pay is a lot lower, but it's nice to make money on something that made money before. I've had one piece I've sold six or seven times. The second time it sold I actually made more on it than the first time.

What's tough is that there's so much going on with my manuscripts that it's hard just to keep all the unsold stuff in circulation (see another thread of mine for that gripe).

Eugie Foster has the technique down cold. It helps that her writing is brilliant, but I see her name everywhere with stuff I know has been sold before. She's sneaking into non-English markets as well, which I haven't even explored. I don't trust translating software, and my languages are limited to English and Spanish. There's some great French and German markets that accept reprints (especially ones from English-only markets). When I find more free time (hah!) I'll investigate further and keep you informed.


Rob Santa

[erazmus]

Some of the european markets will do the translating, they allow submissions in english.
Mike

Michael D. Turner
'Psyched Up' in _Turn the other Chick_-ed. E. Friesner-Baen books
www.baen.com
'Dutchman Rescue'in Continuum SF #6
www.continuumsciencefiction.com/orders.htm (http://www.continuumsciencefiction.com/orders.htm)

'An Incident at Black Tongue Tavern' in _Bash Down the Door and Slice Open the Badguy_ from Fantasist Enterprises:
www.fantasistent.com/books/anthologies/BASH.php (http://www.fantasistent.com/books/anthologies/BASH.php)