Comments on: Narrative Magazine (‘the gold standard of online publications’) wants $20 to read your short-short

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By: james yeh

james yeh — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:30:44 +0000

i paid for gary shteyngart’s dinner last night

By: james yeh

james yeh — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:30:13 +0000

$20 for you ryan

By: james yeh

james yeh — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:30:00 +0000

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By: james yeh

james yeh — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:30:00 +0000

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By: pr

pr — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:05:50 +0000

You know, as this discussion furthered, and Blake’s point grew in my brain, I am more taken with the wrongness. What I like about Krump’s point, is that the big authors who publish there are culpable too. I find that interesting and worth chewing on. And maybe blake will post about that? Very nice, David.

By: David Krump

David Krump — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:43:11 +0000

First rule of dignity:

1) Never pay to have your work published.

More important, never pay to have your work “considered” by a “reputable” publication, unless it’s a small press and they might publish your entire collection/novel with what small funds the reading fees generate.

Reading fees for a single story? This, friends, is insane.

Better to spend your 20 bucks supporting a realistic press that makes no money at all.

Narrative, nice try, and in the future, gag on the virtual revulsion at your tactics.

“To labor and not to seek reward”–Ignatius

Narrative, who the cornshock do you think you are?

Hey, all you solicited authors, tell them no.

Tell them no. Tell them “I will not ruin my name on the backs young authors.”

And, hey, we’re watching.

Narrative Magazine, what has become of you? You hacksaw heartbreak waste.

Friends, Spend the twenty on a new book, or an old book, or a book that doesn’t exist yet.

Have some dignity.

Narrative Magazine will right itself once it realizes its fundamental error.

Magazines pay (or don’t pay) contributors for their work. One thing they aren’t, and should never be allowed to get away with, is charging reading fees.

That’s vanity press signature all over what used to be worthwhile.

Narrative Magazine? Apparently, they ain’t nothing special.