March 11th, 2009 / 11:33 pm
 Web Hype

Duotrope Joins the Marketplace

keepitfreeDuotrope’s Digest has made a few changes. In addition to what the webmasters call a ‘fresh coat of paint’ for the site, Duotrope has opened an online store with Zazzle to sell a variety of writer-related things.

Here are a few pictures of what they’re selling.

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poet

'punctuation is important.'

published

'my life is complete.'

stamp

'mail me an acceptance letter?'

yournamehere

'this is a business card, please give me a job.'

I admit I’m not too crazy about the products; I wish they were more clever or something. I also wish I could make up clever things to go on them? Maybe you people can make up clever logos and post them in the comments? I don’t know.

The stamp isn’t a bad idea, actually, and I’d pay for a tee-shirt that said the exact text written on that business card.

I think that would be funny.

Regardless, I hope people buy things or donate or something. I really like Duotrope. I like how the people behind Duotrope are mysterious and nameless and so on, but seem completely insane about updating and running the site (insane in a good way). I like Duotrope’s threat advisory-esque fund-o-meter thing. I like their tracking feature. Maybe I will donate some money to them.

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12 Comments

  1. March 12th, 2009 / 3:53 am ryan—

      i’m not crazy about the new look… but overall i am very appreciative of duotrope.

  2. March 11th, 2009 / 11:53 pm ryan—

      i’m not crazy about the new look… but overall i am very appreciative of duotrope.

  3. March 11th, 2009 / 11:54 pm jimmy—

      your quotes are much better

  4. March 12th, 2009 / 3:54 am jimmy—

      your quotes are much better

  5. March 12th, 2009 / 4:05 am pr—

      I give them money. 20 bucks. Once a year or so? And I haven’t been using them lately. But there was a couple of years where I really used them and it made me sad they didn’t get the money they wanted. I love the way they congratulate eveyone, even their “anon” people, when they get published. They just seem nice.

  6. March 12th, 2009 / 12:05 am pr—

      I give them money. 20 bucks. Once a year or so? And I haven’t been using them lately. But there was a couple of years where I really used them and it made me sad they didn’t get the money they wanted. I love the way they congratulate eveyone, even their “anon” people, when they get published. They just seem nice.

  7. March 12th, 2009 / 4:15 am james yeh—

      i think i gave them $5 once, although it might have been less. maybe $3. it didn’t seem like much, which was why i gave it.

  8. March 12th, 2009 / 12:15 am james yeh—

      i think i gave them $5 once, although it might have been less. maybe $3. it didn’t seem like much, which was why i gave it.

  9. March 12th, 2009 / 4:54 am Lincoln—

      Duotrope are nice people

  10. March 12th, 2009 / 12:54 am Lincoln—

      Duotrope are nice people

  11. March 12th, 2009 / 4:52 pm Matthew Simmons—

      I saw Charles Baxter in a t-shirt that said: “I make stuff up.”

      I want a pink, puffy lettered shirt that says: FABULIST!

  12. March 12th, 2009 / 12:52 pm Matthew Simmons—

      I saw Charles Baxter in a t-shirt that said: “I make stuff up.”

      I want a pink, puffy lettered shirt that says: FABULIST!