Interesting. Based on the table at this web site, authors are paid an average of 3 cents to 4 cents per word. Most "trades" I have written for pay about 30 cents to 45 cents per word. Ginny Jones (Virginia A. Jones, CRM) Records Manager Information Technology Division Newport News Dept. of Public Utilities Newport News, VA [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Tom Adams [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:56 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: RIM Authors and Experts Wanted Companies who provide commercial services in the records and information management space are looking for strong written content for their newsletters and client publications. These publishers include commercial record storage vendors, destruction, imaging, software, hardware and other related industry companies. These companies are not usually willing to pay authors to have articles written specifically for them, but are ready and willing to purchase good, solid articles to add to their publications that might have already been published somewhere else. The problem is in finding the articles they need and the hassle in determining costs and reprint rights issues. You as record managers and related industry insiders are the experts and authors who can be a significant part of the solution to the above outlined problem. You can provide the applicable content for their publications. By writing articles, you can also create a regular, ongoing income stream from your expertise. So start writing what you know and are an expert in. Preferable lengths for articles are 100- 600 words. The topics can be anything related to what you do, what you know or are experienced in. Your work will more likely sell to publishers if it is written in a way that will benefit them from publishing it. Newsletter-Archives.com, a service of Flourish Press Inc., is the link between RIM authors and industry publishers. We do the work of marketing the service, selling your articles, collecting payments, sending the articles and then ensuring copyright restrictions and licensing agreements are met. As a new service, we need to develop a significant selection of articles before we begin marketing and selling them in the new year. Thus, we offer and invite you to make use of this opportunity to provide an outlet for your expertise and a revenue stream as one of the benefits. Visit http://newsletter-archives.com/author.htm to learn more about the article submission process, payment structures and terms of service. Please note that the website is in early stages of development and does not have the purchase side up and running yet. The goal for that portion is early 2005. I look forward to working with some of you in this exciting new project. Please reply off list for further discussion or clarifications at [log in to unmask] Cheers! Tom Adams Publisher, Flourish Press Inc http://newsletter-archives.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Take charge with a pop-up guard built on patented Microsoft(r) SmartScreen Technology. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=htt p://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN(r) Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance