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| Posted By : Gerald Budinski - 5/20/2008 10:52 AM | | I think it is a shame in this age of green awareness that you still require paper submissions. How many trees are slaughtered for this requirement? Then (unless you use a scanner) you have to expend the energy to type the story back into the computer again. Maybe this helps feed someone's family but that effort could be put to better use elsewhere.
I shouldn't pick on just you. All the major magazines require it. I thought you might like to become an innovator in the field.
Thanks for your time and attention,
Gerald Budinski |
| Posted By : Mike Lynch - 5/20/2008 11:10 AM | Because of the ease of submitting stories and proposals electronically these days, I think the idea of paper submissions is slowly coming to an end. This is especially true for magazines. I've been sending out my latest short story to a number of them, and almost all of the magazines want the stories submitted to them by e-mail. It may take a few more years for book publishers, but I think they will fall in line sooner or later.
Mike
www.mikelynchbooks.com
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| Posted By : crystalwizard - 5/20/2008 11:53 AM | Gerald Budinski said...
I shouldn't pick on just you. All the major magazines require it. I thought you might like to become an innovator in the field.
Which 'you' are you referring to, Gerald? |
| Posted By : RHFay - 5/20/2008 2:23 PM | I rarely bother with paper submissions. E-subs are easier. I don't do it to be green, I do it because I'm lazy. (Well, not really, more like time is a precious commodity.)
"I'm going to do what the warriors of old did. I'm going to recite poetry!"
Richard H. Fay - Azure Lion Productions
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| Posted By : Rob Santa - 5/20/2008 2:46 PM | I was curious about the "you" also.
Rob Santa
Hopelessly Addicted Writer of Speculative Fiction
and CEO of Ricasso Press |
| Posted By : Anthony G Williams - 5/21/2008 3:00 AM | I suspect that they insist on paper in order to put a small barrier in the way of all the hopeful authors who would otherwise bombard them with electronic versions of their latest efforts. You have to be a bit more serious to apply to them...
And I suppose if they're interested they either ask for an electronic version or run the paper through a scanner with OCR software.
Tony Williams
Scales (2007), The Foresight War (2004)
Homepage: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk
SFF Blog: http://sciencefictionfantasy.blogspot.com/
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| Posted By : Jaqhama - 5/22/2008 8:08 AM |
Gerald Budinski said...
I think it is a shame in this age of green awareness that you still require paper submissions. How many trees are slaughtered for this requirement? Then (unless you use a scanner) you have to expend the energy to type the story back into the computer again. Maybe this helps feed someone's family but that effort could be put to better use elsewhere.
I shouldn't pick on just you. All the major magazines require it. I thought you might like to become an innovator in the field.
Thanks for your time and attention,
Gerald Budinski You better not pick 'on just me'...I'll kick your arse. 
Oh...hang on a minute...I don't have a magazine.  Ok...you can carry on now.  
Cheers: Jaq.
You can read some of my stories here: Swamp Story. Down South. Florida Haze.Wild Justice...
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| Posted By : Rob Santa - 5/22/2008 10:53 AM | I'll still kick it, just for being the kind of pompous, Green Earth fad bandwagon-jumper who wears leather, leaves his computer in hibernate mode all night, dries clothes indoors in the machine, and circles the parking lot looking for a closer space.
Rob Santa
Hopelessly Addicted Writer of Speculative Fiction
and CEO of Ricasso Press |
| Posted By : che2000 - 5/23/2008 10:49 AM | I don't drive, don't leave me computer on when I'm not using it, don't own a tumble dryer... but I do own at least three leather jackets (and a suede one) and several pairs of leather shoes.
Does this make me a bad person? (em... probably, just ask the cows).
"That blackguard Flashman, who never speaks to one without a kick or an oath--"
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| Posted By : DAWaverly - 5/23/2008 11:38 AM | Electronic is not necessarily GREEN. In the USA the majority of electric power is generated by burning coal. Submitting and reading electronically makes use of this non-GREEN power.
Publishers that only accept print submission are very likely to recycle the paper. Print publications can be recycled by the reader as well.
From this point of view, print can be looked upon as more GREEN than electronic.
And yes, I spend hours and hours thinking up these weird things...
- Deven
Blogtide Rising
published
"The Journey" at Every Day Fiction
forthcoming
"An Awakening of Shadows" in The Infinity Swords anthology from Carnivah House
"All That Glitters" at Every Day Fiction arriving 30 May 2008. |
| Posted By : Rob Santa - 5/23/2008 1:14 PM | Not weird at all, Deven. National Geographic and Discover magazine have both run extensive articles on recycling and "what is better, paper or plastic" type of stuff in the last few months. I was amazed at how some of the things I do on a regular basis are considered "bad." Some of them were so unbelievable as to be unstoppable, and I won't bore you with any details here. Suffice it to say I've been turning the light off when I leave the room my whole life and will try to take further steps in the near future.
Rob Santa
Hopelessly Addicted Writer of Speculative Fiction
and CEO of Ricasso Press |
| Posted By : Rob Santa - 5/23/2008 1:18 PM | And with regards to leather, I too own a few leather coats, several pairs of shoes and belts, and two hats. It doesn't make us ecologically unfriendly. The process itself is atrocious, green-ly speaking. Sorry, not going to stop me, though.
Rob Santa
Hopelessly Addicted Writer of Speculative Fiction
and CEO of Ricasso Press |
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