Writing or editing copy for the web. Questions about creating or maintaining websites are off topic here.
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Is it appropriate to list my website as the publisher of my stories?
Following my question here, I am planning to establish a personal website. It will have basic personal details and synposis of my short stories. The overarching goal will be to use the website to ...
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Which e-book formats to use to get a larger readership?
I am self-publishing a free e-book which I make available in several formats: EPUB, online HTML, PDF.
I create (using my own programming scripts) EPUB and online HTML from XHTML sources which I write ...
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Websites that offer book/movie/story analyses useful for writers?
I was wondering if there are any websites that offer analyses of stories, written or otherwise, with the intention to teach people something about writing and storytelling?
I realize I can just ...
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How to determine if a freelance writing website is reputable and provides assignments that are worthwhile?
I know of the sites Elance, guru and Odesk for finding freelance writing work. I am interested in finding others. How can I search for them? Is there a list or resource anywhere? When I find sites ...
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What is the proper usage and etiquette for using press releases from an external source on a website?
I recently started a MLB baseball website. On the site, we focus on covering the Kansas City Royals and all of the Royals' minor league affiliate teams. For each minor league affiliate, I receive all ...
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Hosting webcomics online: webcomic site vs personal site [closed]
What are some good, reputable sites to host web comics online? Do these sites generally reach a large audience or is it better to host comics on your own website for this purpose?
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Is Patent text copyrighted?
When using text from articles published in journals and magazine, we need to obtain copyright permission from the copyright owner (publisher or author). I wonder if we need copyright permission when ...
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Dedicated micro website
I recently wrote a non fiction book. A marketer from the publishing company, advised me to setup a small website with a few pages dedicated to this book. This website will have a description of the ...
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What is the new Google Author markup?
What is the new Google Author markup, and how can I use it to build up a reputation as an online writer?
How could it possibly work? Using self-declared information has been tried before and of ...
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How to determine rates to charge as a freelance writer
While I have a few articles published, they were easy fixed rates. Today, however, I've received this email (identifying details removed):
We need a writer to put together descriptions of ...
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Finding freelance work
My partner is trying to get more freelance web copywriting work and as an avid StackOverflow user I thought I would try to see what the fantastic stackexchange community thinks.
There has to be ...
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What systems provide easy article submission for websites?
I am a web developer putting together a system for writers/editors to efficiently add — fairly rich — content to a website.
I've previously used standard WYSIWYG editors but find that often what you ...
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Where can I publicize a website I have developed for writers?
I am not a writer, but I have developed a website for them. Where can I advertise and publicize it?
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What's the best practice for displaying a personal website url in a resume?
Like most veteran coders in the IT industry, I have an out-of-date website that I use to link to different activities I'm involved with online, like Twitter and Stack Overflow. Up until now, I haven't ...
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How should be the format for literature references that are websites (URLs)?
In technical writings are good established standards for formatting literature references. But that doesn't work this well for URLs. How should these references be formatted?
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What are good places to post your work where it will be read by others?
Seeing this site and reading some of my ridiculous stories that I wrote a while ago makes me want to start writing again. I know I'll be more enthusiastic if I have people reading my work and ...
