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It sounds as if it's well worth a bit of fiddling around getting the information/numbers etc. Does anyone know if there's a similar organisation for work published in the US?
It's annoying that we can't make any changes and that we can't see all the details we enter. Having everything referred to as 'article' instead of by the story or article title isn't helpful when trying to check if I've input something.
I try to - and to note when I've done it, but I'm sure I've missed some.
Most places I'm published are monthly and as I can't see a way to just enter a month and the year I just put the year, which makes it even harder. What do you do for WM - make up a day to go with the month?
Does anyone know if the payments have gone out yet? I can't see a statement when I log in, but then I did forget to add some stuff so I may not get anything this year!
There are two lots of payments. Most magazines are covered by the one in the spring. I think the one for this time of year is for text books - not sure, but whatever it is, it's not something I qualify for.
When I put the anthos in, the site wouldn't find them if I used the search function...so I put them in manually. Is this a normal occurance? Or am I not likely to get payment for these are they were VERY small presses.
Also one of my books only has a AISN, not an ISBN. What the chuff monkeys is an AISN? And can I somehow add this one as well?
I think I had to put mine in manually too. Don't think much of their search function overall, actually, as it didn't find the mags I wanted either. Still worth having them there JIC, though how they work out if they get anything is beyond me (a lot of things are).
Cheers, PM. That's the one I was least worried about. No bugger is buying that! T'was back from the days where I fell for a couple of sort of vanity anthos.
Got my statement online...yowser! Much better than I was expecting! And the fact that it will be paid into my account on the first day of a convention I'll be attending...coincidence? :P
Nothing in post, but now available to download online. Not as much as other years, but not as many UK publications in 2014. Still gratefully received and will be spent wisely in the sweetie shop.
For your local branch, go in and ask them exactly that. I did for my first one and they took the details and later ordered a few copies. They've bought a few copies of each of my books since then.
I really wasn't expecting this year's to be anywhere near as good as last year (my first year registered with them), but it's pretty close. I suppose as things stay on their books for three years I'm getting a second bite of the cherry for some of the things I registered last time. It's definitely a good incentive to keep chasing after print publications!
I just got my statement - didn't think I'd get much this year but it was even more than last year! I usually try to spend some of it on something writing related (last year a critique, the year before that a conference) but this year it will go straight into the earnings pot!
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Most places I'm published are monthly and as I can't see a way to just enter a month and the year I just put the year, which makes it even harder. What do you do for WM - make up a day to go with the month?
When I go into 'Your Works' and 'View Articles' it lists all the story titles.
I think it is scripts as well, and whatever kind of books I'm not in!
Also one of my books only has a AISN, not an ISBN. What the chuff monkeys is an AISN? And can I somehow add this one as well?
Chuff monkeys made me larf - I may steal it.
Not as much as other years, but not as many UK publications in 2014.
Still gratefully received and will be spent wisely in the sweetie shop.
Mine has got up a little each year (I've had more published each year) and is worth having.
http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2015/02/26/bookstores-debbie-young/
It took them a few hours to fix it. Don't they know there's lots of hungry writers out there...