Can I put things I write here on other sites? Do I retain rights to reprint elsewhere?

Question one: No. Question two: Yes - with a qualification / clarification: While you do retain your rights to work you publish on HP, and are therefore free to take it somewhere else, that ease of removal / transfer is not standard to all open publishing sites. Take care not to inadvertently find yourself 'somewhere else' where the answer to both of your questions is No.Cheers.

I hope so. I don't know that answer myself...

No, there is no duplicate content allowed on HubPages. If the content is duplicate, you need to decide which site you want it on. You do keep your rights, though, which means you are free to take it off HP, and put it up somewhere else.

If you have already published your content on HP then NO, you can not republish elsewhere without major rework. Anything you put on HP has to be "unique" otherwise your HP hub will be marked as duplicate. You can however use the content you have published on HP on other sites by doing the following:(1) Delete it from HP and publish on another site.(2) Alter the content including the title so that it becomes almost unique in its own right, that way you will not get marked as duplicate on HP.

Writers are often advised never to sign "all rights" or work-for-hire contracts. Isay "never" is too strong a word. Of course, we should avoid these contracts as much as possible.

After all, when we signaway our rights, we lose the ability to sell reprints, which can be a freelancer's lifeblood. However, my policy is "if the price is right, I'll sign." A few months ago, a writer's organization proudly proclaimed that one of their members had turned down a $2/word contract because of the publication's rights-grabbing contract.

I say that member was a fool. How many places were going to reprint that article of his? I believe it was for Skiing magazine; a specialized market to say the least.

He couldn't have sold to another national magazineafterwards, since almost no nationals will buy reprints of articles that have already appeared in other nationals. So, fine, he might have sold it to a few local or regional publications atdrastically lower rates... but was it really worth it to turn down this assignment? Let's say he lucks out like crazy and manages to sell it to another national publication instead.

This publication will buy first North American serial rights, but they'll only pay $1/word (half of what he would have been paid before). Now he has the right to sell reprints, so he does—he researches markets, sends out cover letters and copies of his article, and he manages toresell it to a newspaper (for $100), a regional magazine (for $.10/word), an overseas publication (for $.25/word), and a website (for $.15/word). He still hasn't made as much money as he would have if he'd signed the original contract, and now he's put in much more work in researching markets, sending out his article, corresponding with editors, invoicing, etc. I think these unions and writers' organizations have missed the point when they insist that writers should never sign these kinds of contracts.

The whole point of retaining rights is so writers can earn a decent wage from their articles. It's presumed that a writer can't earn a living wage merely selling each article once, so they need the right to resell each article. However, if every publication paid $2/word, would we really need to worry about reprints at all?

The price must be right, and it must be appropriate for the work involved. I'm less hesitant tosign all rights contracts for timely news articles that I likely won't be able to sell again next week; I'm also less hesitant to sign when the article is so specialized that it only fits a few magazines (for example, an article for a trade magazine for window washers). If I won't be able to sell the reprint anyway, why bother fighting to keep that right?

When I think I could sell the reprint, I add up what I think I could reasonably expect to earn from the piece if I sold only non-exclusive rights. For most articles, I would only sell about 2-3 reprints. There have only been a handful of articles that I continue to sell time after time; for articles with that kind of potential, it would never be financially feasible for one publication to pay me enough to make it worth it for me to sell all rights.

But for most articles, I've made about $.50/word for first rights, and between $.10/word and $.25/word for reprints in small-to-mid-sized magazines and e-zines. So, when I'm done, I've made between $.70 and $1.25/word altogether. Now, if a magazine comes along and wants to pay me $1.25/word for all rights, I'll likely sign.

Because that's the maximum of what I think I can earn for that article otherwise, and because they've just saved me the time and effort of having to sell reprints. All I ask is the opportunity to earn a decent living; I would almost feel greedy trying to resell that $2/word article. I don't need to make more than that; if I got paid $2/word, I'd only have to sell about two feature articles a month to earn a very comfortable living.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.

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