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How E-Stand Can Help Writers

E-Stand is a relatively new service.  I'm still working toward the first 100 sites.  But I do expect it to grow.  Once it does hit that 100 site mark, I will promote it with more seriousness than I have so far. 

But how can it help writers? 

The same way it helps readers: By pointing the writer to sites with the type of material they're writing.  Estand will not publish guidelines, however.  I think it is very important for a writer to look over an ezine or e-publisher's site before they submit. Just knowing what a site lists does not tell you how well they handle it. 

E-stand is listed in three ways:

1. Divided by ebook and ezine

2. Listed alphabetically under those two divisions

3. Listed by genre under those two divisions

 For writers, it is the last listing that's of importance.

Ebooks genre

 Listings under Genre:

 Ezine genre

 Listings under genre: 

Publishers of shorter fiction seem to be settling into the expected niches -- Fantasy, Horror, SF, and Speculative Fiction.  I was especially pleased to see the number of ezines looking for poetry since there had been discussions elsewhere on how the genre is as good as dead.

 But plainly it is the expected genres that are doing well in this world that most of us would have considered SF 15 years ago.  

I will update those lists for the next issue.  It should be interesting to see how things change!

In the meantime, go out and study your markets.  Read what's there, look over their guidelines, to see if you even want to submit material. And good luck!