99-cent Storylink

Authorlink website is beta testing a new service that allows short story author members to post their material for consideration by readers (and presumably editors). Each story costs 99 cents to download, but it looks like membership is not required to buy a look at Authorlink.com: Storylink. The submission guidelines state you can "Add as many as 3 stories of up to 5,000 words each (or a total of 15,000) with your membership ($7.50 each thereafter)." Uh, oh, here's the catch, "Each story you post earns you $0.40 per paid user download." Then if you choose daily payments through PayPal, that company takes another, oh, three percent out of the earnings. Membership has other benefits you might want to explore before jumping in to sell stories this way. There's always

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