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Experiences and thoughts on running an online literary publication
Online Literature
By Dominique Gerald M. Cimafranca villageidiotsavant.com
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Philippines License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ph/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.
The Dagmay Experience
Dagmay: weekly publication of the Davao Writers Guild
2001: quarterly, then annual, literary journal2006: monthly literary supplement to Sun.Star Davao2007: weekly literary supplement to Sun.Star Davao
Online edition http://dagmay.kom.ph launched December 2008
Rotating editorship, online submissions
Some Figures
Over 370 poems, short stories, and essaysIn English, Bisaya, Tagalog, and other languages
Over 200 contributors, mostly young writers
Approx. 1,000 unique readers per month
Average 80 readers per day
60% of readers from Philippines,
23% from United States
3-5 submissions per week
Benefits
Minimal production costs, minimal distribution costs
International reach
Automatic archiving and organization
Reader feedbackPromotion: events activities, books
Identifying and developing new talent
Challenges
Generating Revenue – what else? ;-)
Increasing readership and reach
Quality and quantity of submissions
Editing
Technical issues site design, updating, backup, spam
In a world where anyone can
publish online, does a
mediated magazine still matter?
I think so.
Writer Reader
At its most basic
Writer ReaderPublisher DistributionWriter
Traditional publishing is more complicated, though...
Writer ReaderPublisher DistributionWriter
Editor
Marketing &
Promotion
Critics
...much more complicated...
Academe
Sponsors
$$$
In the online model...
Writer ReadersWeb Site /
BlogWriter
Sponsors
Promotion
Challenges for the self-publisher
Finding Readers
Creating Variety
Integrity
Growth
Generating RevenueCelebrity and sensationalism
Sustaining Readership
Maintaining Consistency
Being part of a community
Writing for readers...or search engines?
Writer ReaderWeb
PublisherWriter
Editor Critics
Mediated Online Publication
Academe
Sponsors
Promotion
“Art begins with resistance– at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.”
--André Gide
Writer Editor
Feedback
Selection
Correction
Collaboration
Growth
Validation
Verification
Future Plans
E-books compilations, anthologies, reprints of old
Additional revenue stream
Digital Preservation
Sponsorship local advertisting
Paying Market so we can pay our writers
Directory of writers and their works
Best of Dagmay as print publication
Experimental forms hyperfiction
Online literature in the Philippines
Rocket Kaprerocketkapre.comrocketkapre.com/usok
Estrangheroestranghero.kom.phfarthesthore.kom.ph
High Chairhighchair.com.ph
Panitikanpanitikan.com.ph
Sawikaansawikaan.net
Filipiniana.netfilipiniana.net
...and so many more...
Talecrafttalecraft.komikasi.com
Got Questions?
Ask me!
Experiences and thoughts on running an online literary publication
Online Literature
By Dominique Gerald M. Cimafranca villageidiotsavant.com
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Philippines License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ph/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.