Every Wednesday I post my thoughts about the changes technology is forcing in the publishing industry, in a string of articles I like to call Notes From The Revolution.
The revolution isn’t just about writing, and publishing, it’s also about how you get from the former to the latter. Being a serious writer means getting published by an established publisher, at least some of the time, and that means finding a market for what you’ve written. One of the most popular ways of finding markets before the revolution was Writer’s Market, a thick book with lots of markets, published annually by Writers Digest Books. For a long time, this book and others like it were essential staples of the serious writer. In the revolution, though, we have other options.
My favorite resource for finding markets now is Duotrope’s Digest. Non-fiction writers are at the moment out of luck there, but for writers of short fiction, poems, and novels and collections, Duotrope’s Digest is a great resource. Their content is updated continually, they act quickly to add new markets and to make changes existing markets. Their content is researched and clearly ranked and supremely searchable. And best of all, it is available free.
I have tried many online market listings, including the paid, online version of Writer’s Market, and Duotrope’s Digest is the best I’ve seen. Duotrope’s Digest should be a significant tool in any serious writer in the revolution. And though it is free to use, I encourage you to contribute market reports and funds to it, so it can continue to flourish and thrive.
