As of May 1, 2008, our initial promotion for free one-year author subscriptions will be coming to an end. We thank all of you who have signed up during our promotional period and helped seed the site with exciting and thoughtful content. As we move forward with LitPitch, we believe that the most effective way to build a vibrant and engaging site is to charge a nominal annual fee of $11.95 per basic writer subscription.
The primary reason LitPitch charges its writers to post work is to maintain quality control and help maintain the purpose and the intent of the site, which is to help authors find a platform for their material and receive feedback. We believe that there are enough sites available which allow written work to be posted for free, and that these sites tend to become cluttered with vandalism or other random material that is posted only because it is free to do so. Additionally, we will be able to use the funds generated from the annual subscriptions to help support the continued marketing of LitPitch to help bring quality writers, readers and other interested parties to the site, such as agents and publishers.
We are committed to making LitPitch the number one online forum for aspiring writers to help get published and noticed, and for readers to find quality reading material to view online or though their portable reading devices.
As always, we appreciate your visiting our site and welcome feedback. Your questions or comments can be posted on our Forum or e-mailed to lweisberg@litpitch.com.
Best Regards,
Larry
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Larry A. Weisberg, Esq.
President, LitPitch.com, Inc.
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Great news! Due to the great response we received in the LitPitch Spring Fever Contest, we have decided to renew our Apple iPhone giveaway contest for another month, in the Apple-a-Month contest launched today on www.litpitch.com.
Just like the Spring Fever Contest, all members of LitPitch will be given their own personal URL link when they sign onto the site. Each person you refer to LitPitch through the site will give you one point in the contest. Whoever has the most points as of 12:01 a.m. EST on May 16 wins an Apple iPhone or iTouch. Second place is a Nano and third place is a Shuffle. Please see LitPitch.com for your URL and for official terms and conditions. All new members who sign up are also eligible to participate.
We have had many new members sign up since the last contest was launched, so we encourage everyone to get off to a strong start in the new contest.
If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail me at lweisberg@litpitch.com. Good luck!
Regards,
Larry A. Weisberg, Esq.
President
LitPitch.com, Inc.
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I am excited to announce that Carmen Finestra has joined the LitPitch.com Board of Advisors. Carmen, a graduate of Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Penn State University, is best known for his work as a writer on The Cosby Show and a one of the creators of the popular television show, Home Improvement. Carmen is currently partnered with Matt Williams and David McFadzean in Wind Dancer Films. For Wind Dancer, he has produced or executive produced Where the Heart Is, Firelight, Soul Man, Thunder Alley and Home Improvement.
Carmen received two Emmy nominations as one of the producers of ”The Cosby Show” and another Emmy nomination for co-writing an episode of that hit series, and has also done three guest star appearances in “The Cosby Show.”
I am confident that Carmen’s involvement with our Board of Advisors will prove to be a great resource for the LitPitch website and our members.
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Happy Friday, LitPitch members and visitors!
We are excited to announce today’s launch of the LitPitch.com Spring Fever Contest, where you can win an Apple iPhone and other exciting Apple products.
The 3 members who have the most contest “points” as of April 18, 2008 will each win an Apple personal electronic device. * First prize is the choice of an Apple iPhone or iPod Touch. Second prize is an Apple iPod Nano, and third prize is an Apple iPod Shuffle.
To collect “points” all you have to do is log onto LitPitch or sign up for a new account, follow the instructions to retrieve your personal URL link, and get your friends and family to click through your link to LitPitch.com. For each unique visitor you refer to the site, you will receive one point. The top 5 leaders will be displayed on the LitPitch.com home page throughout the contest.
Of course, your friends who click through to LitPitch will be able to sign up and play as well.
So… PLEASE VISIT LITPICH.COM, PICK YOU YOUR PERSONAL URL, AND SEND IT AROUND!
Thanks again for being a member of LitPitch.com.
Regards,
Larry Weisberg
President
LitPitch.com, Inc.
* See site for specific Terms and Conditions of Contest.
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The question posed above is the one we get asked the most in regard to the concept behind LitPitch. Many authors we meet are hesitant to “give their work away” because either (1) they are trying to sell it or (2) they are afraid of their ideas getting stolen.
I want to address the first concern today with two articles which were recently posted online concerning a successful publisher and a successful author, both of whom have initiated programs to post their work online in ways which are totally free to readers. The first, which appeared in the “USA Today” on March 4, 2008, discusses a new program at Random House where full copies of newly published books are posted online for readers to download: http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2008-03-03-free-books-downloads_N.htm.
The second article, which appeared in “Forbes” magazine in December 2006, is by successful science fiction writer Cory Doctorow: http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/30/cory-doctorow-copyright-tech-media_cz_cd_books06_1201doctorow.html.
The theme behind each of these articles is that even published authors need to put themselves out into the public to build an audience. We believe the same principle holds true for aspiring unpublished authors. LitPitch provides a platform for writers to collectively invite the public to read their work and decide which authors they enjoy reading. What better way to entice an agent or publisher to work with you as an aspiring author than to bring them a ready-built audience for your work!
I’ll talk more about copyright protection next time, but rest assured that once your original work is posted on LitPitch, it is protected. For more information immediately, feel free to browse the US government website at www.copyright.gov.
Thanks again for visiting LitPitch.com, where You’ve Gotta Right to be Read!
Larry
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Welcome to our Blog for LitPitch.com! We are glad you have made your way here and hope you will stay for a while.
If you came to read, I would recommend that you take some time to browse our various categories for something that interests you. In our first month of operations, I must say that our writers have generated a wide range of literary material in various genres. I think you will find most of it interesting and entertaining.
We are excited to see close to 100 books and other written works now posted on LitPitch!
For our writers, please notice that we have now made it possible to upload .mp3 versions of your work for those of you who want to make audio book available. I know that podcasting is becoming very popular, so please take advantage.
Finally, our first contest, the Post-to-Win contest ends tomorrow, so now is your last chance to vote for your favorite books to win this contest, and encourage your friends to sign up and vote as well.
More to come…
Larry
