Support AnthologyBuilder.com -- Purchase A Custom Anthology Today as a Gift
November 27, 2008
November 2008 | AnthologyBuilder.com
After several months, I finally completed choosing the stories I wanted in my custom short story anthology from AnthologyBuilder.com. Like other anthologies bought from the site, my anthology is also available for you to purchase. The selections in my anthology include some great stories, including "In Memory" by Eric James Stone, "How I Got Fired from the Best Damn Job in the Whole Wide World" by Samantha Henderson, "Still Life With Boobs" by Anne Harris, "Confessions of a Zombie's Wife" by R. L. Copple, "Trompe L'Oeil" by K.C. Shaw, "Tabloid Reporter to the Stars" by Eric James Stone, "Harvest of Debts" by J Alan Erwine, "Death on Elsewhere Street" by Jaine Fenn and "The Black Bat" by Phil Beloin Jr.
Of course, you can always create your own custom anthology, too. The price is the same. If you do choose to support AnthologyBuilder.com and create your own anthology, please remember to review the stories in your anthology after you have read them, and review them well, to help others make their story selections for their anthologies. Without these reviews, it is hard to choose stories because buyers can't tell too much from the story previews. Reader reviews, when they contain helpful information, will help sell stories. And that's what everyone who visits AnthologyBuilder.com wants, I think. To buy and sell great stories that appeal to their personal tastes.
But the web site is only half the story. The other half is the final printed product. In the case of AnthologyBuilder.com, the finished product is as polished as any trade paperback you'll purchase at any bookstore. The full color cover is glossy. There are a title page, list of copyrights, and standard copyright notice at the front of the book. Your own custom introduction appears, as well as a table of contents. The paper itself is similar to the paper found in other mainstream anthologies, if not identical. In fact, the whole production has the feel of one of the Best Of annual paperbacks, i.e. Best Short Stories of 2008, etc. At 320 pages for only $14.95, my custom anthology was a bargain. Of course, your very own custom anthology will be a similar bargain. You can preview my select anthology, and if you like the stories in it, you can simply purchase it quickly and easily. Remember that anthology creators don't get any money from the sale of the anthology of stories they've selected. It's just easy to purchase other anthologies that other buyers have created.
AnthologyBuilder.com has a great deal of potential, but a lot of work to do. They already have a great finished product. Now the front end needs some work to make it world-class, the go-to site for custom anthologies. In addition to fiction, the site could cater to poetry and non-fiction as well. Imagine the possibilities!
See my personal blog entry about AnthologyBuilder.com from earlier this year when I first discovered the site.
Of course, you can always create your own custom anthology, too. The price is the same. If you do choose to support AnthologyBuilder.com and create your own anthology, please remember to review the stories in your anthology after you have read them, and review them well, to help others make their story selections for their anthologies. Without these reviews, it is hard to choose stories because buyers can't tell too much from the story previews. Reader reviews, when they contain helpful information, will help sell stories. And that's what everyone who visits AnthologyBuilder.com wants, I think. To buy and sell great stories that appeal to their personal tastes.
But the web site is only half the story. The other half is the final printed product. In the case of AnthologyBuilder.com, the finished product is as polished as any trade paperback you'll purchase at any bookstore. The full color cover is glossy. There are a title page, list of copyrights, and standard copyright notice at the front of the book. Your own custom introduction appears, as well as a table of contents. The paper itself is similar to the paper found in other mainstream anthologies, if not identical. In fact, the whole production has the feel of one of the Best Of annual paperbacks, i.e. Best Short Stories of 2008, etc. At 320 pages for only $14.95, my custom anthology was a bargain. Of course, your very own custom anthology will be a similar bargain. You can preview my select anthology, and if you like the stories in it, you can simply purchase it quickly and easily. Remember that anthology creators don't get any money from the sale of the anthology of stories they've selected. It's just easy to purchase other anthologies that other buyers have created.
AnthologyBuilder.com has a great deal of potential, but a lot of work to do. They already have a great finished product. Now the front end needs some work to make it world-class, the go-to site for custom anthologies. In addition to fiction, the site could cater to poetry and non-fiction as well. Imagine the possibilities!
See my personal blog entry about AnthologyBuilder.com from earlier this year when I first discovered the site.