PROJECTS WITH LITERARY JOURNALS

Dzanc Books believes literary journals constitute an invaluable venue for authors to gain exposure for their work. With this in mind, Dzanc plans to provide financial and networking aid in order to assist literary journals in their subscriptions, distribution, promotion, fundraising and overall exposure to the reading and writing communities. Dzanc has no interest in controlling any of the editorial decisions of these literary journals. We only want to help them succeed in achieving their missions, and hopefully relieve some of the stresses that go with doing so. All of our services to literary journals will be 100% free and provided as part of an ongoing commitment to bring greater exposure of great writing to the public.

Dzanc Books is in constant contact with hundreds of literary journals, surveying their areas of success, needs, and wish lists in order to determine areas to focus on. We have also developed relationships with booksellers and directors of reading series nationwide. Dzanc plans on developing coordinated mailings in order to develop larger subscription bases for participating journals. In 2006, an idea developed by the Executive Director of Dzanc Books generated well over 100 combined years of subscriptions for 21 journals. We know that was only the beginning.


PROJECT 1 - SURVEY OF JOURNAL EDITORS

Complete survey here

or

Download Word document, complete, and email to dan@dzancbooks.org.

Online Journals: complete survey here, or download Word document here.


PROJECT 2 - LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTIONS

In an attempt to develop a larger subscriber base, in August 2007, Dzanc sent a package of information about the importance of subscribing to literary journals to 50 libraries as a test case.  Splash pages for 16 journals were included in the package, which went to a mix of both public and university libraries.  If this test case is successful, Dzanc has addresses for over 1000 libraries within the United States to continue this project with.  

There was no cost to the literary journals involved.



 

 

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