Penhero.com To Launch Ibooks Quarterly - Authors Wanted

[PenHero]

Fellow Collectors,

 

I am very excited to announce that we are going to launch a portable version of PenHero.com in iBooks magazine format on the iPad and other media. It will be offered quarterly, with all new content, beginning March 31. There will be the option of also viewing articles on the PenHero.com site and/or printing each issue on demand.

 

Authors will be paid, per article, upon acceptance. There will be a small fee for the iPad version to cover the cost of paying for content. If we make money, we will use the funds to pay for more content.

 

We are looking for original, readable, fact-oriented articles, supported by references and high quality photos / artwork.

 

Article submissions should be 1,500-2,500 words in Microsoft Word format and should include 5-15 photos or illustrations, or materials can be submitted for us to photograph. Copyrighted material not owned by the author must have full written permissions, if submitted. Authors will retain full copyright of their work.

 

We want to include 5-6 articles each quarter. That level of content should yield the equivalent of a 64 page full-color magazine.

 

To get the first issue out the door by March 31, our timetable for submissions will be as follows:

 

January 31 - Article proposals due

February 28 - Final content due

March 31 - Publication

 

Please contact Jim Mamoulides at jim@penhero.com for more information, including a rate sheet and contract.

 

Here are some examples from my own work to give a sense of what we will be looking for:

 

A detailed article on a specific pen model, with references

 

http://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Parker/Pics/ParkerAztec80005.jpg

 

Parker No. 60 Awanyu "Aztec" c1911-1916

http://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Parker/ParkerAztec.htm

 

 

A detailed article on a specific pen line, with information on models, colors, nibs

 

http://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Sheaffer/Pics/SheafferSnorkel06.jpg

 

Sheaffer Snorkel 1952-1959

http://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Sheaffer/SheafferSnorkel.htm

 

An article on a pen brand, with focus on a key historic model and its current version

http://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Cleo/Pics/CleoSkribent13.jpg

 

Cleo Skribent: That Other German Pen Company

http://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Cleo/CleoSkribentPen.htm