: Re: Are already privately bound books a deterent for publishing houses? I've read somewhere that putting your story, or a piece of it, on the internet would make it difficult (not to say impossible

I will defer to some of the editorial folks, who may know better, but I believe you'd be okay. If you head on down to the local Kinkos and get your work bound nicely, nobody will ever know. The main issue with rights is if a work has been made "publicly" available. On a webpage, anyone with a computer can see it. A single copy in the hands of a single person isn't a big deal.

Self-publishing and POD packages, however, often include getting an ISBN for your work, and that will probably raise some flags.

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