This isn't the only reason for authors to not put their stories up on the web. Kathryn and I do agree about *some* things - and one of them is being disturbed by the tendency of those with net access to consider those without as third-class citizens who need not be catered for - if they consider them at all.
How about this if you write a story and don't find a zine right away post it to the net til you find a zine willing to publish it then ask the site owner to remove it and store it (or you store it for them on floppy.) (or if it's your site remove it yourself place the title in with a list of your stories in zines along with the titles of the zines. Then when the zine goes out of print repost it. But only publishing it in zines while fair to those who can't get access to the net it causes the net to become bare in that fandom. It was the net that introduced me to fanfic I had never heard or thought of it before then. All because I had never meet a fellow fan or had any friends who were into any shows that I was or for that matter any shows that have spawned fanfic that I have heard of. I'm not going to say it's unfair to fans online I realise now that it is fair but it's boring when those of us on with net access and no zine access (for whatever reason) it causes shows to loose in the net race. Look at Buffy or x-files in any search engine on the net they have a huge presence online while some shows that are older and very good have a very low number of sites like Blake's 7. My idea above would give everyone a chance to read your stories. More people reading your fic the better right? Would everyone agree this is feasible idea?
CJSGalen aka Tereth Dragonstar
New email addy TDragonstar@prodigy.net