i have been at SOL for approx 15 yrs and i have DL over 3,000 stories. I would like to know what the policy on sharing these stories is. I have not shared any stories before today
i have been at SOL for approx 15 yrs and i have DL over 3,000 stories. I would like to know what the policy on sharing these stories is. I have not shared any stories before today
Legally, you can't. It's a copyright issue. You would need the permission of the author.
The best, and safest way to share is to send someone the URL of where the story is at SoL and recommend they buy a Premium subscription. That's legal and helps everyone.
I agree fully, i have spent hrs if not days reading one story or another. I wouldn't want to deprive any author of the accolades due them.
I agree almost everyone should purchase that subscription but there are the exceptions who cannot afford it. I hate to say it but I fall into that category. My disability income is only around 700 a month and with my expenses including co-pay on drugs and such I just don't have much under the best of times. Its why I have to stick with the free stories even when I like a writer who has premium stories available.
I have been on the site for a few years now and about the time I posted my 10th story my account was upgraded quite a bit. As far as I can tell the only thing a premium account can do that I cannot is to vote in the contests. I try to get friends to sign up but as soon as they hear "sex stories" they act embarrassed as if they never stooped to such a thing.
Of course, I am the world's worst salesman. I couldn't even get my own mother to try a new long-distance plan for Crom's sake.
I point people at stories like The Millionaire Next Door and mention the site accepts anything, including sex stories, but that story doesn't have any sex. If they demure I point them to some of my stories on Fine Stories and say it's a sister site for teens and kids.
I point out to people I suggest the site to that Sol is an Adult level topic site and the FS site is a younger age level topic site. Some things can only be carried on an adults only site while others can be carried on both sites. At the discretion of the author. I don't lie about the sex based stories but point out how there is much more as well on sol with some also being posted on fs.
edited to add: I always point out both sites as well as mentioning the fact that while sol might be blocked by settings at a job or library or other public location. The fs site will not be and the quality of stories is great even if fs doesn't have as many available.
Its a matter of respect. Its funny at times how much meaning there is in the simplest of words.
Sometimes I will ask for a copy of something that was freely distributed in the past, but I try and keep that to find an alternate story first. Some stories however are well worth reading again however.
I also must thank someone on SOL for a 3 month premium gift although it wasn't really needed in my case. I have gotten so used to the base account settings that its second nature anymore.
I have gotten so used to the base account settings that its second nature anymore.
You can use the opportunity to download a lot of stories to read later, after all, the system allows you to download stories as e-pub, pdf, txt, and other formats good for later reading.
I noticed Ernest. I will take advantage for a few of my favorites in that regards. The point is I seriously believe the site should be supported for the free stories first since Laz and his helpers definitely earn every bit of support possible. I would have been supporting for years for that alone if it had been possible to do so.
As it stands the best support I can give both to the site and the authors is a little respect. But its funny how over the years I have found how valuable that policy is.
As it stands the best support I can give both to the site and the authors is a little respect. But its funny how over the years I have found how valuable that policy is.
I often mention the site to others and give them the URL of what I regard as some good stories like The Millionaire Next Door and some of my own.
I know and accept people will download and keep copies of my stories to read again later, and I've no problems with that at all. In fact, I encourage it. The readers who can afford to do so will often go to Lulu and buy copies as well.
edit to add: I know of six people who've later told me they've taken up a premium subscription after I put them onto SoL.