I didn't really come here looking to publish my work through any other means than self-publishing here on the BDSM Library, but of the one story I have here in the Library so far, of which two chapters are currently posted, I've had over ten thousand readers. I have a third chapter in the works, and I anticipate chapters beyond that but I haven't yet fleshed those out more than a simple outline yet.

One thing I've noticed is that this site seems to count unique visitors to a story, but not unique visitors to parts of stories. My second chapter was published here roughly a month after my first chapter. Its been a bit difficult for me to determine whether I had an audience with the first chapter who came back for the second, or whether I had an audience discovering my second chapter as a story update and wanting to read the first chapter. As a result, its difficult for me to determine how much "staying power" this story has.

Based upon what I've read here, I've made some mistakes already and have some questions:

* I did not explicitly mark my story parts with a copyright, although my name is attached at the top of the text of each section as per suggested guidelines previously posted. (Possible suggestion to the BDSM Library: Would it be possible to have this as a part of the submission process, to add such a copyright notice or at least a date of copyright? i.e., "Attach copyright notice to story" as a field to fill in when submitting stories, probably marked by default) Need I do that with each story part, or just with the story as a whole, for example, on the story's web page here on the BDSM Library?

* If I choose to use a pen name (such as my username here), would/could that effect a publisher's desire to potentially publish my work in paper rather than as an e-book?

* It is my understanding from reading the TOS of this web site that once stories are published here, they will not be removed for any reason. (I can't now find a source for this, but I do remember reading it somewhere. Can somebody clarify if this is still true or if it ever was true?)

I can't think of any other questions or comments right now, but I'm sure I'll be back when I do. I hope I don't wind up pestering you all too much.