faq

In order to encourage community participation, new users must earn the ability to post their own work. Until you have earned full user status, you will not be able to:

• Create blog entries.
• Create forum topics.
• Create book pages.
• Create universes.
• Use the "ignore" feature.

If it sounds like the site will be essentially unusable to you--you're partially correct. The main features you retain as a limited user are:

Under the Bookzek point system, what you can do on Bookzek depends on how many points you've earned. The only ways for new members to earn points are to offer critiques and rate pages. With this in mind, here are some critique guidelines. By default, you will receive one point for each comment you make on a book page. This amount may be adjusted upward or downward based on the quality of your critique (or lack thereof.) Adjustments are done at least on a monthly basis by administrators, but may be done more often as time allows.

Here are the current guidelines:

You do. We want that to be perfectly clear. Everything you post here, you own. It's yours. We have no interest in taking it from you.

First, it helps to understand what people mean by this question. It is actually twofold:

1. Can people steal my work if I post it on Bookzek?
2. Does posting my work on Bookzek affect my chances for being published?

Unfortunately, there is currently no way to make money with Bookzek. We used to have TipJoy integration, but TipJoy folded in 2009. We are willing to entertain other sources of revenue--perhaps by using ads and distributing the profits from them. We are always open to new ideas. Feel free to post your suggestions in the forums!

You've probably noticed by now that, when you do certain things, you are told you have "earned [some number of] points" and are given a total. This is an important part of Bookzek's functionality and, in fact, it controls your access to various site features.

Your ability to post your own work and participate in the forums is based on your point total. There are many ways to earn points:

Bookzek is all about writing. You sign up, post your work, get feedback on it, participate in the forums, improve your craft, and try to have some fun in the process. Granted, that's a very general list of what's possible, so let me give you a more detailed breakdown: