I don't know about the Christian book writing industry, but I do know 
that the collector of all of the writings in an anthology, is the one 
perceived to be the owner and laborer, thus, if she or he wishes to 
pay the contributors, that is between the collector and the original 
writer, not between the writer and the publisher.  I have a friend 
who contributed a poem for one of the "Chicken Soup For the Souls," 
books, and I don't believe that she was paid for it.  I know that 
Greg is quoted in Dr. Laura's book on "The Ten Commandments," and all 
he received is a footnote in the book.  I guess that I just see this 
whole thing very differently and I'm having a hard time discerning 
what there is to get upset about.  In the publishing business, this 
is pretty much standard practice.  YOu can do what PHil does, and use 
a web site, or you can agree to jump through all the hoops and hope 
to get a small, and I do mean small profit  from it some day in the 
future.  YOu can also be like Frank Purreti and choose to be rejected 
by seventeen publishers before you finally find someone who will take 
a chance on your work.
Kathy



At 11:33 PM 8/26/2007, you wrote:
>Brad,
>
>At that time, and I know because I paid for one small ad in Charisma
>Magazine about that time, 350 dollars for one month.  So that guy was
>putting out big bucks to scam Christians out of their manuscripts.
>
>Phil.