Cooperatives @lemmy.world frankPodmore @slrpnk.net 7mo ago

Idea for a writers' platform co-op

I'm considering starting a co-operatively owned website for writers to share their work without any gatekeepers, and with any profits generated going to the writers.

Does anyone know of any good resources or examples of similar co-ops (or other types of businesses) that might make useful case studies?

Thanks!

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Mutual Interest Media tried to do something like this a couple of years ago. I don't think their model worked out all that well though, as the site hasn't been updated in some time. https://www.mutualinterest.coop/

A non-web model that has had some success, and that you might be able to learn from is the Many Worlds Collective, which is a co-op of fiction writers who create stories in a shared universe, and publish anthologies of their authors' works. https://www.manyworldsforum.com/
- Thanks! I'd heard of MWC and that's definitely an interesting model that I'd like to drawn on.
  
  I'll check out Mutual Interest, too.
There is part of fediverse(federated social network) that is specially for writting(like substack) it's called writefreely. You can check it out here
- Thanks, I'll take a look!
  
  np, hope you find it usefull
Please read "Slicing Pie Handbook", on equity & startups.

It is one of the most important books on understanding value in such things, & getting one thinking on it.
- Thanks, I'll take a look.

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