F.A.Q.
F.A.Q.
Frequently Asked Questions
As of May 2009
To submit additional questions, please contact jbeese(at)theprintedblog(dot)com, leave a comment on the blog, or find us on Facebook or Twitter.
Q: Will there be an online version of the printed paper?
Ironically yes. A PDF version will be available for download on distribution day (currently Thursday for Chicago, Friday for other cities).
Q: Where can I pick up a copy of The Printed Blog?
Currently we are distributing in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. For specific pickup points, see our Distribution Tab located at the top of the home page.
Q: How do I submit my blog/photography website?
If you’re a blogger, send an email to bloggers(at)theprintedblog(dot)com (or photos(at)theprintedblog(dot)com for photography submissions) with the following information:
Your name
How you’d like your name to appear in print (VERY important)
Blog url
Best email address to contact you
You should explicitly mention that you are giving us permission to reprint your blog. If you’d like to work on a post-by-post basis, meaning you’d prefer if we checked in with you before selecting a post, please mention that as well.
Q: I’ve submitted my blog weeks ago, but I haven’t been published yet. What gives?
As you can imagine, we receive hundreds and hundreds of blog submissions in addition to the blogs we go after on our own. Just because you weren’t selected yet doesn’t mean that you won’t be.
Q: Will I be notified when my blog/photo is published?
Yes. A member from our team will send you an email letting you know that we’ve published a piece of your work.
Q: Why do you need my email address?
We need to be able to contact you 1. So we can notify you if you’ve been published and 2. If a photo is in your blog post, we need to know if you have permission to use that photo.
Q: Do you give published bloggers/photographers any flare for their site?
Yes, we actually have a blog badge that you can put on your site that lets your readers know you’ve been published.
Q: I’ve been published, but I haven’t received my badge. What do I do?
Contact Jennifer at jbeese(at)theprintedblog(dot)com
Q: I’m interested in advertising with The Printed Blog. What do I need to do?
Contact Edward Domain at edomain(at)theprintedblog(dot)com. He’ll be able to answer any questions you have about our rates.
Q: What if I’m not in one of the cities where you distribute, can I still submit my blog/photos?
Of course! We accept blogs/photos from all over. You don’t even have to be in the U.S.!
Q: What information will appear in print if I am published?
We will print the name you gave us (if you go by an alias, please let us know if your original email), your blog name, the date it was posted and the URL to that specific post.
Q: What is a TPB URL?
A TPB URL is just like TinyUrl or a bit.ly link. It allows us to shorten a URL and track how many people click on it.
Q: How are you going to localize the papers? Are you going to be by state (NW, SW, NE, SE, Midwest, etc) or by city?
Papers are going to localized by pick up points representing largely 1,000 readers. Just in Chicago, we might have 100 different versions of the paper; eventually, depending on where you pick up The Printed Blog, readers can go online and vote on the blogs they want to read and those are the blogs that will appear in the paper.
We currently only have one version for New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Chicago has four versions: The Loop, Lakeview, Wicker Park and the University edition.
Q: Before signing up, what will The Printed Blog do about copyrights?
When you allow The Printed Blog to publish an article, you retain the rights and the copyright to that work. You might compare The Printed Blog to an RSS feed reader… it’s a reprint, with attribution, of your copyrighted content.
Q: How are you going to pick the blogs that are featured? Will the same blogs be chosen for the paper every week or will it depend on that week’s content? Is there going to be a main set of blogs and the rest will rotate?
At first, our editors will select blog articles that support each issue’s theme. After we move to daily publication, our readers will vote on which blogs they would like to read in the issue that they pick up. The readers will pick the blogs, and our editors will pick the actual articles.
