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Azkaban's Lair

Authors' Review

Authors' Review

  • Are the rules and terms of submission easy to find?
    Yes. The submission guidelines are linked to on the main menu, and at the bottom of the indexes.
  • Do they supply a beta reader for authors?
    No.
  • Are they polite about rejecting fics?
    They seem nice enough.
  • Do they remove author's notes or copyright notices without asking the author first?
    There is a standardized header that the authors fill out.
  • Do they ever archive fics without permission?
    Never.
  • Are they prompt about removing fics at an author's request?
    There is no mention of this on the site.
  • What is their plagiarism policy...do they investigate or do they take a complainant at their word?
    There is no mention of this on the site.
  • Do they update at least once a month?
    Their last update was less than a week before this review, which looks promising.
  • Do they make it possible for readers to leave feedback?
    They include email addresses with the fics.
  • Is their location stable, or they move frequently?
    Unknown.

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Reader review

Reader review

  • Is the site attractive?
    Very basic and boring, but the doggies with the wagging tails and kissing are cute. ^_^
  • Is the site easy to navigate? (can you get to all the main sections from every page, or do they rely on the 'back' button an awful lot?)
    Back is your friend.
  • How selective is the archive? (Are you likely to find a good story?)
    Any one can archive.
  • Are they a specialty (ship or genre centric) or general (only ratings restrictions) archive?
    Remus/Sirius.
  • Is it easy to navigate within multi-chaptered stories?
    Yeah, hit back, each chapter is listed seperately.
  • Are there search engines? Are they easy to use?
    no search engine but you pick from things like For Authors A-D or For Stories A-E.
  • Are the indexes (author, title listings) clearly laid out?
    Yes.
  • Are stories appropriately labelled if they require warnings?
    Yes.
  • How many pages do you have to search through to get to the first story?
    Third is the story.
  • Is it easy to leave feedback?
    Yup, email address given.

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