Ink Stained Fingers
‡ Ink Stained Fingers ‡
Authors' Review
‡ Authors' Review ‡
- Are the rules and terms of submission easy to find?
This information is located on their FAQ page, which is
easy to find.
- Do they supply a beta reader for authors?
No, that is the author’s responsibility.
- Are they polite about rejecting fics?
Unknown.
- Do they remove author’s notes or copyright notices
without asking the author first?
When I looked at a random sampling of stories, I didn’t
find any disclaimers or author’s notes. So
I would say yes.
- Do they ever archive fics without permission?
It doesn’t look like they would.
- Are they prompt about removing fics at an author’s
request?
Unknown.
- What is their plagiarism policy...do they investigate
or do they take a complainant at their word?
“Plagiarism is not allowed, and stories that are
found to be plagiarized from other writers will be removed
from the archive and the plagiarizing writer banned from
further posting on this archive...the Archivists will be
the sole authority on whether a story is plagiarism.”
- Do they update at least once a month?
It looks like they update a few times a month.
- Do they make it possible for readers to leave feedback?
Yes, via an email link.
- Is their location stable, or do they move frequently?
Stable.
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Reader review
‡ Reader review ‡
- Is the site attractive?
Yes, simple graphics that make it look elegant.
- 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?)
You need the back button.
- How selective is the archive? (Are you likely to find
a good story?)
Not selective. It has a ‘Upload Interface’ for
anyone to upload fics/images.
- Are they a specialty (ship or genre centric) or general
(only ratings restrictions) archive?
General. [Editor’s note: not a ship-based archive,
but they don’t allow het]
- Is it easy to navigate within multi-chaptered stories?
Each chapter has its own page (e.g., you hit back, and then
click on the next part).
- Are there search engines? Are they easy to use?
They have - Quick Author Search, Quick Title Search, Quick
Date Search, Quick Pairing Search, and Expanded Searches.
- Are the indexes (author, title listings) clearly laid
out?
Yes.
- Are stories appropriately labelled if they require
warnings?
Yes. [Editor’s note: Ink Stained Fingers recently
added password protection to all their pages. Please visit
their front page
to see the most up-to-date information on gaining access
to the site.]
- How many pages do you have to search through to get
to the first story?
4 pages, and on the fifth is the story.
- Is it easy to leave feedback?
Yes, you can email the author.
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