I recently looked into one of the workshops identified in this forum which led to a business called Book Surge, an Amazon.com company.  Below is the link:

http://www.booksurge.com/publish/ov/index.php?fromWebsite=YAHOO&adword=content+match+writing+a+book&ovmtc=content&ovadid=9223372039120903829&ovkwid=9223372058415186329&ysmwa=f_06J8o-fJkQgzXqKSJrHPGh8rft8WWJCZQFCKcPyYu6woVZRgseD2QqWk0yRs3B

This business requests for authors to submit electronic copies of their stories in formats such as .pdf or .doc.  Is this a good idea or safe?  I'm a little uneasy because once the soft copy of the story is released others can do so much with it.  I was never concerned with printed copies because I knew that it would be a chore to try and get paper converted into an electronic copy.

Any comments would be appreciated.  Thanks.

There is somewhere an actual office you walk into and pay a small fee. This is to copyright your work. After doing this you would be able to sue if anything was done to your piece. Best of luck and keep us posted. BJ

Something you should be aware of is that, even without paying the fee to "officially" copyright your work, the work is automatically copyrighted to you as soon as you write it. While it's nice to do it officially so if anything happens, it's easier to prove that you had the original version of the work, you do own it regardless.

David L.

Nice to know David is that in the USA?
BJ