Harper's also said it would pay writers retroactively for electronic distribution of their articles since January 1994.

This is different from a "kill fee," which magazines usually pay writers when an assigned piece is not accepted.

At present, there is no systematic way to pay writers when their work appears on electronic data bases.

With few exceptions, the magazine does not pay writers for their contributions.

No, I don't think they can pay writers very much at all.

Besides paying writers and researchers, foundations sometimes provide money to publishers - typically university presses - to help pay for certain books.

Most publishers pay writers based on a hypothetical number of words in the manuscript.

Why would motion picture producers pay writers for their creations "if they could just change the perspective and get away with it?"

While some literary journals do not even pay writers for stories, sending them instead free subscriptions to the magazine, fees range considerably at mainstream magazines.

"Why not pay real writers to write?"