Marc Grasso (aka Dr. Track) of New York state is taking a plunge as an online publisher of track and field (and related sport) articles, and is looking for athletes and coaches to submit articles for listing. The cool part (if it pans out): You get paid something every time someone downloads your article. Marc writes: “We strongly believe that one of the best ways to give to the improvement of our sport is by coaches sharing their knowledge and experience with other coaches, athletes, and other interested parties. The two primary ways to do this is by making a presentation at a clinic and by writing an article. Have you ever considered sharing your knowledge with others by writing an article or two (or more)?”

Here’s his complete pitch:
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* Call for Papers, Glass Dragon Digital Publishing
* Seeking high quality papers on all aspects of Athletics (Track & Field, Long,
* Distance Running, Cross Country Running, Race Walking, Ultra Running, Trail
* Running, and Mountain Running) to be sold on our website.
* For more information, see Glass Dragon Digital Publishing at http://papers.drtrack.com
* Please share this announcement with your staff and anyone else you know that may be interested.
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There are MANY coaches in the sport of Track and Field (Athletics) with a tremendous amount of knowledge, experience, and wisdom. You can be counted in this group.
We strongly believe that one of the best ways to give to the improvement of our sport is by coaches sharing their knowledge and experience with other coaches, athletes, and other interested parties. The two primary ways to do this is by making a presentation at a clinic and by writing an article.
Those coaches who have written articles and have had them published in the past have done so for the goodness of the sport and with little to no compensation for their efforts. Most publications do NOT offer an honorarium for the articles that they publish. The honorarium, from the few publishers that that provide one, amounts to a few hundred US dollars.
We are proud to announce an alternative to the standard publishing industry. Since there is nothing wrong with getting paid for one’s work in most industries, we feel it is time that Athletics (track and field) coaches be compensated for their work too. Therefore, we are offering e-Articles for sale on our website with the author receiving a royalty for each copy sold.
Glass Dragon Digital Publishing is seeking high quality papers on all aspects of Athletics (Track & Field, Long, Distance Running, Cross Country Running, Race Walking, Ultra Running, Trail Running, and Mountain Running) for our website.
These papers will be sold on our website at a very reasonable rate. The ordering process is completely automated, easy to use, and is available on a 24/7/365 basis. Customers will receive the e-Article via our fully automated system almost instantly after they completing their order.
We offer royalties of 50% on all sales, beginning with the first. Our website already has a truly international reach. In December 2006, a typical month, we had visitors from 64 countries from all areas of the world. Thus, articles receive wide exposure as soon as they are published.
For more information see our Program Overview at:
http://papers.drtrack.com/gddpOverviewJanuary2007.pdf
We also have an Author’s Guide available at:
http://papers.drtrack.com/gddpAuthorGuidelinesJanuary2007.pdf
Additional details and updates can be found on the conference page:
Glass Dragon Digital Publishing