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December 06, 2006
Newer Isn't Always Better
I have subscribed to WritersMarket.com for years. Recently they "upgraded" the site. Problem is…it's not better, it's worse.
Probably my favorite thing about WritersMarket.com was the submissions tracker. The new version of the subs tracker is annoying and nearly useless. In fact, I don't bother with it anymore. It's a big waste of time. Instead I track my subs in an Excel spreadsheet.
With the old submission tracker you could get a "quick list" of all your submissions, the markets they had been sent to, and their current status. Not so with the new version. You can get a list of your manuscripts, but you can't see their statuses unless you click on the "view submissions" button next to the manuscript. Then you can see where just that one manuscript has been sent. It shows the status at each place it has been subbed, but of course you still can't get the dates of those statuses without clicking on another screen.
Arrgh. It's so annoying.
Sadly it's not the first time I have experienced an "upgrade" taking away basic functionality I had come to depend on.
One thing's for sure, I won't be renewing my WritersMarket.com subscription this year. I've started using Duotrope instead. It's free. The market search is easier to use and they have a submissions tracker that will give me a list of my subs and their statuses. Go figure.
Posted by Selena at December 6, 2006 12:02 PM