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FOR PARENTS

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I'm a parent. Do I have to pay to download a story?
No. The website that hosts the story pays us a license fee which allows you to download and print the story free.

Why aren't your webstories available on www.storycircus.com?
We license our stories to corporate clients, and they in turn make them available to parents via their websites. (If we didn’t, we would have to charge parents a fee). If you're a parent in search of stories, or a company considering licensing some, please view a sample story on our home page.

Why don't you make your webstories interactive?
Our stories are primarily a parenting resource, designed for parents to print off and read to their children in bed. Although children do read them on-line, we know that most of our end-users are parents who print the stories, so there's no need for us to animate the images on-line.

Why would I want a webstory when books look and feel so much nicer?
We offer stories of equal quality to those available in books, but ours are more accessible, more convenient and free. We know that most parents - whether they're in paid work or not - are chronically short of time. We've developed a resource that saves them time, effort and money by making high quality stories available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, anywhere in the world.

Our stories can be useful in a range of situations:

Problem		Solution
You're at home with small or sick children		Read a story on-line with the kids. Print black and white versions for them to colour in.
You don’t have internet access at home		Visit your local library with the kids and read the story on-line.
You leave work too late to visit a bookshop		Print a story in the office and take it home to read it to your child
You're abroad on business		Go on-line, find a story, save it as a PDF, and e-mail it to your child.
You're on a family holiday, miles from any bookshops		Visit an internet cafe and print a story to read with your kids at bedtime

Do you want to see webstories one day displace books?
No, quite the opposite. We believe in the primacy of reading, and we aim to make it easier for parents to read with their children by delivering stories to their PCs, at home or at work. In this way, we hope to instil a love of reading in young children that will stay with them all their lives.

I'm having trouble printing your webstories. Can you advise?
Please refer to the 'Help' button on the front page of the individual story, or click on the printer icon at the bottom of each page. Full printing instructions are given there.

FOR TEACHERS

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I'm a teacher. How do I use your stories in class?
You can use the stories on-line in the computer suite. Or download them, print them, and make photocopies for each pupil. Stories in our series Living With Landmines are accompanied by teachers’ notes linked to the national curricula of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

FOR CORPORATE CLIENTS

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What type of companies are your clients?
Our web clients fall into four groups: Retailers, Charities, Intranets and Educational sites.

We also license stories to kids' magazines, television production companies and ad agencies.

How much do you charge your clients for webstories?
We don't publish a ratecard, but we'll be pleased to discuss your company's individual needs one-to-one. Please contact us on info@storycircus.com

What is the upload procedure like?
We supply content to our clients on-line for them to upload. We don't upload the content ourselves, so we don't require security clearance to access to your websites.

Do you write stories to commission?
Yes. We're currently developing a bespoke story based on a company logo for one client, and educational stories based on real historical figures for another. Let us know your requirements, and we'll discuss with you what we can offer.

Do you work with publishers?
We do indeed. We are currently working with Andersen Press, Orchard Books and Frances Lincoln Publishing on webstories abridged from published books.

Who owns secondary rights in your webstories?
In the case of most of our original stories, we do. Where we abridge an existing work for the Web, or create content to fulfill a specific brief, the situation is more complex.

Book publishers, TV companies, merchandising companies and ad agencies interested in specific stories are invited to contact our rights department on info@storycircus.com

FOR CHARITIES and SPONSORS

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We work extensively with charities and companies interested in Corporate Social Responsibility. We can produce stories to support a charity’s educational objectives, and back this up with teacher’s notes linking it to the curriculum, as we did for Adopt-A-Minefield (UK). For examples, see http://www.landmines.org.uk/ChildrensStories.

If you work with a charity with an educational remit, and would like to explore the possibilities, please contact us at info@storycircus.com

FOR WRITERS

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I'm a new writer. Can I send in a story?
Sorry, no. We only work with professional writers. Our contributors include Michael Rosen, Terry Jones, Jenny Eclair and Margaret Mayo. To maintain our high standards and our reputation for quality and originality, we do not work with new or unpublished authors.

I'm a new writer. Would you comment on my work?
Sorry, no. We don't have the resources to offer editorial advice on work that is not commissioned for our use. Try some of the many writer-driven sites on the Web.

I'm a professional writer. Can I send you my stories?
Sorry, no. We commission stories according to our current needs and do not accept unsolicited work. If you're a published writer and would like to work with us, please contact our editorial team on info@storycircus.com and introduce yourself. If we commission a story, we'll send you our editorial guidelines and appoint an editor to work with you.

Do you pay your writers?
Certainly. We pay an advance and a royalty.

FOR ILLUSTRATORS

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I'm an illustrator. Can I send you my work?
If your portfolio includes work for children, you are able to work to a brief, meet your deadlines, and send and receive graphic files by e-mail, our art director would be interested to hear from you. Contact her at info@storycircus.com.