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Webologist reports [webologist.co.uk] on Moozvine [moozvine.com], a startup offering crowd funding for sci-fi authors and a pay-as-you-like model for sci-fi fans. Stories either start free or require a minimum pledge to unlock; once unlocked they remain free forever.

"Many great authors are currently lost in the depths of the archaic publishing system – if they are not favoured by a publisher their work is essentially lost forever. With Moozvine authors can build up their fanbase with each new book, story or poem and this will allow them to set higher thresholds."

Four stories are already unlocked, including Soft Apocalypse [moozvine.com], the short story that led to Hugo Award winner Will McIntosh [wikipedia.org]'s first novel.

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