I can’t speak on monetary compesation for fiction writers as the ones I’m familiar with are fan fic writers who will practically tackle you just to have your read and comment on their stuff. However I really don’t think it is unfair for podcasters to have a tip jar on thier site. Subscription type deals wouldn’t work because the caster wouldn’t get any new listeners and chase away a lot of the ones they already have gained.

I’m still checking various pod casts to find shows I like (very new to this) but have only found two that I check for weekly and would only be willing to pay for: Geek Fu and This Week in Tech. So I guess I need to get off my lazy ass and donate then. Won’t be much, but more of a thank you.

I did want to comment on the pay for podcasting mention you gave. It’s fine if people want to podcast but the people who act entitled to compensation for it can all go away now. It’s the same as acting as if they should be paid for blogging. What is it about speaking something instead of writing it that makes people become so grandiose?

I’ve stopped listening to most shows I started listening to because their 30 mins of “content” is reduced to about 12 after all the begging for votes, promos, the thinly-veiled-promo-called-an-audio-comment and shout outs to the other podcasters that they know. Of that 12, 5 is talking about podcasting. Nothing is worse than podcasting about podcasting. The ONLY people who get a pass on talking about their work IN their work are Adam Curry (because that’s what he does) and On The Media.

I mean who would buy a magazine consisting of articles about how they made the magazine and reviews of other magazines about making magazines?

Thanks for not being one of those and being excellent.