Why would authors prefer to publish their work for free in HyperNietzsche, instead of publishing on paper and receiving royalties for copyrighted material?
All authors who want and are able to publish their work in book form, to retain a copyright for it, and to be paid for it, are warmly encouraged by us to do that as well. HyperNietzsche offers the means and medium for supplementary publication; our intention is to supplement, not to replace, other media. As far as we know, however, it is rather difficult to make money publishing scholarly books on Nietzsche. In point of fact, usually the contrary is true: scholarly authors are often obliged to help defray the cost of publication in order to be able to publish their texts with print runs of about 300 copies and minimal distribution. HyperNietzsche, in contrast, demands no contribution from the authors. At the same time, through the work of our editorial board, we are able to assure that our publications meet the most rigorous scholarly standards. What is more, free access on the internet permits global distribution of the published material. In the scholarly world, wide distribution thr
