u/JettaJones

Hello,

I’m researching starting a podcast from submitted stories. I figured they would need to be submitted because of author copyright. I figured e author would need to give written consent for me to read their stories. However, if I turned it into a patreon for just some side income, would that be considered making money off a story? I’m just trying to make a YouTube channel like the ones that read scary stories only mine would be sci-fi/ fantasy/ and horror short stories and poems. I would give the author credit verbally before I read their story on the podcast, please note. I’m not a plagiarist. Just seeking advice. Thank you.

Hi there,

I’m trying to start a channel on YouTube for solo-reading short stories/ poems sent in by authors. How would I safely aknowledge that the author has given me permission to read their story? I would like to start possibly start a patreon/ cash flow for it if it gets big enough. Has anyone heard of this or would be willing to send in some of their work? I will give proper credit to the author and writers.