Start-up Offers Free Web Pages to Authors

I guess I don't have to pretend that I've never heard of filedby author, since it now has a publicly accessible webpage. It's still in beta, but the intention is to allow any author -- anyone published in the US and Canada -- to populate a page in their directory.

The home page says that the service is free, but doesn't say it will always be free. And there's no obvious reason why this would be better, at this point, than an author having a page of her own somewhere. (Although, obviously, it doesn't have to be either/or -- there's no reason not to sign up for filedby, since it's there and free.)

So: for the authors out there, here is another potential vehicle for self-promotion and building awareness.

[via Booksquare]