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Brijit pays you to write less


Last night Rafe wrote a post about ways to make money while in your underwear. It's a novel concept that likely wouldn't lose its luster until the winter months. One of the companies, called Brijit caught my interest, mostly because as a blogger, one of the required skills is summarizing large written items and shrinking them down into small, edible chunks. Brijit takes large stories from online and print publications and fits them into 100-word-or-so abstracts you can quickly give a once-over, and decide if it's worth it to delve deeper. The site is powered by freelance writers who write each abstract, and add their own opinion and editorial style.


rijit pays its writers using PayPal and does it on a monthly basis for any stories they've written in the previous month. The price paid for each abstract