42. The method according to claim 39 , further comprising the step of requiring participants to register with the host system before at least one of submitting segments and voting upon submitted segments.
39. In a computer network comprising a host computer system and a plurality of computers associated with a plurality of participants having access to the host system over the network, a method for having at least some of the plurality of participants author and submit segment candidates to create a collaborative work over the computer network comprising the steps of providing segment instructions to the plurality of participants for authoring the segment candidates, receiving segment candidates prepared by at least some of the plurality of participants based on the segment instructions, receiving identifying information for each of the plurality of participants submitting a segment candidate, storing the segment candidates and identifying information in a database, distributing at least a subset of the submitted segment candidates to a voting audience over the computer network, receiving in stages from at least some of the voting audience votes for a favored segment candidate, selecting a winning segment candidate from the submitted segment candidates for inclusion in the collaborative work based on the votes, and repeating the steps of presenting segment instructions, submitting segment candidates, voting on the submitted segment candidates, and selecting a winning segment candidate to complete the collaborative work wherein each winning segment builds upon the previous segment to sequentially create the collaborative work, wherein a promo, which is only authored by the author of the submitted segment, and which constitutes a subset of the content of the submitted segment, is submitted with each submitted segment candidate, said promo being indicative of the content of the submitted segment candidate, wherein said promo is designed to generate interest amongst members of the voting audience to view the submitted segment in full, wherein said promo comprises an image or graphic, and a title, summary and excerpt, and wherein participation in said voting audience is open to the general public.