1. A computer-assisted method for having a plurality of participants author and submit segment candidates to create a collaborative work over a computer network comprising the steps of receiving over the computer network segment candidates prepared by at least some of the plurality of participants, distributing at least a subset of the submitted segment candidates to a voting audience over the computer network, receiving from the 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 submitting segment candidates, voting on the submitted segment candidates, and selecting a winning segment candidate to complete 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.
1. A computer-assisted method for having a plurality of participants author and submit segment candidates to create a collaborative work over a computer network comprising the steps of receiving over the computer network segment candidates prepared by at least some of the plurality of participants, distributing at least a subset of the submitted segment candidates to a voting audience over the computer network, receiving from the 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 submitting segment candidates, voting on the submitted segment candidates, and selecting a winning segment candidate to complete 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. 3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of providing segment instructions to the plurality of participants for authoring the segment candidates.