Many background editors ask authors to remove their backgrounds if they sell their story to episode.
What does ‘selling to episode mean’?
If your story gets featured by episode that means you have sold it to episode.
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There are some stories that Episode purchases from community authors and then republishes them as shorter versions with gem choices. That is what people mean by “selling your story to Episode”