Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 11:21:21 -0500 (CDT) From: Joshua Barker <phire@jigaboos.com> To: Joe.Warner@smed.com Cc: "Jake Ludington (E-mail)" <jake@ediblehype.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: BSD Magazine Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96K.1000913112054.5633D-100000@ns1.jigaboos.com> In-Reply-To: <85256959.0056E4CE.00@Deimos.smed.com>
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I've been reading online for almost 11 years now, and I still prefer the hard copy version :) On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 Joe.Warner@smed.com wrote: > > > > Why is everyone concerned with the traditional publishing model? > > I wouldn't say everyone but speaking for myself, I like something > that has great content, illustrations and something I can hold > in my hands and read. The same goes for books and reference > manuals. I don't know if it's because it's just what I'm used > to and I don't know if I would have the same preference if I > learned to read online and had never picked up a hard copy > publication. > > Joe > > > > |--------+--------------------------------> > | | "Ludington, Jacob" | > | | <Jacob.Ludington@ed.st| > | | ate.ia.us> | > | | | > | | 09/13/00 09:06 AM | > | | Please respond to | > | | "Jake Ludington | > | | (E-mail)" | > | | | > |--------+--------------------------------> > >---------------------------------------------------------| > | | > | To: "'Michael Lucas'" | > | <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> | > | cc: "'freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG'" | > | <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>, (bcc: Joe | > | Warner/SMS) | > | Subject: RE: BSD Magazine | > >---------------------------------------------------------| > > > > > > Why is everyone concerned with the traditional publishing model? Wouldn't > it make just as much sense to establish an BSD Email newsletter that > provided poeople with useful articles delivered straight to their inbox? > The > authors of the articles could still get paid for their content, the > newsletter could be supported by selling targeted advertising (the same > thing that magazines do offline) and the content is already in an > archivable > format that could be referenced from the web anytime. This would eliminate > printing costs meaning that the newsletter could be provided to subscribers > for free. > > If anyone is interested in pursuing this model, feel free to contact me. I > don't have the time or expertise to write the content, but I would be more > than willing to head up the launch and marketing of the newsletter. > > Jake Ludington > > jake@ediblehype.com > > > > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 10:45:21AM -0400, Chris Coleman wrote: > >> We did approach someone last year, but they said the market wasn't ready > >> yet. I don't know if it will be now or not. > > >I doubt it is, sadly. > > >The "real world" (i.e., everything not on the Web) doesn't see much in > >print about BSD. This needs to change before we see a BSD mag. > > >Remember, publishing houses half dismiss the Web, and half quake in > >their boots over it. While DN publishes some very high-quality > >pieces, it (from real-world POV) doesn't count nearly as much as the > >same number of articles in print would. > > >Moral of the story: do things the hard way, submit BSD articles to > >print magazines. They're not nearly as nice to work with as the web > >ones, but that's what we *need*. > > >Also, if anyone does start a print magazine, I want a column. :) > > ==ml > > -- > Michael Lucas > mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org > http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ > Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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