Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 09:51:35 -0600 From: Joe.Warner@smed.com To: "Jake Ludington (E-mail)" <jake@ediblehype.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org, freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: RE: BSD Magazine Message-ID: <85256959.0056E4CE.00@Deimos.smed.com>
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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-advocacy" in the body of the message
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