Ouch.
Posted by: pcostoday on: December 8, 2007
I have discovered that I will be continually reminded how hard of a road it is to publish a magazine. I have also discovered that I will probably need to maintain the “publication” in an online format. What’s ironic is that Mr. and Mrs. Average will pay $4.99 to $6.99 for 100 pages, half of which are all advertisements, but I get griped at by a few readers for $6.72 for 8 pages of quality content and only 1 (yes, 1) advertisement. The print-on-demand route is obviously not the way to go. I’ve learned my lesson there. I get it.
One of the ideas I have always played around with is what’s called “digital pagination.” Essentially, you get the “feeling” of turning pages, but the entire publication is online. I might still offer it in PDF digital downloadable format on Lulu.com. I don’t know.
2 Responses to "Ouch."
January 14, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Thanks for saying that…especially when I needed to hear it.
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December 31, 2007 at 7:56 pm
“What’s ironic is that Mr. and Mrs. Average will pay $4.99 to $6.99 for 100 pages, half of which are all advertisements, but I get griped at by a few readers for $6.72 for 8 pages of quality content and only 1 (yes, 1) advertisement.”
What’s really messed up is that people will buy the celeb gossip rags for $6-$10 and then b*tch and gripe about paying a decent price for a magazine with much needed, worthwhile info in it. Don’t give up.