So, which are better, printed magazines or electronic editions? The answer is the same as Ron Paul's reply to the infamous boxers-or-briefs question: "Depends."
It's like asking whether newsstand copies are better than subscriber copies. Better for what? And why would you choose? Magazine publishers are now living in a both/and world rather than an either/or world (and sometimes it seems like a both-this-and-that-plus-this-and-don't-forget-about-this-and-is-there-an-app-for-that?-world.)
D. Eadward Tree is a pseudonymous magazine-industry insider who provides insights on publishing, postal issues and print media on his blog, Dead Tree Edition.
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So, which are better, printed magazines or electronic editions? The answer is the same as Ron Paul's reply to the infamous boxers-or-briefs question: "Depends."
It's like asking whether newsstand copies are better than subscriber copies. Better for what? And why would you choose? Magazine publishers are now living in a both/and world rather than an either/or world (and sometimes it seems like a both-this-and-that-plus-this-and-don't-forget-about-this-and-is-there-an-app-for-that?-world.)
D. Eadward Tree is a pseudonymous magazine-industry insider who provides insights on publishing, postal issues and print media on his blog, Dead Tree Edition.