I think Linda is right - they do have to rework their business model. They have to offer something that enough people are willing to pay for, and right now, they're not. I love the magazines as a thing I can curl up with, but apparently not enough people do. I think they have to look at the net, and they have to offer something other than just fiction and poetry. For instance, here's a blog that one of the magazines should have made, and didn't http://io9.com/ <http://io9.com/>(ignore the strangely inappropriate vulgarity in that one photo)
I can find out how many visitors io9 gets a day, and I'll bet it's more than the yearly circulation of the magazines. That means advertising revenue, possibly enough to pay for a full staff and good author rates. Maybe it cheapens the field to associate it with TV science fiction, but it might also broaden it. All that said, I think Craig makes sense as well. A university (cough, UR, cough, Higley) could support a magazine and do a fine, respectable job of it. I will now stop sounding like a brainwashed MBA student. -- Jonathan Sherwood Sr. Science & Technology Press Officer University of Rochester 585-273-4726 On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:28 AM, delancey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think anyone would think it crass; rather, it's safe to > conclude that they'd take any advertising they could get but they > can't get any. > > On Nov 20, 8:29 am, Linda G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, their core > > readership might find it crass, but hey, we're talking survival here. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
