From: Michael Wiik (mwiik@messagenet.com)
Date: Mon Aug 12 2002 - 08:58:18 MDT
Samantha Atkins <samantha@objectent.com> wrote:
> I would happily pay a subsecription for a good offering.
> However, I have no use for boring unsearchable representations
> on dead trees.
I understand your point. But for the price of one set of dead-tree
10-volume Nanotech encyclopedias, one could send out hundreds of gift
subscriptions to a magazine. I still have my old cyberculture magazines,
and I don't see them being replaced anytime soon by on-screen
representations, at least until screen resolutions approach 600 or 1200
dpi.
I do get the point made previously about the long lead times and costs
associated with magazine production, and agree it will most likely fail
as a business. If I understand correctly, the Mondo 2000's were made
entirely on Macs, the pages then being sent electronically to the
printer. I can certainly envision a web site and a magazine made from
the same content, differing only in resolution. The site serves as the
searchable, changeable source, the magazine as a cultural artifact of a
certain time and place.
And if the magazine isn't worth reading, one can always put it in the
bathroom for visitor amusement or emergency toilet paper. Not something
one is likely to do with a $6000 10-volume Nanotech encyclopedia.
-Mike
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