From: Ben Goertzel (ben@goertzel.org)
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 14:46:57 MDT
> The funding point is crucial. If Extropy ever were to be re-launched,
> readable content and good design would not be enough. Funding and
> distribution would be essential. Considering that we could not afford to
> pay anyone to write, we got a good and improving level of writing, but a
> major new launch would *have* to be able to pay writers to be
> sustainable.
> We would also need a paid staff to focus on the tedious but important
> things like collecting from distributors (who are a major pain),
> marketing,
> and the mechanics of production. I learned those things as I went along
> (though I had done four previous small scale magazines), but I
> was not very
> business minded and did not like those tasks. I'm much more
> business-smart
> these days, but still would not want to do those jobs. I did them only
> because I had to, and I had the time when I was employed full-time by ExI
> to do those jobs among others (although at a pitiful salary).
>
I agree with all this. However, I think that an active and widely read
Extropy web-zine would make the search for funding for a paper magazine much
easier.
ben
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