Re: Publishing For the Digital World, In the Digital World

Paul Miller — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:24:29 -0000

Zach - agreed... which is why we'll send the printed copy to anyone who wants it, free of charge... :-)

Re: Publishing For the Digital World, In the Digital World

zachlandes — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:59:32 -0000

Good points Paul. I agree that there is a place for print in today's high-tech world. But I think the market is smaller - today's reader, even one who prefers the print form, is not going to buy a paper copy of a magazine unless it is one of his very favorite magazines, because the info is free online, usually. I will probably write a follow-up with more on this. Nice blog, btw.

Re: Publishing For the Digital World, In the Digital World

Paul Miller — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:33:33 -0000

Zach

Hi and thanks for your interest in Nodalities Magazine; I hope you will subscribe so we can let you have each issue as it comes out.

Your comment on the appropriateness of a print version is certainly a valid one, and it's something we considered long and hard.

Our Nodalities blog (http://blogs.talis.com/noda... is regularly updated, and I also blog on the topic for ZDNet at http://blogs.zdnet.com/sema... . Many of our staff have their own blogs that are routinely relevant to the topic, too... and we also publish regular podcasts at http://www.talis.com/platfo...

Within this context of widely available digital content, we felt that there *was* a place for a print version of Nodalities Magazine, with identical content to its online counterpart at http://www.talis.com/nodali....

I am writing from Beijing Airport, on my way home from this year's World Wide Web conference. This is a pretty connected bunch of people, but they still appreciated the ability of myself and my colleagues to follow up conversations and introductions with printed material. Even today, there is *a* place for printed matter. It reaches different people than might follow blogs and podcasts, and it also proves useful - even for those who read some of the material elsewhere - to have something to skim through on the plane, the train, or in moments of downtime at their desk.

The print form will not supersede its online version; but we felt - and this week has validated that feeling - that there was value in a print run too.

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