Originally Posted by
Ed L
Thanks, Glenn. Your post raises some important issues.
Sadly, in this day and age the financials of publishing a magazine has become more difficult. Some of it is because of a decline in readership do to the amount of to the amount of time that people who might have previously bought it now spend online. Smartphones and social media has made this even worse. Also publishing and distribution costs have gone up.
I actually think a printed publication brings with it more credibility than an online publication because of tradition. I always looked forward to getting SWAT Magazine in the mail and reading it and not being tied to a computer. There is an intangible to getting something in the mail that you are looking forward to. I prefer a hard copy of anything that has substantial pictures or that I am going to page through and refer back to. I have a kindle paperwhite reader which I use for all fiction and most non-fiction because it is convenient, less expensive, and because I have run out of space for books. In spite of this I still buy hard copies of certain things in as hard copies for the reasons I previously mentioned.