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24th June 2012, 12:58 AM #1well aged but not old
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Wood Working Magazines and the Internet
I wonder if magazines dedicated to wood working have a long term future especially in printed form. Before the advent of the internet if you wanted information,tips or advice your choices were fairly limited. And under those circumstances the monthly printed magazine was a vital resource. But now if you want to know about some new technique, want advice or simply want to connect with other people who share the love of the craft you can do so (often for free), 24 hours a day 7 days a week via the net. You can get access to print and video on an infinitely large range of topics all of which are potentially able to be upgraded in real time. I currently get a certain magazine delivered but I don't see myself renewing the subscription under these circumstances. Why pay for a static text based resource when I can get a larger range of multimedia resources any time I like on the net?
I am sure that the publishers of the magazines have thought about these matters deeply. I have noticed that the advertising pages in the magazine I get has become less used and I suppose that as a consequence advertising revenue must be diminished.
I would pay for a high quality on-line magazine that offered a full range of multimedia services. And I suspect that into the future only those publishers that move to this format will survive.My age is still less than my number of posts
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24th June 2012, 04:33 AM #2Senior Member
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I like that many of them are now making all the back-issues available on a DVD/CD. I've got some of the older Wood, Fine Woodworking and Popular Woodworking back issue DVDs and its nice to be able to go back and look at all those old articles.
I think that as more folks move to things like tablets and ipads that print magazines will have to adjust or at least rethink about the value they can add in hard copy vs. online.
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24th June 2012, 09:37 AM #3
I have an online subscription to Fine Woodworking, used to get it in paper form from the US at about double the cost.
The good thing about this digital subscription is that not only can I read the magazine online, I can download each article in digital format (pdf).
For the cost of a modest yearly subscription I also have online access to all the back issues of Fine Woodworking.
One wonders if/when the print edition is no longer viable whether the digital format would disappear as well.
I see that Australian Wood Review now also offers a digital version for iPhone/iPad (Android as well?) but I am not sure whether that version allows downloading of the articles.
I guess the whole print media industry is in a state of flux, I haven't bought my favourite paper (The Age) for quite some time, reading it online instead but may have to pay for the privilege in the (near) future.
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24th June 2012, 09:46 AM #4GOLD MEMBER
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There is no doubt that printed media is heading towards digital subscription. This issue at the moment though, is storing and referencing your digital information, something I'm looking at solving at. I do consider the printed format is more tangible. I love referencing and searching for something I can leave on the workbench and look at whilst I'm working. I'm not so keen to leave my laptop in the shed whilst working though. Maybe the iPad or iPhone goes someway to addressing this (I have neither).
It's also a time to stock up and collect back issues of some magazines. Those will become extremely valuable in the future. Some hopeful fool is expecting $100-200 for issues 1-10 on eBay at the moment. Food for thought.Last edited by Scott; 24th June 2012 at 09:48 AM. Reason: me being a fusspot.
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24th June 2012, 09:47 AM #5
I do love the random-access nature of web searching.... but, there are many things I've learnt from flicking through magazines/books that I wouldn't have learnt otherwise.... and given the choice, I'd prefer to read a paper magazine than the equivalent online. I just don't like having to store said magazines!
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24th June 2012, 09:56 AM #6
Using the digital article in the shed is actually easier than when I had printed format only. I can quickly print out a pdf article, use it in the shed, then discard it when finished.
I have all the pdf FWW articles indexed by subject, as well as in chronological order. So if I want to see an article on eg box making every article in FWW on that subject is in one folder on the computer. Can't do that with the print version, you can have a printed index but you still have to find each article in the relevant print issue.
I have all the printed AWR issues (except one, #4) and would be very reluctant to part with them.
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