Start your own magazine!
Posted on 03. Apr, 2010 by Cat in Resources
I LOVE Print on Demand – I love how it has completely democratised the whole publishing process. No longer do we have to wait for a book deal – we can now go ahead and be sold on Amazon through createspace or in bookshops with lulu.
Now there is a service especially for producing and distributing magazines called MagCloud.
The magazines are printed on a “80# matte text stock that is FSC-certified and 50% recycled — 10% post consumer waste and 40% pre-consumer waste.” You supply an 8.5″x11″ original and they trim it down to a final size of 8.25″x10.75″. You can have any number of pages between 4 and 60 (and it must be a multiple of 4).
Here is an example magazine put together by the University of Arizona’s Dream|Reality Print Project:
All you need to do is upload a formatted PDF. MagCloud charge 20 cents a page and then you can put your own markup – they sell directly to your audience and mail it to them and send you your markup directly. Too easy!
Unfortunately, they have yet to work out a subscription service but they are working on it!
Quotable
Posted on 19. Mar, 2010 by Cat in Inspiration
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Don’t understimate knowledge, it’s one of the most important sources of power.
Creative Use of Old Technology
Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by Cat in Just For Fun
Have a closer look at these sheep…
(Image Source: Dannyman)
Surprise Kitty
Posted on 06. Mar, 2010 by Cat in Just For Fun
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