Re: Where Have the Magazines Gone

"Lawrence Watt-Evans" <lwe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:33:04 -0400, Pete Granzeau <pgranzeau@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
>
>>Another online magazine
>>which seems to be continuing, is _Helix_ at www.helixsf.com.  It's
>>quarterly, has names I recognize on the masthead (William Sanders and
>>Lawrence Watt-Evans, for instance), and is essentially begware (they
>>give it to you free, and ask for voluntary donations).
>
> "Begware"?
>
> I can't say it's inaccurate, but that's a really unpleasant term for
> it.  We prefer "donation-sup****ted."
>
> All receipts are first used to cover our costs (which are low; server
> space is cheap these days), then split evenly among our authors and
> staff.  This doesn't pay the writers as much as they deserve,
> unfortunately, even with most of the staff kicking their shares back
> into the kitty.  (After seven issues, I've yet to accept my share.)
>
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> -- 
> My webpage is at http://www.watt-evans.com
> The seventh issue of Helix is now at  http://www.helixsf.com

Museums ask for voluntary donations too without raising an uproar.

-- Ken from Chicago