Re: Where Have the Magazines Gone

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:07:12 -0400, John Duncan Yoyo
<john-duncan-yoyo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:31:28 -0400, Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>wrote:
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>>On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:33:04 -0400, Pete Granzeau <pgranzeau@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>wrote:
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>>>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.)
>
>I liked the name Street Performer Protocol better.  Does this still
>fit the definition for that?

No, which is why we don't call it that.




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