An advanced Linux Mag - was Re: [Gllug] Algorithm question for your Friday morning

[Jason Clifford]

On Sat, 18 Nov 2006, salsaman wrote:

> AIUI, the price of subscriptions for a mag only just covers the 
> printing/distribution costs. The profit comes from advertising.

That sounds about right.

> So the question you should really be asking is - can you find enough 
> advertisers to make it worth printing a new magazine ?

If you can be certain that you can get a sufficient readership then you 
can always get the advertising. The difficult bit is the former.

> A guy I know wanted to start a new Linux mag. in Danish - it would have 
> been the only native language Linux mag, but he had to give up after not 
> finding sufficient advertisers.

An english language mag should usually find it easier as there is a larger 
potential market place.

Jason
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