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4 months ago
in Facebook: The Beginning of the End on Kim Werker Blog
Lately, I've been feeling that old school email is out of date. Anything but gmail is cumbersome and clunky. I may be late to the game but IM and Facebook have been great communication tools for me. Of course, I am a luddite who still has no cell phone and is very afraid that when I do get one I will start texting like a teenager.
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Kim Werker
Ha! Texting is pretty great. It's why I specified "long-form" staying in touch. I mean, really, teens and college students don't have old, old friends to write long letters to (which isn't to say some might not enjoy writing long letters to their not-so-old-old friends). I, of course, have succumbed to the bias of thinking about things from my own perspective. I, as a 32-year-old, think it's silly to swap long private notes on Facebook when I can use email (Gmail, of course). Email is something I use anyway, and I save and file things there. I only know when someone sends me Facebook mail because I get an email notification. I'd much prefer to just reply via email. Saves a step. And keeps the conversation in the place where I'd prefer to save it (and then it's searchable, and therefore findable, too).
5 months ago
in Worth on Kim Werker Blog
But...
If as long as there are ads (as a supplement to revenue) the publisher could afford to treat their contributors more fairly in terms of direct compensation.
I think all print mags should go by way of a smaller trim size
If as long as there are ads (as a supplement to revenue) the publisher could afford to treat their contributors more fairly in terms of direct compensation.
I think all print mags should go by way of a smaller trim size
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Kim Werker
Contributor compensation is a factor separate from revenue sources (not
separate from revenue itself, but from where that revenue comes from). For
many magazines, advertising is the primary source of revenue; for others,
newsstand and/or subscriptions provide the bulk of revenue. In any case,
there are two aspects of contributor compensation: direct fees paid and
rights. I think much of the issue surrounding the rights that publications
allow their contributors to retain (or set up to revert back to them after a
time) has to do with the pub's desire to control content. That is related to
compensation, sure, but it's also related to the attitude of control. A pub
that wants to control their content entirely should, presumably, pay much
more in direct fees to its contributors; one that's comfortable with the
contributor having more control can usually get away with paying lower
direct fees.
separate from revenue itself, but from where that revenue comes from). For
many magazines, advertising is the primary source of revenue; for others,
newsstand and/or subscriptions provide the bulk of revenue. In any case,
there are two aspects of contributor compensation: direct fees paid and
rights. I think much of the issue surrounding the rights that publications
allow their contributors to retain (or set up to revert back to them after a
time) has to do with the pub's desire to control content. That is related to
compensation, sure, but it's also related to the attitude of control. A pub
that wants to control their content entirely should, presumably, pay much
more in direct fees to its contributors; one that's comfortable with the
contributor having more control can usually get away with paying lower
direct fees.
5 months ago
in Worth on Kim Werker Blog
I like the relevant ads. How else will I find out about a small online yarn supplier, a new book of patterns, hooks, and independent suppliers? I really don't understand why ads should go away.
I buy craft publications for the articles, not really the patterns. .If a publication provides information that is in depth, well researched, and of interest to me. Yes, I will pay $20.
I buy craft publications for the articles, not really the patterns. .If a publication provides information that is in depth, well researched, and of interest to me. Yes, I will pay $20.
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Kim Werker
I don't know that it's a question of whether ads should or shouldn't go
away; it's just that they *are* going away.
away; it's just that they *are* going away.
8 months ago
in Giving Away Free Content As Publishing Industry Shakes Down on Kim Werker Blog
Holy cow. I had no idea.
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Kim Werker
About what?
9 months ago
in Talk to Me (Us All) About Palin: Open Thread on Kim Werker Blog
Thanks, Debbie. You have helped me understand a little more how religion, and single issue voting, has played such an interactive role in the election process. While I am not defined by a single religion, or issue, I could stand on my own beliefs as the reason for the way I vote and it wouldn't be any more important than the beliefs of others.
I just hope more people feel the way I do this time around.
I just hope more people feel the way I do this time around.
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Debbie
Understood. :)
