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RE: [GWL]: web readers cut out magazines

I don't know, but for me, I still enjoy going to the mail box and 
finding a gardening magazine. It definitely takes top priority. I must 
leaf through the glossy pictures and scan the table of contents before 
anything else. It is a ritual, a ritual I wouldn't want to give up.
Carol Wallace wrote:
> 
> 
> Michael Elliott wrote:
> 
> > That's one reason why I think recent posts about a gardening writers
> > site based on a subscription service are a bit "pie in the sky" - why
> > would people pay when they can find what they want fairly quickly on the
> > net for free - search engine technologies (eg google) are rapidly
> > improving so you spend less time following irrelevant links, there are
> > oodles of easily accessible forums with lots of people willing to pass
> > on information for free etc etc
> >
> > I suggested some time ago that linking up with companies with web sites
> > who need new and fresh content continuously is one expanding avenue for
> > garden writers.
> >
> 
> I tend to agree with you. I have a wall of garden books behind me and 
> sometimes I have to use
> them, but it's faster to go to Google and type in the keywords for the 
> information I am seeking.
> 
> And  I was fortunate to have made my real start in garden writing here 
> on the web, and to have
> found my first steady income writing content for a commercial site.
> 
> On the other hand I doubt if people's want for hard copy will really 
> decrease. Too many of them
> love to file and clip so that they have something they can take right 
> into the garden if needs
> be. Granted, it's easy to print out a web page but I'm not sure everyone 
> wants to do that just
> yet. And too many people like to crawl into bed with a good gardening 
> book - a lot easier to deal
> with than a laptop.
> Carol
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