tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9807944.post3103273036516568454..comments2024-02-05T06:45:30.116-08:00Comments on Self Employment for Bohemians: Is Print Dead? Or Does it Just Smell Funny?Steve Laflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971490252595896340noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9807944.post-78553815336056329102008-02-07T11:01:00.000-08:002008-02-07T11:01:00.000-08:00cool blog I'll give it a vote, in return check out...cool blog I'll give it a vote, <BR/>in return check out <BR/><A HREF="http://www.ezprintsolutions.com" REL="nofollow"><BR/>Color Printing of Brochures Cards Catalogs Letterhead Posters and More</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9807944.post-58514233206865249842008-01-17T18:06:00.000-08:002008-01-17T18:06:00.000-08:00Clint, it sounds like you are rather happily caugh...Clint, it sounds like you are rather happily caught in both worlds, and you are well positioned to build on your web comic success.Steve Laflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01971490252595896340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9807944.post-45337811209149341772008-01-17T15:01:00.000-08:002008-01-17T15:01:00.000-08:00I'm caught in both worlds. I work in a small paper...I'm caught in both worlds. I work in a small paper, The Wenatchee World, which has it much better than many paper due to it's geographical location (only source of LOCAL news). However, they've seen the writing on the wall and are going great guns to get a viable web version running.<BR/><BR/>I also printed a few indy book in the 90's and getting readership was like pulling teeth. Now, I do an online comic and my readership is like 25,000 people worldwide. However, the comic is free, supported by advertising. Definitely not enought to live on now, but in the future. (In full discloser, I also POD print stories for those who prefer their paper fix)<BR/><BR/>Clint Hollingworth<BR/>The Wandering Ones webcomic<BR/>http://www.wanderingones.comClint Hollingsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07129776783220081121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9807944.post-86823409234267753802008-01-16T03:11:00.000-08:002008-01-16T03:11:00.000-08:00Digitization is the emerging trend and most of the...Digitization is the emerging trend and most of the publishers are digitized their print publications. I saw recently a website called www.pressmart.net provides the digitization services for print publications of news papers, books, magazines, journals, etc.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17353840961781525550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9807944.post-54508860040754078412008-01-12T18:38:00.000-08:002008-01-12T18:38:00.000-08:00Yup, the classifieds used to be a cash cow for new...Yup, the classifieds used to be a cash cow for newspapers, now we have craigslist and google.<BR/>I briefly worked for the S.F. Bay Guardian 20 years back, they were giddy with how much they made on the thick classifieds section. That's a thing of the past, what do you do when your cash cow dies? Most papers will indeed fold.Steve Laflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01971490252595896340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9807944.post-25947284020708143392008-01-11T20:06:00.000-08:002008-01-11T20:06:00.000-08:00Hey, I added your blog some time ago, but haven't ...Hey, I added your blog some time ago, but haven't ever commented.<BR/><BR/>I just quit my job at a local newspaper and am going in for my last week next week. I worked there for a year and a half right out of college.<BR/><BR/>Having been inside the paper, I can tell you it is dying a slow death. Circulation is down 15,000 from 20 years ago and when people quit or are fired they are not replaced, someone else is trained to do their job. All in an effort to save money.<BR/><BR/>The classifieds section has shrunk down and it's a struggle for them to make money. As a result, my salary was miserably low, our computers were from 1995 and ran Windows 95 and the only thing we were given were notepads. I even had to purchase my own professional quality camera for the job!<BR/><BR/>By my estimations, the paper will not exist in ten years, nor will most local papers. I think there will be a few national papers, like the LA and New York Times and all other news will be online.<BR/><BR/>The younger generation not only reads their news online now (I'm 25, but believe it or not, am not part of the younger generation, just a few years ahead of it) but they simply do not care about stories of local interest. So local papers are as good as gone.<BR/><BR/>As for other media like comics and graphic novels, I think it will be fine as well drawn, lengthy graphic novels almost require print. Online they lose their entire purpose.<BR/><BR/>I like print newspapers myself, but from what I've seen, they are as good as dead. Even my state's big paper, The Providence Journal (From Rhode Island) is cutting back and having reporters cover multiple towns and topics instead of hiring needed staff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com