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That's from 2007 and the magazines are still around; and since then, the digital marketplace for such magazines has grown. Enough to support a number of new mag
by dleslie 5y ago
That's from 2007 and the magazines are still around; and since then, the digital marketplace for such magazines has grown. Enough to support a number of new magazines:
https://weightlessbooks.com/category/format/subscription/ https://weightlessbooks.com/category/format/subscription/
- ghaff 5y agoThis more recent article suggests it's something of a mixed bag. Readership is doing pretty well but revenues aren't: https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamrowe1/2020/01/27/science-fiction-and-fantasy-magazines-in-2020-readership-is-healthy-but-revenues-arent/?sh=f2f6c404ef3f https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamrowe1/2020/01/27/science-fi... (Which I'm guessing means author pay isn't great either.)
- dleslie 5y agoThe original data is here: https://www.jasonsanford.com/blog/2019/12/sff2020-the-state-of-genre-magazines https://www.jasonsanford.com/blog/2019/12/sff2020-the-state-... The general take-away, it seems, is that genre readers are mostly a bunch of freeloaders; and more of them need to pony up some cash to compensate editors and authors for the enjoyment they're providing.
- ghaff 5y ago>genre readers are mostly a bunch of freeloaders That seems broadly true of web content generally. There's no shortage of content of various levels of quality and no shortage of readers. But it's hard to get people to actually pay.