And I'm a very good copy editor. And love money, but not from you guys.
Kirsten
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From: "Daibutt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <dev@documentation.openoffice.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: [documentation-dev] OOo mag
John Meyer wrote:
I would agree. I like the idea at least in theory, but a lot of
questions have to be settled both big and small. The issue of file
format, while relatively small, will influence who will read your
magazine and who won't.
Also, are you going to solicit submissions? Are they going to be paid?
Are you looking at this as a for-profit or non-profit effort? What
will be the frequency of publication, and where will it be distributed
and by whom?
I don't know your background or career, but if it isn't in journalism or
mass communications, I would very heavily suggest hiring or recruiting a
copy editor. And HTML vs. PDF will determine whether you need a web
developer or a layout editor. Those are two different skill sets.
I'm not trying to rain on anybody's parade, but as a journalism co-major
I know putting together a publication is not simply deciding "hey I
think it would be cool to put this out as a magazine." The majority of
publications fail during their first year, in part because people don't
think out the concept completely and don't prepare a plan.
I like it in concept, but the devil is in the execution of your plan.
David wrote:
Guy's chill. The mag is pdf what format (portrait or landscape) will be
decided later on. At the moment I'm just getting the hang of Scribus.
And yes A4 as I live in the UK and I'm the guy doing the work on it so
I'm doing to my setup it's easier for me. It can always have a letter
format for those on the other side of the pond like Fullcicle does if
some one wants to create that format. The merits of PDF or HTML are
niether here not there I just like the idea of producing a mag for
OpenOffice.
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Ok no payment for articles this is a community project. There could be a
possibility of selling advertising space but that would depend on
circulation and frequency of the mag. I'm hoping to publish once a month
if I get enough articles (notice I say If. This will depend on the
community submmitting to me) other wise by-monthly and yes layout is one
area that needs sorting out. Not as easy as it sounds doing good layouts.
At the moment I'm in the process of getting the design and layout sorted
and testing stuff before going to the community to ask for submissions of
articles.
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