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The Future of Publishing with Linux Magazines

Posted by gsh on · 3 comments
OSWeekly; By Matt Hartley 		Mail this story
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Not too long ago, I subscribed to a Linux magazine for beginners called Tux. Fantastic magazine, but the last I heard they were "headed out," so to speak, due largely to a lack of funding. However, unlike bigger publishers, which include Linux Magazine, Tux was special because they were giving away the magazine in the PDF format. That's right, they provided a free copy of their magazine in hopes of generating enough revenue in ad sales alone. Unfortunately, it did not work out so well for them to that degree. This got me thinking, though - could it be that their advertising model was flawed?

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Comments (3)

nikkels ·
For those interested, PCLinuxOS is publishing a monthly magazine. It is available both in PDF and HTML. It is done by volunteers . The link is available here http://www.pclinuxos.com/index.php
Sander_Marechal ·
We usually publish the release of a new PCLinuxOS magazine here on LXer (did we miss the July issue?).

Edit: No we didn't! http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=89103
sxf ·
The Ubuntu community does it too. The mag is called Full Circle. http://www.fullcirclemagazine.org/

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