Re: [epub] Re: Plethora of Marketing E-zines

[Azam Corry <subs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Azam Corry <subs@nowsell.com>



At 1:07 AM +0200 20/8/99, HMS wrote:
>It's just that I agree with the comments above. I have received some
>very good articles from freelance writers, but unless I'm sure that I
>get the "first bite at the cherry" I will not publish them.
>Who wants to be a "me too" publication.
>I'd rather be up all night writing than take the easy way out.

Whilst not being quite so severe, that's tended to be my attitude too.

However, I sometimes wonder if I'm being over cautious, there are 
after all millions of people online. The percentage of those that 
regularly read publications overlapping with my niche, I wouldn't 
know... I'd guess a LOT.

The number of such publications the 'average internet user' (whatever 
that is) subscribes to I've also no idea.

What I do know is that there are thousands of these publications and 
only a few have more than five thousand subscribers, many 
considerably less.

If anyone had the figures and could do the math on this, it may well 
reveal that by avoiding articles which have appeared in publications 
with a very high readership, or that have been used by several 
publications already, the probability of my subscribers having 
previously read the same article is negligible.

I say 'may well' as this is a theory for which I don't have the proof 
required for me to base my own actions on it... it's just a thought.

Another though on this issue is that perhaps some publishers seek to 
add a certain 'star quality' to their Ezines by regularly reproducing 
the articles of the 'big names'.

Lets not overlook the reason why the resource box is usually written 
in the third person: many if not most readers that are not also 
publishers themselves don't recognise this as the author's self 
written ad in lieu of payment for the article use. They connect it 
with the comments they'd find at the end of a paid contributors 
article in a print magazine.

Azam

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