[epub] ezine, newsletter, announcement list

["Cantu from HumorMall.com" <HumorHelper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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odge <odge@email.com> wrote
> Subject: eZine, Newsletter, Announcement List?
> 
> I've been wondering what is really the differences
> of this 3 terms:
> 	ezine
> 	newsletter
> 	announcement list

Cantu says, to elaborate on  "Ray S. Whiting"
<rwhiting@bellsouth.net> comments posted previously

For me ezine and newsletter are interchagable in terms
of content but different in means of distribution.

I am a humor columnist for the dirt-world newsletter
"What's Working On Line" published every two weeks by
Georgetown Publishers.  It is always 8 pages (size
determined by pages alloted: Eight 8 1/2 X 11 pages)
and distributed via snail mail.

I publish CantuHumor an ezine which run 7-9 pages
determined by content (read depends on how wordy I
feel) and distributed via eGroups.

Other ezines I edit/publish:

CantuJokesWeekly - 21 fresh, topical jokes published
weekly but runs about 5-6 pages depending on editorial
material accompanying jokes.  Distributed via eGroups.

CantuHumorStudy (not the same as CantuHumor and why
did I name it CantuHumorStudy?  Because, as David
Garfinkle, a brilliant copywriter says in his master
course on copywriting, "Smart people in a hurry act
dumb" - He uses that phrase in explaining why one
needs to write ad copy for a sixth grade reading
level, even if one is writing copy for CEOs and Ph.
d.s)

CHS runs 6-7 pages determined by content (CHS explains
how jokes in CJW were chosen and thus is also weekly)
and is distributed via eGroups.

ComedyClubDiaries is twice a month and run 5-7 pages
and is distributed via eGroups.  

All of of my ezines are announcement lists. As Ray
says,
 
> Announcement Lists, on the other hand, aren't so
> much about the content as the  nature of
> delivery, most often made distinguishable when using
> one of the free services -- egroups,
> topica, etc. -- because this is how THEY distinguish
> them from Discussion Lists.
> Announcement Lists are more like mailing lists, in
> that mail goes one direction , from
> publisher to his/her list of subscribers.  With the
> Discussion List, any member of the
> list can send a message to the list and it will go
> out to subscribers.

Cantu here again:
But, there is also another use of the term
'announcement list'.  This refers to lists that allow
ezine publishers and discussion list moderators to
publish info about their ezine/discussion list in an
effort to generate subscribers.

One must subscribe and then one can post info
following protocol of that specific 'Announce list'.

There is a discussion list on eGroups
ListHelp-subscribe@eGroups.com that is for the owners
of lists like this and when you susbcribe you are sent
a list of about a dozen 'Announce Lists' where you can
publicize your ezine/discussion list as a freebie for
joining.



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