Re: [epub] HTML vs Text

["donna" <ashb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jane,
I agree with you.  Our newsletter is done as plain text as well.  We tend to
keep the content to a minimum in each issue and always offer our readers the
option of reading the online version.  This way, they can go to our site if
they want and, like you mentioned, the newsletter gets picked up by the
search engines.  Our website is a regional travel related online magazine
and my sister (the publisher) has had fairly good success with press
releases being printed in newspapers.  It has been great for our
subscription base.

Best Regards,
Donna
http://www.gulfcoasttraveler.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jane Ellen" <janellen@dressmaker.com>
To: <epub@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 8:45 PM
Subject: [epub] HTML vs Text


> Hi all - just joined this list a week or so ago - I'm Jane Ellen,
> and have published a small newsletter since 1996 that's gradually
> been evolving over the years.  It started out as just a customer
> list to let folks know what was new on the site, but then we
> began adding more and more content - articles, ads, etc.  Its
> very highly targeted - subjects dolls, doll collecting,
> dressmaking, historical costuming, and collectible glassware.  As
> the articles grew more interesting, it became obvious we needed
> to start illustrating them - have just switched to on-line ezine
> format (html resident at my site) plus am continuing with the
> plain text format via email (one of those click here to read
> on-line illustrated format, if you prefer deals).  I don't know
> if that was a good idea or a bad idea yet, lol, but it seemed to
> solve the plain text vs. html debate for me, anyway.  Also gives
> the advantage of making those articles searchable/findable by the
> SE's too.  Any feedback on this idea?
>
> Jane Ellen Carr 


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