the new women's magazine "Verily"

[Stella_Omega]

promises no photoshop in their pictures.

I have no idea if they will also offer alternatives to hetero-normative culture in other ways, but that promise alone is pretty cool.

http://verilymag.com/

I even have a plot bunny; Lesbian notices another lady carrying a copy and strikes up a conversation about it, and bi-curiousness happens with the ease of a dream.

 

[LJ_Reloaded]

promises no photoshop in their pictures.

I have no idea if they will also offer alternatives to hetero-normative culture in other ways, but that promise alone is pretty cool.

http://verilymag.com/

I even have a plot bunny; Lesbian notices another lady carrying a copy and strikes up a conversation about it, and bi-curiousness happens with the ease of a dream.

Wait, they want a gold star for doing the right thing and not being dishonest like the other magazines?

 

[3113]

Wait, they want a gold star for doing the right thing and not being dishonest like the other magazines?

Nope. They want readers

 

[PennLady]

They have crochet patterns. Point in their favor for me.

 

[DallasDonna]

It's got to be tough, trying to sell any hard print media to my generation. I sure wouldn't invest in it.

 

[emap]

It looks interesting and doesn't mention anything about sexuality so it probably does cater to lesbian to a certain degree. I mean the part about relationships is they go deeper than sex tips, which were closer to funny ass shit you tell your friends when you are not doing anything else.

Honestly I think it is easier to do a new magazine for women than keep readers on the old ones. It's more likely to be something a younger gal would want to know. Not true but people will think that.

LJ, update the signature that got way old.

 

[StrangeLife]

No sports section. No monster trucks. No how-to build your own tiki-bar.

I don't think they'll be successful... they lack some essentials.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Yuh gotta wonder why anyone would launch a magazine now. Money to burn?

 

[hylas_]

My first impression of the website is that it's a woman's magazine mainly made by and aimed at women, as opposed to gay men. It's fantastic that it exists, but I won't be reading it, since I'm clearly not the target audience here.

 

[lovecraft68]

It's got to be tough, trying to sell any hard print media to my generation. I sure wouldn't invest in it.

This is a very telling quote.

This quote should be the answer any time some one wonders how Borders/B&n and other book stores go out of business.

Even in the comic book industry online comics have caused the death of many stores. It was my first hearing of it that caused me to decide to close shop and just sell all my stuff on e-bay with no overhead.

The internet may be an amazing tool and has created a lot of income generating endeavors, but by far has caused the loss of more jobs than it can ever replace.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

This is a very telling quote.

This quote should be the answer any time some one wonders how Borders/B&n and other book stores go out of business.

Even in the comic book industry online comics have caused the death of many stores. It was my first hearing of it that caused me to decide to close shop and just sell all my stuff on e-bay with no overhead.

The internet may be an amazing tool and has created a lot of income generating endeavors, but by far has caused the loss of more jobs than it can ever replace.

The worst is yet to come.

I'm playing with noir, and one of the stories imagines America when employment is impossible to obtain without a benefactor/patron, and a fat gratuity. So bandits erupt who murder cops and bureaucrats, and plunder the patrons. It gets so bad that bandits are recruited to manage the wildlife threat to VIPs. Think ROBIN HOOD.

 

[lovecraft68]

The worst is yet to come.

I'm playing with noir, and one of the stories imagines America when employment is impossible to obtain without a benefactor/patron, and a fat gratuity. So bandits erupt who murder cops and bureaucrats, and plunder the patrons. It gets so bad that bandits are recruited to manage the wildlife threat to VIPs. Think ROBIN HOOD.

So you're writing a non fiction piece about today's job market and society?

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

So you're writing a non fiction piece about today's job market and society?

Yes! That's it!

 

[LJ_Reloaded]

Nope. They want readers

"My selling point is that I don't lie to my readers."

*Facepalm*

 

[TE999]

I wish the creators of this magazine success. Given the plethora of specialty mags out there, they're gonna have an uphill battle, for sure.

 

[3113]

"My selling point is that I don't lie to my readers."

Quote from the magazine or you?

 

[3113]

It's got to be tough, trying to sell any hard print media to my generation. I sure wouldn't invest in it.

Actually, a mag starting out in print and becoming an e-mag is probably the best way to go. There is so much internet product that it's harder to be noticed that way. For example, there's a lifestyle mag out now called "Sweet Paul." It's a kind of modern Martha Stewart (by a large gay man from the Netherlands) and it comes out quarterly. It's being sold in women's clothing stores and specialty food stores. Beautiful pictures, recipes and the like.

It's selling VERY well. And while you can't buy it online yet, you can go to the website and see the latest issue free. So why is it selling? Well, it did start out as a popular blog--so it had readers that way. But most of all, it's selling because people actually see it as they're walking through a store. Pick it up, flip through it. Want it and--given that it's only something like four bucks--buy it...and now visit the website as well as read the print. How would this magazine get people to do that if they were only online?

Once the print gets noticed by the person who flips through it in a grocery store line, or at some office or place where there's a pile of mags, well, they're usually either hooked (it's their type of mag) or not. If it's for them, then the mag has it's readers. And now it can become an e-mag with a guaranteed readership while keeping the print for those who still want a hard copy.

I certainly would have invested in "Sweet Paul" given the chance. And this mag seems to be following in those steps. Offer free online content to those who search for such, offer print to capture readers who might not otherwise run across the website. Build a base and THEN make it also an e-magazine for those don't want to buy the print.

Not saying it will work for these people, but it does seem to be a solid model for new magazines.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I wish the creators of this magazine success. Given the plethora of specialty mags out there, they're gonna have an uphill battle, for sure.

Sure. There's always room for the best, but even the best niche magazine faces strong headwinds when times are good.