Comments on: On respecting magazines http://www.blackmarks.net/2008/06/16/on-respecting-magazines/ "The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story." -- Ursula K. Le Guin -- Writer, Reader, Amateur Interneter, Father and Life Chronicler. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:25:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Corey Vilhauer http://www.blackmarks.net/2008/06/16/on-respecting-magazines/#comment-169914 Corey Vilhauer Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:25:32 +0000 http://www.blackmarks.net/index.php/2008/06/16/on-respecting-magazines/#comment-169914 Or, there's subscriptions like McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, which is most certainly a book but is as timely as a magazine. The line is so easy to blur. Or, there’s subscriptions like McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, which is most certainly a book but is as timely as a magazine. The line is so easy to blur.

]]> By: Nils Geylen http://www.blackmarks.net/2008/06/16/on-respecting-magazines/#comment-169780 Nils Geylen Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:29:41 +0000 http://www.blackmarks.net/index.php/2008/06/16/on-respecting-magazines/#comment-169780 The nail on the head as they say. In truth, though, some magazines <em>are</em> like books. I know I can take weeks or months even reading a Wired Mag or .Net Mag and still discover new things in them. And some of the fancier ones actually almost look like books. They appear a few times a year only, weigh a ton and command an amount of respect just by their looks that some books don't even come near to. Great observation, great post. The nail on the head as they say.

In truth, though, some magazines are like books. I know I can take weeks or months even reading a Wired Mag or .Net Mag and still discover new things in them.

And some of the fancier ones actually almost look like books. They appear a few times a year only, weigh a ton and command an amount of respect just by their looks that some books don’t even come near to.

Great observation, great post.

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