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BookStop · 18th April 2007, 07:20 PM

My husband had his own ezine for a while. It never made money, but for him that wasn't the point. He was doing for the love. He did pay authors and artists with a free advert spot or a token $10 payment. We seemed to get some very good submissions(a couple of awesome Chrons members too) along with a lot of stinkers. We even had a couple months where we got around 100 visitors a day due to Wade's interviews with GRRM and Kelley Armstrong. He really only gave it up because we hadn't the time or money to keep it going. It's still around though. He gave it to a friend who gave it a go, hoping to draw in more advertsising revenue, but....well, now a third person has it. Hopefully, he'll have more luck.

I wouldn't give up on the idea, I just wouldn't expect to make a living at it either. If you can break even, you've done a pretty fine job, and who knows where it can lead. Check out Ralan.com to see all the FortheLuv sites. They can't all be huge money losers I'd bet.

18th April 2007, 07:20 PM	#12 (permalink)
BookStop Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 1,463	Re: Anyone with magazine publishing experience? My husband had his own ezine for a while. It never made money, but for him that wasn't the point. He was doing for the love. He did pay authors and artists with a free advert spot or a token $10 payment. We seemed to get some very good submissions(a couple of awesome Chrons members too) along with a lot of stinkers. We even had a couple months where we got around 100 visitors a day due to Wade's interviews with GRRM and Kelley Armstrong. He really only gave it up because we hadn't the time or money to keep it going. It's still around though. He gave it to a friend who gave it a go, hoping to draw in more advertsising revenue, but....well, now a third person has it. Hopefully, he'll have more luck. I wouldn't give up on the idea, I just wouldn't expect to make a living at it either. If you can break even, you've done a pretty fine job, and who knows where it can lead. Check out Ralan.com to see all the FortheLuv sites. They can't all be huge money losers I'd bet.