PHAT BUG wrote:Whilst I love all the technologies avialable to us in this day and age, I simply cannot bring myself to read a digital Mag.
Theres just something about holding that paper in your hand, or waiting eagerly by the letterbox for one of your many subscriptions to arrive.
Not to mention, having a Library of VW mags dating back to the 60's to lose yourself in on a wet winters afternoon.
If there was anyway I could buy your Magazine in Paper, you would deffinately have a subscriber for life.
Fair enough.
If we produced it in paper form it would be at least $15 - $20 a pop (bearing in mind the current issue is 305 pages long!), weigh in at... well, it would weigh so much it probably would cause chaos wherever it landed, and postage costs would be ridiculous. It wouldn't contain video or sound files, or galleries, or drop down menus, etc. and, on a more serious note, it would pull heaps of advertising revenue from the local Aussie traders which... would mean less in the pot to support VWMA.
We thought about the consequences of this - it could be disasterous for both mags (in paper form). So we decided not to tread on VWMA's toes as a
kind gesture and to keep our content only partially Australian so as not to repeat or get repeated. In fact, the content is VERY different indeed.
I understand some people's thoughts towards digital and interactive digital mags (us being the more technical latter) means a NEVER EVER!!! approach to digital magazine reading, but there's nothing stopping you from keeping all your old mags and enjoying something entirely different from the norm at a fraction of the price and still buying paper, is there? At close to $10 a year for Aircooled Classics and Kombi Life it's a no brainer, IMHO. But that's just me. Each to their own.
Did someone mention The Aircooled Advertiser? Didn't that turn into eBay? Or a forum where members sell VW goods? That's progress for you! Damn this digital era!!! ;-)
Spreading our wings a little...
Freezing VW Show in the UK
