[Survey] Py Feedback

[Pete Shinners]

Bryan Richard wrote:
> Second, I've been in contact with distributors. The zine has been
> received very well, and they feel there would be little problem in
> getting it in Barnes & Noble, etc., once I fix one thing. The only
> issue is the page count. The current # of pages is 16 and it needs to
> be 40-60. At that size, we are talking about +10 articles + ads (if
> possible) and a price hike. All and all, a considerable investment in
> time and money on this side and a possible barrier to entry on your
> side (higher price).  

i loved the first issue, but i did think it was a little thin. i'd say 
you might want to wait for another issue or two before trying to go 'big 
time'. by then you may have a better feel for the volume of articles 
coming in. if by then the zine is also doing better, you may be able to 
negotiate a more comfortable 'deal'.

perhaps you could also combine 2 issues of "Py journal", and combine 
them into a single "Py magazine". but that might actually be more 
confusing to many people.

as far as "ads" go, i'm sure you could fill a couple pages by allowing 
python projects on the web to get some sort of cheap page ads?

or maybe get some book publishers to allow excerpts of their python 
books to be included in the mag? seems like a possible way to get extra 
material in the zine.

but on the other hand, it seems inevitable that all that extra work 
would really be a lot of extra work. i still think you might be best 
giving it another issue or two of the small zine and see how it's 
feeling. i'm sure the bookstores will still be around in another 6 
months or so.

good luck with whatever you decide on it.