An anonymous source tells me that the January issue of SL Business Magazine will be the last, as the publisher has decided not to continue the .pdf format because it isn't making a profit. He's starting a blog instead, at www.slbusiness.com.I once got into hot water with the Metaverse Messenger journalists when I stated on a mailing list that I couldn't get into the publication. At the time I hadn't realised that there wasn't a web-based publication and that one had to download a .pdf in order to read it. I'd been on the M2 website, clicking away at links expecting that I would find pages from the publication.
Certain formats seem "open" and certain formats seem "closed" and .pdf for all its uses has always seem closed to me, and therefore feels unwelcoming. I know it has serious uses, but I really don't think that .pdf publications will ever be as popular as web or blog based offerings.
The quality of editorial is high at SL Business Magazine, so I hope that the conversion brings it the success it needs to continue.
1. Great that will greatly enhance my ability to read it at my leisure. With PDF's when i open it, i read a part of it and then usualy close it and never read it anymore.
If it is spread out on a blog over several days it gives me more oppertunity to read it all.
Posted at 9:16PM on Jan 6th 2007 by Frans Charming