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From: ginger coons <ginger () adaptstudio ! ca>
Date: 2010-09-24 18:36:03
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Louis! Great idea! I love the concept of offering up our magazine as a
special insert in existing Linux magazines. In addition, there are two other
ideas that have been batted around about sponsorship: 1. Sponsorship from
existing arts funding bodies, which is something more likely once we've
published the first two issues. 2. Approaching sponsors (like those who have
already sponsored LGM) to, effectively, buy up an issue of Libre Graphics
Magazine (but not in an editorial way, of course) by giving them the per
issue printing cost and asking them to cover it, in exchange for a
guaranteed circulation number (which they're assured of through their
funding) and exclusive advertising rights in that issue (aside from pro bono
ads for F/LOSS graphics projects).
--
ginger "all-lower-case" coons
adaptstudio.ca
647.865.7757 (Toronto)
514.213.1318 (Montreal)
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Louis Desjardins <
louis.desjardins@gmail.com> wrote:
> Good morning everyone !
>
> While I am looking for sponsors to print the Libre Graphics Magazine I had
> this idea of having a large circulation Linux magazine (and maybe more than
> one) to print our magazine as part of their regular publication, or print
> parts of it, maybe 8 or 16 pages. The idea here is to have that entirely
> sponsored by this (these) magazine(s).
>
> This would ensure a large circulation and a wide distribution of our ideas
> both written and graphically expressed. It would also be a clear statement,
> even for the publishers of those magazines, that we can do it using F/LOSS
> all the way and it would be a great way to blow the bells and whistles about
> Libre Graphics while putting the most of our energies on the content and the
> containers but not to worry too much on how we’ll reach the people with our
> magazine, at least the first issue and maybe a couple more... In turn, this
> could certainly be raised as a promotional mean for those who would accept
> to publish the Libre Magazine (hey ! do you see the name ? LIBRE!...
> anyway....) because we would distribute it at LGM and in other events.
>
> This of course needs discussion and more thoughts. But in any event I
> thought that at least putting the idea on the table was a start !
>
> One other idea is to publish it ourselves and print it with our own
> revenues. In this case I would strongly suggest that our LGM sponsors be
> offered to buy space in the magazine. I think I mentioned that already.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Louis
>
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> CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org
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>
>
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Louis! Great idea! I love the concept of offering up our magazine as a special insert \
in existing Linux magazines. In addition, there are two other ideas that have been \
batted around about sponsorship: 1. Sponsorship from existing arts funding bodies, \
which is something more likely once we've published the first two issues. 2. \
Approaching sponsors (like those who have already sponsored LGM) to, effectively, buy \
up an issue of Libre Graphics Magazine (but not in an editorial way, of course) by \
giving them the per issue printing cost and asking them to cover it, in exchange for \
a guaranteed circulation number (which they're assured of through their funding) \
and exclusive advertising rights in that issue (aside from pro bono ads for F/LOSS \
graphics projects).<br> <br>-- <br>ginger "all-lower-case" coons<br><a \
href="http://adaptstudio.ca">adaptstudio.ca</a><br>647.865.7757 \
(Toronto)<br>514.213.1318 (Montreal)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 18, \
2010 at 8:42 AM, Louis Desjardins <span dir="ltr"><<a \
href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a>></span> \
wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Good morning everyone \
!<br><br>While I am looking for sponsors to print the Libre Graphics Magazine I had \
this idea of having a large circulation Linux magazine (and maybe more than one) to \
print our magazine as part of their regular publication, or print parts of it, maybe \
8 or 16 pages. The idea here is to have that entirely sponsored by this (these) \
magazine(s).<br>
<br>This would ensure a large circulation and a wide distribution of our ideas both \
written and graphically expressed. It would also be a clear statement, even for the \
publishers of those magazines, that we can do it using F/LOSS all the way and it \
would be a great way to blow the bells and whistles about Libre Graphics while \
putting the most of our energies on the content and the containers but not to worry \
too much on how we’ll reach the people with our magazine, at least the first issue \
and maybe a couple more... In turn, this could certainly be raised as a promotional \
mean for those who would accept to publish the Libre Magazine (hey ! do you see the \
name ? LIBRE!... anyway....) because we would distribute it at LGM and in other \
events.<br>
<br>This of course needs discussion and more thoughts. But in any event I thought \
that at least putting the idea on the table was a start !<br><br>One other idea is to \
publish it ourselves and print it with our own revenues. In this case I would \
strongly suggest that our LGM sponsors be offered to buy space in the magazine. I \
think I mentioned that already.<br>
<br>Cheers!<br><font color="#888888"><br>Louis<br>
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target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a><br> \
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