Bill,
I think we both somewhat agree, at least in point that this magazine
operates out of the mainstream and doesn't use standard business
practices. I thought scam was a bit harsh in that there is no deception
in their business model... at least to me, there doesn't seem to be. It
seems that if one participated in their level 3 then the submitter is
absorbing most of the publication costs which is why I thought it was
more "vanity press" than anything. Extortion seems a bit strong as
well... no one is forcing anyone to do anything by illegal means or
otherwise to obtain something. Oh well, I beat this topic to death.
Have a good day Bill. I know I will... the sun is shining again in the
Northeast and that has been a rare occurrence for the past month.
All the best,
Richard
Bill Pearce wrote:
>
>> I don't understand your reasoning. One can pay $19 for level one
>> membership and enjoy the quarterly magazine with its better than average
>> content (some of the articles were quite good) until h*ll freezes over
>> or choose, and I repeat choose to pay $79 for level 3 membership that
>> allows one to submit articles for possible publication. If your article
>> is published, payment is promised for the article and or photographs.
>> The $75 membership might be a bit high though no one's forcing you to
>> pay it. Where's the scam?
>>
>> Richard
> It's very simple if you are regularly contributing to national magazines. I
> have never heard of a magazine that requires contributors be subscribers,
> much less at a highly elevated price. Whatever they pay has to be offset by
> the price they charge for the privilege of being published. If they are like
> most smaller circulation magazines (I'd be surprised if their circulation is
> over 30,000. You'd be surprised at the number of magazines in that area.),
> you won't get more than a couple of hundred dollars per page.
>
> I have a friend that is a well-known photographer (a Canon endorser,
> regrettably), and he never counts on income from magazines as measurable.
> For him, being in something like Flying is marketing.
>
> Once again, this is for out of the mainstream. It is not standard business
> practice. It is a means of extortion.
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