I just opened and read the letter from P&B Magazine. The magazine is no more? From now on out its only an online magazine?
Whats up with this???
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Whats up with this???
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Pool & Billiard Magazine - Gone?
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Surprised, no. It was pretty poor compared to Billiard Digest.
I know I am a youngster in my early 30's. But I would not read a physical magazine if someone else paid for it. Online or nothing. That said I probably would not read a magazine to begin with. I have never really been able to get into them. I am glad it is going digital.
I haven't been much into the game/hobby over the past year. Too many other things have occupied my mind.
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I still like magazines. Be it about pool or something else because I can pick it up and read it. Go to the bookstore and read it. Online magazine means paywalls. You cannot read.
Plus it’s easier in the eyes. I’m a pool player and I don’t want bad vision. Vision goes bad especially when we’re staring at a screen omitting rays. Monitors and TVs can destroy our lens and cornea during long exposures.
I’m not old, yet, but I’ve seen many good players in the past lose their games due to bad eyesight.
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With the wealth of experts who post online, there is little reason for print publications of any kind.
Plus you can use an aim bot and even duck duckley is a champion.
The notice from Pool&Billiard says "Print Copies Suspended Due to COVID-19." Also "Print subscribers will have their subscriptions extended for all monthly print issues that are missed."
So it is not presented as a permanent elimination of print issues. But the magazine has shrunk -- just 32 pages in most of the issues over the past year. We'll have to wait and see whether they return to print issues at some point.
I think there are two letters from P&B. The one I got late last week says no more paper copy, online only.
Hmmm; my notice arrived at least 3 weeks ago.
Yes, there are indeed two letters from P&B. I have them right in front of me. The latest one I have was postmarked 13 May and it says no more paper copy, online only.
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Print mags require a large readership to cover cost. Printing and shipping prices have gotten high. For a small publication on-line is about the only way to survive. Not much happens in pool on a good day and with the 'rona doing its damage there's really no choice. I prefer books/mags myself but i get the economics.
Ugh; I MUCH prefer print magazines.
It's not the subscription fees that magazines need, it is the advertising fees. What killed all the poker magazines was Black Friday and the subsequent loss of advertisers.
Chicken or the egg deal. Without a large readership base who would want to advertise? Much cheaper to go on-line. I've got a friend who's written three books and all were e-published. His cost was next to nothing compared to a print book.
On a different magazine issue, the current issue of Billiards Digest does not feature a George Fells column on the last page. I don't ever remember that being the case. After George passed they still reprinted columns from yesteryear. 