I’d been watching this thread at SL. Apex is making a comeback. I wish Jason the best of luck with it.
The thread was running along smoothly until Flea Market Larry and Kenwood started discussing the merits, or lack thereof, of using Magcloud.
I don’t doubt Apex’s strength and reputation (I just want to make that known). This Magcloud, however, in my “opinion” is only an alternative means to an end. It’s creating a medium to horses which are already out to pasture (not talking about Apex here, but the print fiction magazine market in general). Yes, it IS nice to have the best of both worlds. But it also looks like it will go further up in price like LULU. Or maybe this is the stage for our new vinyl records and CDs (if you start comparing the magazine market to the music market now).
A medium to horses? Is that anything like a psychic sleeping in the hay loft, pretending to channel Big Red, while snoring?
Although I know nothing about Magcloud or CreateSpace, other than both offer POD services, I know a few horses that could kick in Larry’s teeth, then saunter off to hit the salt lick.
If anyone points you to this blog entry, Jason, I truly wish you the best of luck. You deserve every ounce of success that comes your way.
Apex have had a lot of success, unlike Flea Market Larry.
For Flea market to declare print dead is like a comic book illustrator suddenly deciding the engineering of a battleship is structurally wrong and only he can fix it.
Magcloud is just a tool. What Apex put out is quality and that is what has been recognised.
Shut up, Flea market Larry. You’re a retard.
Hmmm, isn’t a medium to a horse an ass?
You’ll notice that none of them mentioned the really big guy in pod, LSI.
The one thing that works against places like magcloud and createspace and lulu is cost. Distributors want large discounts. Those spots can’t offer it to them. LSI can.
http://shocklinesforum.yuku.com/topic/11514
Apex is a great magazine, and Jason was a pleasure to deal with when they published my TM Wright interview.