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Gary Owen replied to Thick Chic's discussion 'How do we go about launching a magazine?' in the group Planning and Managing a Successful Start-Up
Sure ask away, email me and Ill try to help you as much as I can.
garysowen@yahoo.co.uk
Gary.
Gary Owen commented on George L. Velasquez's blog post 'Start Up Cost'
make the adverts pay up front, this will reduce your costs, work from home do all the selling yourself for the first year and keep everyone happy.
Emma Aldous left a comment for Gary Owen
Sounds like things are coming together for you. Have you decided on a name for your mag yet?
Emma
Emma Aldous left a comment for Gary Owen
Hi Gary,
If you are planning to have it professionally printed then I would recommend using either Adobe InDesign or Quark as most printers won't touch things designed in word or publisher.
What is your magazine about? Do you know who your…
Gary Owen left a comment for Emma Aldous
Hi Emma,
I would like to start a small a5 magazine in the new year but do not know how to start the business. I have orderd a book from ebay to help. Emma, what software should i use for page design? indesign or MS publisher?
Gary.
Tyler Waylett left a comment for Gary Owen
What is your Mag going to be about? I would go with Adobe package, its a bit spendy but its great and seems to be the most widely used - as well as super versatile - makes it nice when working on files with different people.
chat with ya soon
Gary Owen left a comment for Tyler Waylett
Not yet, just thinking about what to call my mag? amd what software to buy to design the adverts? any ideas are welcome.
Cheers,
Gary Owen.
Tyler Waylett left a comment for Gary Owen
Welcome to the community - do you work in the magazine industry?
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 9:12am on November 23, 2009,
Tyler Waylett said…
- Welcome to the community - do you work in the magazine industry?
- At 11:19am on November 23, 2009,
Tyler Waylett said…
- What is your Mag going to be about? I would go with Adobe package, its a bit spendy but its great and seems to be the most widely used - as well as super versatile - makes it nice when working on files with different people.
chat with ya soon
- At 3:48am on December 10, 2009,
Emma Aldous said…
- Hi Gary,
If you are planning to have it professionally printed then I would recommend using either Adobe InDesign or Quark as most printers won't touch things designed in word or publisher.
What is your magazine about? Do you know who your readers will be yet? And how often do you plan to publish it, monthly, quarterly?
It can be difficult knowing where to start - we got a range of printing prices then worked out what we needed (wanted) as an advertising income to decide on our ad rates (comparing them with similar mags helped too). Then on a practical level we created a sample issue and a media pack, set a launch date and went out and sold the advert space...
It was a bit easier for us because I've worked in design for a long time so I already had all the software needed to do that in-house.
When you're looking at your finances I would suggest getting a price from someone to do the page layout, you might find that the printer you go can do that for you as quite a few have in-house design teams - a well designed mag can really help sell the advertising!
- At 7:58am on December 10, 2009,
Gary Owen said…
- Thanks both, its going to be business to business A5 hand book published monthly, I have found a printer called evan print near Brighton
and they seem very good.
Gary.
- At 8:18am on December 14, 2009,
Emma Aldous said…
- Sounds like things are coming together for you. Have you decided on a name for your mag yet?
Emma
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