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The reality is, print publishing (particularly magazines and newspapers) is struggling in this Internet age. I read recently that PC Magazine went all digital. Why? Because their readers and advertisers had migrated online. Circulations are down, probably across the board, so it isn't just computer-based magazines. The nature of publishing is changing, and there is little we can do about it. I imagine it is especially the case with computers and video games that Internet-based "magazines" are the big thing. It seems so natural to have these things online rather than in print.
I'm with you guys, though. I prefer print publishing when it comes to just about anything. But maybe that's considered "old school" by now. Are we dinosaurs, or what?
You can't get direct links to advertisers and game trailers/screen shots/demos/reviews, etc., on paper pages. You need web pages for that.
Now consider how ruinous the cost of printing and distribution can be. What's more, there are no retail returns on a website.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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