you too huh?
you too huh?
For whoso comes amongst many shall one day find that no one man is by so far the mightiest of all.
yes predator's urine or feces
that is what preys are alert to.
PM me the password. Oh what am I saying - I could just override the password. Just post it and we can all take turns being lkfmdc.
Back OT, another interesting fallout from the end of IKF is that I've been getting more Wing Chun submissions. There was a period a few years back when we were getting so many Wing Chun submissions that we did some Wing Chun Specials. We did one in 2001 September/October and another in 2005 March/April. Wing Chun submissions tapered off in recent years so we haven't run any Wing Chun articles in a while. Maybe this is related to the controversy issue that I mentioned earlier. Or maybe it's fallout from Ip Man film franchise; Ip Man 2 opens theatrically in America today. Anyway, expect some Wing Chun articles in the near future. I've never been opposed to Wing Chun articles - it's just how much can you write about Sil Lum Tao? And if you feel you must answer that, answer on our Wing Chun forum.
Gene Ching
Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
Author of Shaolin Trips
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So Gene you going back to monthly?!!
Oh and while IKF is no longer publishing, heard through the grapevine that the Magazine is actually for Sale.
Don't know how that works..
We've been bimonthly or quarterly all the rest of the time. And no, we probably won't go back to being monthly. Honestly, one of the factors that has helped us survive on today's newsstands is the fact that we are monthly. That longer shelf life makes a big difference.
Interesting rumor about IKF being up for sale. If anyone wants to buy a magazine nowadays, I also have some dinosaur saddles I'm looking to sell.
Gene Ching
Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
Author of Shaolin Trips
Support our forum by getting your gear at MartialArtSmart
man if thats the case you are going to have article submissions gathering dust trying to find an issue to put them in. (LOL)
but you still have the e-magazine..
yeah I don't see anybody buying it anytime soon.
Curious what is going to happen with their publishing/video department. Perhaps it will go the way of "Panther Video" - can't tell you how many I purchased for $5 each!!
Not to mention all the refunds for paid advertising and subscriptions - wee!!
One thing that would be cool is if they were to digitize all their past issues and put on a cd/dvd series just like the old "Bagua Journal" did.
eric
I'll be curious to see what becomes of their publishing department. We just threw out a shopping cart full of old VHS. We've converted our better selling titles to DVD, but there's a cost to that and given the DVD market, which is also in decline, it's not always a good investment to covert nowadays. I'm also curious what will happen to their book publishing and website.
These are interesting days, for sure.
Gene Ching
Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
Author of Shaolin Trips
Support our forum by getting your gear at MartialArtSmart
gene
VHS I love them. Hey you can always send them to me
Between the Martial Arts Movies, Demos and instructionals I'm pretty sure close to 1000 (give or take 10).
yeah and oh the big mistake of recording on ep insteal of sp.
there is a revolution or evolution in the publishing world.
apps publishing for ipad, ipod
publishing for e readers, amazon, borders, barnes & noble--
imagine browsing "bookshelf" in an e reader and download instantly for small amount of money
and paperless or green technology, no ink no cutting trees---
podcast, webcast, internet tv--
24/7 no line to wait
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amazon is a bookstore without a bookstore
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You could dumpster dive in our garbage bin and do quite well. Sometimes I'm amazed what we toss out.
As for the digital revolution, obviously that's had its impact. However, print magazines don't translate that well to digital platforms, at least not yet. There have been many attempts - it's the ol' monetize the web issue and then some - but it still hasn't settled. We're watching the progression, of course. To give you some idea, I've got a quote for iPad conversion of our magazine that's $1000 per issue. Honestly, I don't think we'll recoup that in iPad subscribers. I'm sure there's cheaper ways; this is just an example. Then there's the question of which platform. Kindle? Nook? iPad digital periodical sales started strong, but then plummeted. We couldn't absorb that kind of loss at this time.
This gets back to that issue I brought up earlier. No one sits in Dave Cater's chair, or my chair or the chair of any of the other publishers who run newsstand magazines that promote traditional arts. No one knows what happens on the front lines except those in the trenches.
Gene Ching
Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
Author of Shaolin Trips
Support our forum by getting your gear at MartialArtSmart
.You could dumpster dive in our garbage bin and do quite well. Sometimes I'm amazed what we toss out
Dude, I'm in Fremont. Should I worry about cops being called on me?