Cool Article-A Little Affirmation

On our way home from the Smoky Mountains yesterday we stopped at a diner in southern Indiana for lunch. While waiting for our food, we were reading a copy of the Louisville, KY paper and I found an article about a local magazine, Bejeezus. The editor, in her early 20's, started the magazine several years ago with her brother when they were bored. Regarding the future of print material, here's what she said:

Harrison is fully aware that print magazines aren't too profitable these days, and she's had several people tell her to switch Bejeezus to an online publication instead. But she chooses to stay the course.

It won't be easy. Starting in April, Harrison and her crew will cut back to publishing twice a year in an effort to put out bigger and better issues.

"For me, print is a more personal way of communicating with people," she said. "I like creating something that people can actually hold on to and take with them to read on their porch, on a bus, lounging on their couch or whatever. That is so much more appealing to me than someone hunched over a desk staring at a computer screen."

I just thought it was neat to see that view taken by someone who produces reading materials as it is a sentiment we as library students and workers have been repeating and hoping that others share this view.