How to Start and Produce a Magazine or Newsletter (Paperback)

by Gordon Woolf (Author) "Almost every organization of any size either has a magazine or would like to have one..." (more)
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Review
...the best instructional guide for aspiring publishers of a magazine or newsletter available today. -- Jim Cox, Midwest Book Review, 2002 (of prev. ed.)

Gordon Woolf writes from experience - lots of it - in publishing and training others in various aspects of publishing in general... -- PC Update, June 2000 (of prev. edition) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Description
Everything you need to know to write the text, sell the ads. design the pages, prepare the artwork, have it printed, sell the copies and make a profit

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Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Worsley Press Australia; 3 edition (June 30, 2000)
• ISBN-10: 1875750150
• ISBN-13: 978-1875750153
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,495,206 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get both books, December 16, 2002

By	Don Taylor (Boston USA) - See all my reviews

"Still inspired" is almost right with his review. If you are seeking a book by someone who has worked at the big end of town (discussing finance etc) then Cheryl Woodward has written the book (Starting & Running a Successful Newsletter or Magazine) you should buy. Gordon Woolf's book is much more the book for the ordinary person who wants to start a local publication or is asked to start or take over a club magazine or company newsletter. I found especially useful the free advertisement rate calculation spreadsheet you can now download from the book's website (there's a password inside the back cover)-- that was worth the price of the book on its own. But for most people the answer is to buy both books. Each covers things the other doesn't. Both authors know their stuff.

26 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For aspiring publishers of a magazine or newsletter, November 10, 2001

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Now in an updated and expanded third edition, Gordon Woolf's How To Start And Produce A Magazine Or Newsletter is the best instructional guide for aspiring publishers of a magazine or newsletter available today. Drawing upon his more than thirty years of professional experience in magazine and newsletter publication, Woolf covers all aspects of the process from determining what kind of magazine or newsletter to publish, what is meant by "copy", and producing a publication, to the publishing options and alternatives of photocopying; small offset printing; illustrations; layout and design; paste up; computer productions; the e-zine; the economics of publishing; distribution; the legal ramifications of publishing; and more. If you are contemplating publishing a magazine or newsletter, in print or on the Internet, then begin with a thorough reading of Gordon Woolf's How To Start And Produce A Magazine Or Newsletter.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Outdated and not very informative, June 10, 2003

By	LowCarbWoman (NY United States) - See all my reviews

I was hoping to learn things I hadn't seen in other books, but I didn't. Not only is the book outdated, but it's also quite limited in what it offers. I was not happy with it at all.