National Dragster publication changes??

Evan Smith · 01-19-2013, 09:21 AM

There is a lot of complaining about the reduction of ND printed issues, but I see it as a positive.

While I can't speak for ND, I am in the publishing industry and I can tell you that the cost of publishing and mailing magazines has skyrocketed in the last few years. Paper costs alone have virtually quadrupled. Plus, in order to compete, you need to be on the cutting edge and that means digital publishing and instant results, news, photos, etc.

Do you people think starting a website and operating it is free? Yes, they should save money not printing 24 issues of ND, but the web is not free. Plus, you will most likely get excellent stories delivered digitally. This might not suit everyone, but that's the reality.

Frankly, I became tired reading about race results that I get on dragracecentral.com and on ESPN2.

Evan
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01-19-2013, 09:21 AM	#27
Evan Smith Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Tampa Posts: 400 Likes: 7 Liked 115 Times in 5 Posts	Re: National Dragster publication changes?? There is a lot of complaining about the reduction of ND printed issues, but I see it as a positive. While I can't speak for ND, I am in the publishing industry and I can tell you that the cost of publishing and mailing magazines has skyrocketed in the last few years. Paper costs alone have virtually quadrupled. Plus, in order to compete, you need to be on the cutting edge and that means digital publishing and instant results, news, photos, etc. Do you people think starting a website and operating it is free? Yes, they should save money not printing 24 issues of ND, but the web is not free. Plus, you will most likely get excellent stories delivered digitally. This might not suit everyone, but that's the reality. Frankly, I became tired reading about race results that I get on dragracecentral.com and on ESPN2. Evan Stock 1798 Super Stock 1797 __________________ Evan Smith 1798 STK