Filed by Bil at 2:42 pm under Fightin' Words, Stuff to Read, The Media
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Print is not dead. Don’t say print is dead. Not even cassette tapes are dead, so print certainly still has a place in the world.

Print is, however, more specialized than it used to be. There aren’t quite as many books or magazines as there were ten or fifteen years ago, and there are definitely fewer news publications. In my time here in Chicago, I’ve seen at least three highly popular weekly print papers cease paper production altogether.

What this means – among other meanings – is that people who print things are much more discerning about what to print and what not to print. The e-mail revolution is a win for trees, but for writers, it narrows your chances of getting your work into print, and it drastically reduces your odds of getting paid to write.
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