I feel God calling me to start my own Christian magazine. But I don't know exactly where to start. Is there anyone with experience that can throw a few pointers my way? e-mail me telika8@elitemail.org
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I would be willing to write for you, but I am curious as to whether you have the resources right now to start a publication. Being that you are currently employed in a new job, how much time is really available to work on this publication? Do you have experience with QuarkXpress or other desktop publishing software? Whose going to do the layout? How often is the magazine going to be published? What about advertising? How much is a subscription going to cost? Do you have the economic resources and time to start a new magazine company?
I would start local. Talk to people in your church who might be interested in working with you. It'd probably be easier to start the magazine in a newsletter format. With that, you could easily bring the files to a local printing company, possibly even OfficeMax copy center or something.
I have experience with publishing a newsletter. My dad took over the newsletter of a local men's group and was in way over his head so he asked me to create the newsletter. I was able to use word though it really made the alignment of the text work.
You'd probably want to advertise with local youth groups. Give out a free sample and create a subscription form.
I'd be willing to help and write, but I will say this much. I am Catholic and I know that there is a lot of anti-Catholicism in the US. Catholics are Christian.
Here's the scans of the newsletter I created last year: http://angelak.bravehost.com/koc1.htm
angela thank you for your concern but I have everything covered. I am working with the Independant Press Association of Chicago and they are helping to cover the big things. I am also in the running for several grants. ( I am just finishing up another one today) But thank you for your suggestions and your help!
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I would be willing to write for you, but I am curious as to whether you have the resources right now to start a publication. Being that you are currently employed in a new job, how much time is really available to work on this publication? Do you have experience with QuarkXpress or other desktop publishing software? Whose going to do the layout? How often is the magazine going to be published? What about advertising? How much is a subscription going to cost? Do you have the economic resources and time to start a new magazine company?
I would start local. Talk to people in your church who might be interested in working with you. It'd probably be easier to start the magazine in a newsletter format. With that, you could easily bring the files to a local printing company, possibly even OfficeMax copy center or something.
I have experience with publishing a newsletter. My dad took over the newsletter of a local men's group and was in way over his head so he asked me to create the newsletter. I was able to use word though it really made the alignment of the text work.
You'd probably want to advertise with local youth groups. Give out a free sample and create a subscription form.
I'd be willing to help and write, but I will say this much. I am Catholic and I know that there is a lot of anti-Catholicism in the US. Catholics are Christian.
Here's the scans of the newsletter I created last year: http://angelak.bravehost.com/koc1.htm
you can email me at angelak@catholicexchange.com
angela thank you for your concern but I have everything covered. I am working with the Independant Press Association of Chicago and they are helping to cover the big things. I am also in the running for several grants. ( I am just finishing up another one today) But thank you for your suggestions and your help!
I think good content (write-ups and photos) and good presentation (layout style, overall design) are the key elements to publishing success.
I used to work for a newspaper as a photojournalist. But there were graphic artists in charge of the presentation.
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