Abe Mathews
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Cameron, I really appreciate the offer on the LOOPs, however I found that another fly shop has opened locally and they carry Scott and Nautilus.
Abe –
The ads to articles ratio in the last six months to a year is the lowest it has ever, ever, ever been. As a result, most of the magazines have gone through rounds of job cuts–one of the magazines just cut jobs this week.
Zach- you’re much closer to the publishing industry than I am.
I’m going to be called a curmudgeon for this, but unless Apple really figures it out well, and there are serious, significant changes in the magazine industry, I can see this dropping my magazine purchases to about zero.
I’ve come to realize that while I compose best while typing, I read for absorption best from hardcopy. I’ve tried looking at online magazines and they just don’t work for me – I can’t tilt the page to try to bring out details in photographs, zooming in and out is a pain, and there is not tactile sensation for me. I also like the fact that while on travel, I can buy a small stack of magazines and not have to worry about the “turn off all electronic devices” nazis or battery life issues.
I also wonder if (and would hope that) a different (and cheaper) production format would start to break the exceptionally close ties between magazines and manufacturers. I realize that there is a symbiotic existence there, but the ad/article ratio seems to continue to deteriorate in many of the magazines I buy (or used to). Judging from conversations I’ve had in other communities decrying the lack of separation between articles and advertisements, I’d say I’m not alone in hoping that somehow this results in a bit more real content and independence of the magazine publishers.
For what it’s worth (not much, as you already bought…) I’ve owned a Filson lumbar pack for the past few years.
Welcome Boyd. Do they have Fat Tire where you live? Probably not, seeing as all Australia sends over here is Foster’s. 🙂
Not really a fair comparison, but I had narrowed my first vise choice down to the Mongoose or PEAK and I went with PEAK.
