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FreedomsPhoenix Inaugural Digital Magazine June 2011
Written by Ernest Hancock Subject: Communications=============================
The
webmaster (Tyger Gilbert) just threw some text up there as a placeholder. He’s creating an
editing form for me to be able to change it to whatever I want (want some 1oz FreedomsPhoenix Silver Medallions?)
Tyger won't be making any changes until Monday night while we test. We are finishing the Inaugural eZine this weekend and tweaking everything Monday and Tuesday. We may turn on the system as early as Weds. but the big push is planned for Friday June 3rd so readers will have the weekend to try it out. We can simply upgrade the file whenever we want… June 2011 1.0 can instantly become June 2011 1.1 with any corrections that are sent to us by readers and authors.
Authors that are already in the Inaugural Edition eZine:
Scott Bieser - Illustrations, Graphics and Comic Strips
Since this publication is Digital and can be updated when required, we have many options available to us. One of those is length. While I encouraged the authors to not send me 'a book' to publish, I didn't limit them to any length. 'Share what is important to share and take the length you need to do it'.
We’ve been testing iPad 2, Motorola Zoom, Droid Smart Phones and PC computers so far and everything is working great (it also looks like the articles can be read on the Kindle and other book readers as well). We’ll be listing the best FREE and nearly free Reader software available for each device along with links for the download. We are also going to be creating short tutorials on their use so that 3 minute videos can greatly increase your experience… “tap here for this, double tap here and this great and wonderful option is available” etc.
In keeping with our over all strategy, this ‘platform’, Digital Publishing to Tablets and other mobile devices, is much more than another advance for FreedomsPhoenix (and a cool way for us to finally pay the bills and not rely on donations,… about time :) it’s a demonstration of concept (as has been most of our decades of activism) that will inspire others. Digital Publishing is a direct threat to the ‘Lame-Stream Media…. the Media that is sooooo Last Century’.
I’m sure our first effort won’t be perfect but the content will definitely blow people away.
We entered Walter Block’s article on the Magazine page of the FreedomsPhoenix site so we can test the full interactiveness of the eZine (no one can see the full article yet) and we’ll have most of the other submissions listed by Weds. so you can see how WOW! this first issue is going to be.
The Magazine articles entered on FreedomsPhoenix website allows for the total interactivity from the eZine. The articles can then link to the Comments, Email to a Friend, Letters to the Editor, and Save to Favorites features we have for subscribers. There are many other features that we have been working on for years that are now ready to be rolled out along with the Magazine. The eZine is part of a much larger package than readers may expect.
Subscriptions:
While this is not in stone, this is what we are thinking; Maximum of One Year at a time (The Man doesn’t allow for long term planning :) - an option to pay by the month at a higher rate, for those unable to buy a full year of the package, – nice premiums and incentives for various packages that will likely Max out at $100 a year (this is where 1oz FreedomsPhoenix Silver Medallions come into play). We’ll have the details up early next week and phrased in a manner to avoid problems with The Man (he surely be ‘awatch’n).
Summary: You are
invited to be part of the first FreedomsPhoenix eZine.
Publication Date: June 2011 Inaugural Edition
Submission Deadline: Sunday May 29th
Distribution Date: First Week in June
Options: The first Four Editions are
under production now. After the first four monthly eZines we will evaluate the
possibility of more than one edition per month.
Those behind the development of FreedomsPhoenix have always been on the cutting edge of technology in delivering the message of liberty.
In the early 90’s we began publishing our own newspapers, by the mid-90’s we were using the World Wide Web to promote libertarian ideals several elections before such methods became the norm.
By 2004 we had combined Newspaper Print with a sister online version http://westernlibertarian.org/paper/WLA%20Complete%2032pg%20low%20res.pdf
Once Internet video was made popularly available in 2005 we knew our decade old plans for how to make use of the Internet was possible. www.FreedomsPhoenix.com was born.
Since learning of the collaboration between Adobe and Wired Magazine, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwFbwHaP5tE&feature=related the staff at FreedomsPhoenix has been hard at work creating templates for a FreedomsPhoenix eZine that will be available for download as a fully interactive “page turner” of a new FreedomsPhoenix product that features the editorial content in support of liberty.
FreedomsPhoenix, the News Site, intentionally encouraged the participation of non-libertarian writers so that a direct comparison could be made while non-libertarian writers and their supporters were exposed to libertarianism and could directly experience the real free-market of ideas.
FreedomsPhoenix eZine
is a totally different platform with a different mission. The Cover art will be an ongoing Graphic Novel
illustrated by Scott Bieser. Our downloadable eZine will highlight the best and
the brightest minds advocating liberty to our extensive database that
represents many roots of the freedom movement in America and even around the world
(FreedomsPhoenix is translated into 39 languages)
Arabic
You are invited to participate in this project because of your demonstrated ability to make the clear argument for liberty. You are also a valuable resource for newly awakened minds that need to know what you have to teach them and we have direct access to many active and energetic open minds ready for the next phase of social evolution.
In addition to the
eZine we have extensive opportunities to promote your work and projects on
FreedomsPhoenix.com, our Radio Show http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Program-Page.htm?No=0001
& Freedoms Phoenix Speakers Bureau Special Edition That
we’ll be updating for the project to help with the promotion of our writers for
other writing and speaking opportunities.
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/FreedomsPhoenix_Speakers_Bureau.htm?EdNo=229
Our first issue is scheduled to be the June 2011 Inaugural Edition that has a deadline of Sunday May 29th for articles and graphics with a target online distribution of Friday June 3rd.
Please expect a phone call from me over the next few days to encourage your participation in this high quality and innovative presentation of information that will be of great use to those individuals that not only seek such information, and can be counted on to share it, but also have proven themselves to be deserving of the liberty that we advocate.
Peace,
Ernie
1 Comments in Response to FreedomsPhoenix Inaugural Digital Magazine June 2011
That graphic is awesome