Someone said (snip): >I stopped subscribing to Sea Kayaker long ago. After the first two years >they started re-cycling articles< I've never found that to be entirely true, though some repetition is evident and probably necessary for economic viability. I know any time the editorial staff reviews an article that is similar to a previous one, it must offer new information or reword things to sufficiently shed new light. Personally, I'm amazed that Sea Kayaker Magazine comes out every two months with the fresh articles that it does. I keep figuring they have ran out of stuff, when in fact, new, insightful articles pop up each issue. Some probe deeper than others, but on the whole, the quality remains good to excellent. As for the layout, I liked the changes at first, but haven't made my mind up totally yet. I think it did need some change. Was it too much? Regardless, I find the magazine to be very readable and still inviting at present. I have a list of future possible submission for the magazine, but my health is still on the edge, with fibrillation slowly coming back after extensive procedures only a short while ago, so my future output energies are strongly suspect. But I can still read! Doug Lloyd Victoria BC
I didn't want to start a pick-on-Sea Kayaker session. From a purely aesthetic standpoint, I don't like the new layout. I feel it conforms too closely to the standard generic enthusiast magazine like those from Primedia. But beyond that, it is still the best magazine out there. The articles inevitably vary from very good, to annoyingly uninteresting. I don't hold a little bit of reiteration of old articles against any magazine. It is hard enough to come up with articles at all, let alone trying to keep them exclusively on new subjects. While I would like to see better photography on the front cover of Sea Kayaker, Chris is limited to what people send in. Nick On Dec 22, 2004, at 1:45 AM, Doug Lloyd wrote: > Someone said (snip): >> I stopped subscribing to Sea Kayaker long ago. After the first two >> years they started re-cycling articles< > > I've never found that to be entirely true, though some repetition is > evident and probably necessary for economic viability. I know any time > the editorial staff reviews an article that is similar to a previous > one, it must offer new information or reword things to sufficiently > shed new light. > > Personally, I'm amazed that Sea Kayaker Magazine comes out every two > months with the fresh articles that it does. I keep figuring they have > ran out of stuff, when in fact, new, insightful articles pop up each > issue. Some probe deeper than others, but on the whole, the quality > remains good to excellent. > > As for the layout, I liked the changes at first, but haven't made my > mind up totally yet. I think it did need some change. Was it too much? > Regardless, I find the magazine to be very readable and still inviting > at present. > > I have a list of future possible submission for the magazine, but my > health is still on the edge, with fibrillation slowly coming back > after extensive procedures only a short while ago, so my future output > energies are strongly suspect. But I can still read! > > Doug Lloyd > Victoria BC > > Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA Ph/Fx: (860) 659-8847 http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/
I'm all for repetition of article content, especially skill and safety articles. There will always be newcomers to the sport and the magazine who have never read the old articles, and not every subscriber keeps back issues like I do and many of you do. If I don't read Sea Kayaker as much as I used to, it is because I have other activities competing for my time these days, not because the magazine has become boring. Chuck Holst
> I don't hold a little bit of reiteration of old articles against any > magazine. It is hard enough to come up with articles at all, let alone > trying to keep them exclusively on new subjects. While I would like to > see better photography on the front cover of Sea Kayaker, Chris is > limited to what people send in. > Nick > Interestingly, I was in contact with Gretchen recently at SeaKayaker and was pleased to hear there is no shortage of people sending in articles for possible publication. At the moment she has about 60 articles on her desk! We didn't talk about photos, but I personally know of two people who've recently sent in interesting pics for their consideration. All in all, I'd guess the magasine was well supported by people wanting to be published! Michael
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