Motorcycle Magazine - Digital or Print?

[Buzz Kanter]

I have been active in publishing motorcycle magazines in print since the late 1980s and am curious how many enthusiasts want to read motorcycle magazine on line in a digital format.

At my age I prefer to read magazines in print than on line, but suspect the percentage of readers opting for digital over print might be shifting.

We have recently begun offering American Iron Magazine in a digital format and are getting a good response. For more info click on

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[cube74]

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I have been active in publishing motorcycle magazines in print since the late 1980s and am curious how many enthusiasts want to read motorcycle magazine on line in a digital format.

At my age I prefer to read magazines in print than on line, but suspect the percentage of readers opting for digital over print might be shifting.

We have recently begun offering American Iron Magazine in a digital format and are getting a good response. For more info click on http://www.zinio.com/browse/publicat...ffer=500423367

Great, something else to distract me at work. Easy to meander when at work on the computer. Now I will have to bring the laptop in the bathroom.

[EricOlson]

As potentially one of the younger readers (although at 38 I sure don’t feel young), I would have to cast my vote for good old-fashioned traditional print. While I do enjoy the immediacy of digital content, when it comes to magazines I like moving away from my screens and reading from a page. I find too much reading on my computer makes my eyes go a little fuzzy, but I can read a book or magazine for hours with no problems. Just my two cents.

[Rooster]

I can't take my computer to the bathroom.

[ricmoran]

While print media is great for seeing things better up close with print imnages, the digital version offers one a better way at archiving what is needed for ones use for later need.

Instead of stacking magazines some where, tagging them somehow with articles that may prove to be worthwhile for future refrence of need during projects, files created on the computer are much easier to develop and access at later dates. In fact, the files can be printed to produce a specilaized manual that an individual finds easier and with far greater value than the stack of magazines to use for their needs be it in the shop or wherever they may be on the go. In this day and age of the ability to carry volumes of information with the smart dumb ass phones (smart phones are used by dumb ass people like me ;-) ) which creats an addendum for hard copy of manuals, tech refrences and other worth while information for use when needed.

Now saying all this I think you can't have one without the other because there are still many, many, people who are not using or who could care less about computers.

[rwm]

what happens to the folks that read magazines back to front when you go digital?

[Rooster]

We have recently begun offering American Iron Magazine in a digital format and are getting a good response. For more info click on http://www.zinio.com/browse/publicat...ffer=500423367

I went to the website above and was immediately asked for money for a subscription. If this isn't spam, what is? Not only that, the AIM magazine has never had vintage motorcycles in the past, and only cameo appearances lately. I ended my subscription years ago because I couldn't tell one issue from the next--- one blinged-out Twinky after another.
Sorry to be so blunt, Buzz, but that's what I see through my eyes.

[kunzog]

For the magazine content I prefer the printed version but if I am buying or selling thru the classifieds I want digital.

[45OZ]

Hey BUZZ,
I checked the link you provided so I could read a digital issue than the printed one so as to see which I would prefer, and to help you answer your question, but when I clicked the link it wanted me to pay for a subscribtion ??? Is this a valid question ??or just a way to advertise your online Mag. for free & fish for buyers at no cost to you??? If this is not a "FOR SALE" AD to subscribe then where is the link for us to compare the two for you as you asked???

[exeric]

I subscribed to AIM because I love getting stuff in the mail, other than bills. I prefer printed media 65% to digital 35%. I'm a tactile human and like to see, smell, and touch what I'm reading which is also why we still take the newspaper. I think Buzz is a true old bike enthusiast and puts as much of it in AIM as the target audience will bear. . . . I am not a paid spokesperson for AIM. . . . Thanks for putting my 1919 Henderson in your latest magazine Buzz.

[Buzz Kanter]

I went to the website above and was immediately asked for money for a subscription. If this isn't spam, what is? Not only that, the AIM magazine has never had vintage motorcycles in the past, and only cameo appearances lately. I ended my subscription years ago because I couldn't tell one issue from the next--- one blinged-out Twinky after another.
Sorry to be so blunt, Buzz, but that's what I see through my eyes.

Sorry if you consider it spam - not my goal. I am trying to better understand how popular the digital magazines are.

And as for "AIM magazine (sic) has never had vintage motorcycles in the past, and only cameo appearance lately" I suspect you are confusing American Iron Magazine with some other magazines. We have ALWAYS had vintage bikes, events and tech every issue going back more than a decade.

[Buzz Kanter]

I have received a polite and friendly notice from the moderator telling me this thread has been reported to him as spam.

My reply is to remove the entire thread as it is being read in a manner it was never intended. Sorry for this.

I tried to edit my original post or delete it myself but am not able to do it since the new software upgrade.

[WebKahuna]

I edited the original post to show some other examples of digital magazines and minimize the advertising content that is attached to them. If you all want to continue the discussion on Print vs Digital format for your favorite magazines, Please do. If not, let the thread die in peace
Thanks

[exeric]

I subscribed to AIM because I love getting stuff in the mail, other than bills. I prefer printed media 65% to digital 35%. I'm a tactile human and like to see, smell, and touch what I'm reading which is also why we still take the newspaper. I think Buzz is a true old bike enthusiast and puts as much of it in AIM as the target audience will bear. . . . I am not a paid spokesperson for AIM. . . . Thanks for putting my 1919 Henderson in your latest magazine Buzz.

I want people know my last 2 sentences were intended to be humorous.

[Knotthed]

Buzz,

My preference would be to receive print format, but have access to digital to archive and print specific articles as needed for my use.

I am not in the magazine business, but doesn't it all get created digital today? Seems silly not to have digital available as a resource.

Case in point - someone went thru great trouble to get the AMCA magazines in some digital format and now you apparently cannot get that information - terrible!

(see postings in wanted section - AMCA magazine past issues - people want digital - but not exclusively digital!) FWIW, I think print is dying a slow death with the internet.

Hope this feedback helps.