Spinning Magazine - would you buy one?

if there was a quarterly spinning magazine full of loads of technical articles pretty pictures up and coming festivals around the globe for the quarter, interviews and all the other things u come to associate with magazines would you buy one possibly with a vcd of ppls lovely spinning

if yes what would u want from it and how much would you pay for it assuming it was professionally done? bearing in mind im thinking about an internet order based thing so ud have to order it online

not just yes, but hell yes! as for what i would want in it, damn i dont know it would be cool just to have it ya know........pricing, huh, that should depend on the over head cost of the magazine and how much is in it...........but a ball park figure.......$3-$5 US? i dont know

Yeah i think thats a real good idea - esp for ppl like me who are a bit out on thier own with no other spinners.

Price wise - thats not really an issue aslong as its not something really silly! xxx

A spinning magazine would be a great idea, and the most i'd pay for one is about £5 UK. As long as it had a variety of spinners from a variety of places, and not just one city or town then i think quite a lot of people would be interested in it.

i'd prefere publishing one of theese as soon as we'd have favorable market conditions

Surely it would just be like a HOP magazine?? xxx

Why do you need a magazine, when there's a multitude of webby's already containing all the information which you said would be included?

you can earn more with a magazine

and people that dont have access to the net will have something to look at.

nice idea ben.

I'd like to see things about buying and making saftey, toys, moves - names and breakdowns, illustrations, vids, types of body movement, stretching, events, classifieds, reader contributions, how to make coloured flames and how to make sparkly poi.

all that and whatever else you could pack in there.

maybe an option to buy a dvd that focuses on one of the above

looking forward to hearing more

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so basicaly ado-p wants it to included the FAQ that all of us are tired of answering plus some extra goodies

I quite like the idea, sounds a bit like a HOP Digest, but that's the problem, HOP has all this stuff and more although it can be a little difficult to find something specific. Price would really depend on the size.

Sounds like a good idea I would pay fore it.

Could have guest articles, safety stuff, new moves, tutorials. Readers picks. Is a very interesting idea would love to see how it develops

I don't think spinners would buy it.

I think people would SAY they'd buy it, and if you bought it FOR them, they'd read it.

You'd probably sell 4 copies and have them passed around the community.

I find the firespinning community to be VERY hesitant to reach into their pockets and purchase something like that.

I don't think a magazine suits the clients.

how can we be hesitant to purchase something like this? as far as i know there is nothing like it (in print any way) so what are basing that statment on NYC?

All I will say is that a little over a year ago, the idea for a fire spinning e-zine was passed around. It would have many of the same features as you describe here. There was some interest for it, and the person in the lead had even gathered several others up to help write articles and such. As you can see, though, the e-zine never materalized. I think a more formal/expensive magazine might fall the same way. In theory it is nice.

One complication I would see is mailing it out. Where would base the magazine from? Mailing rates vary greatly from OZ to the states to Europe. One would have to factor that into the cost. So, if it was published in OZ, it would rather expensive to get it to the states. I'd assume the same would be true for getting it to Europe. I'm basing this off of what it would cost for me to get a subscription to another magazine published in OZ here in the states...in OZ, it's about $40 (oz dollars) a year, but for me to get it here in the states, it is about $110 (us dollars). Right now, $40 OZ dollars = $30 US dollars.

Roger Lai, a spinner that many of you know as he has travelled the globe meeting spinners, has had this idea for quite a long time now. He has been throwing around this idea for quite a while, and is pretty serious about getting it up and going.

well...if you do....please include a section on shakeoff cans and the detrimental effects of most coloured flames on the environment.....
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OH, I know how hard publishing a magazine can be, did a monthly for a while ~ whew! It's funny you mention it though, me and my friend were predicting a poi magazine... and yes, I would definately buy it!!! I'm an incurable packrat and love to collect anything related to all of my interests, ESPECIALLY zines and propaganda. I would also tell all my friends about it and they'd probably buy it as well because I wouldn't want to loan mine out to just anyone because most of them would bend the edges of the pages. I have 2 very closely trusted book-loanable friends. Those 2 would borrow it and like it so much that they'd have to own their own.