Comments on: East West Magazine Closes Down http://www.bigwowo.com/2010/02/east-west-magazine-closes-down/ Asian American Intellectualism, Activism, and Literature Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:55:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: papa2hapa http://www.bigwowo.com/2010/02/east-west-magazine-closes-down/#comment-4038 papa2hapa Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:34:46 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=4059#comment-4038 I had no idea that Giant Robot was still around. I think the last time I had an issue was almost five years ago. I had no idea that Giant Robot was still around. I think the last time I had an issue was almost five years ago.

]]> By: Alpha Asian http://www.bigwowo.com/2010/02/east-west-magazine-closes-down/#comment-4037 Alpha Asian Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:46:39 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=4059#comment-4037 Although all print industries (newspapers, magazines, books) have been hit hard by the onslaught of the Internet and the economy, I think you'd have better luck running a magazine if it was on a specific subject, trade or hobby that has enough people interested in it (ie video game mags, Lowrider magazine, etc). <a href="http://alpha-asian.blogspot.com/2008/11/why-magazine-went-way-of-dodo.html" rel="nofollow">Asian American mags</a> are kind of like mainstream mags: very bland, not very entertaining and not much useful information. Now if You Offend Me, You Offend My Family were a magazine, that'd be interesting. Not enough for me to buy an issue. Just be a mooch and flip through it at Barnes and Noble. Although all print industries (newspapers, magazines, books) have been hit hard by the onslaught of the Internet and the economy, I think you’d have better luck running a magazine if it was on a specific subject, trade or hobby that has enough people interested in it (ie video game mags, Lowrider magazine, etc). Asian American mags are kind of like mainstream mags: very bland, not very entertaining and not much useful information.

Now if You Offend Me, You Offend My Family were a magazine, that’d be interesting. Not enough for me to buy an issue. Just be a mooch and flip through it at Barnes and Noble.

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