Second Life - Magazines / Rags

While shopping today, I found several news papers and magazines around the shopping areas. Some are well made and worth checking out and some haven't been updated since the last major holiday. Some of them even offer an equivalent magazine in the user realm as a "PDF Document".




Here is a brief list of magazines I've discovered. Please seek them out and flip though them.

PWND Magazine by Saeya Nyanda
Second Style Magazine by Josie Hamilton
SL Scene Magazineaaa
ASpiRE! Magazine by Bianca Darling


Most of the magazines are using the THiNC Book v2.0 by Toneless Tomba. Visit THiNC Publications at THiNC SL - Lota (10,15,278).

If you are thinking of starting your own magazine publication using the THiNC Book, here is the publication breakdown process:

Purchase a THiNC book and configure as a stand alone publication.

Costs: L$75 Plus your images imported at L$10/each, per page.
Example: Book at 80 pages. L$75 + ( L$10 * 80 pages ) == L$155.

Purchase a THiNC Printing Press and duplicate your THiNC book for publication. This is a one time cost and can be reused for every publication you release.

Costs: L$895

Total costs for your first publication: L$1050
Each additional publication: L$ 155

Of course, just having a publication will not give you circulation. You'll have to "pound ground" and visit various malls, shops and clubs and politely ask the management if they would provide a little space for your magazine. You'll probably have to build a simple display rack that gives out the publication if/when touched.