PUBLISHING From digits to atoms, a number of online content publishers are finding that without a paper extension of their content, their content lacks permanence.
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hat’s virtual is now tangible.
Over the last several years, a collection of successful digital- only magazines made the decision to launch
print versions of their products.
One was a particularly unlikely candidate that would have produced guffaws from investors had the founders taken the traditional fund-raising route.
Taking umbrage to the wide-spread
attitude that gamers don’t or can’t read, the founders of gaming fan site KillScreen.com decided to prove the stereotype wrong. They also thought they saw a good business model.