Feelers: 2010 Out of Bounds Literary Magazine?

LuBu McJohnson · Post by **LuBu McJohnson** » December 17th, 2009, 4:27 pm

Yes, good idea

beardedlamb · Post by **beardedlamb** » December 18th, 2009, 9:05 pm

oh em gee! i love OUT OF PRINT. nice call, asaf.

ok, it looks like we have enough interest to do this. thanks for the input, hivemind!

now, to make it not cost money...

mpbrockman · Post by **mpbrockman** » December 19th, 2009, 2:01 am

beardedlamb wrote:...now, to make it not cost money...

I suppose breaking even is acceptable - but I'd still be rephrasing the question to be "now, how can we make money with this".

First thoughts: the obvious short-term answer - sell advertising
Long term: if you get enough quality material, approach a local publisher and pitch it as something that could go in the "local interest" section of any bookstore's magazine rack.

Oh, and I shall go through notebooks and would love to contribute a piece or two once I get a feel for what the format will be.

beardedlamb · Post by **beardedlamb** » December 19th, 2009, 4:23 pm

yeah, fiscally, the goal for out of bounds is to do cool comedy things that either break even or raise the profile of the rest of the festival. i don't think we should sell ads and i have no idea what the demand would be when we try to sell them, so the ticket would be to get it printed as cheaply as possible and hope for the best.

Asaf · Post by **Asaf** » December 20th, 2009, 1:09 pm

What do you see as being the distribution of this magazine? Where? How? How many copies?

beardedlamb · Post by **beardedlamb** » December 20th, 2009, 2:17 pm

i'd like to have it available at the box office for all of the shows, maybe bundle it with the t-shirt as a special deal, give it away to good audience members. i don't think charging over $5 for year one would be a good idea, and the best way to insure it does break even is to go small. i'd make it available for purchase online but i don't expect that will garner a lot of purchases.
how many copies is a total mystery to me now. we can make that call when we get a sense of how many people are interested in writing for it. this should gauge general interest or at least get us close.

arthursimone · Post by **arthursimone** » December 20th, 2009, 2:33 pm

can there be a section for Tom Booker-themed fan fiction?

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » December 20th, 2009, 9:02 pm

arthursimone wrote:can there be a section for Tom Booker-themed fan fiction?

hahaha

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » December 20th, 2009, 10:29 pm

Jeff wrote:That's a swell name. I was surprised that my Google search revealed no publications by that name.

This is because someone trying to order it at a book store would create a real-life vaudeville routine of Who's On First proportions, and the universe wouldn't allow that.

valetoile · Post by **valetoile** » December 20th, 2009, 10:39 pm

I think Kaci and Roy wrote some Three For All fan fic. ok, slash.

Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell · December 22nd, 2009, 11:36 am

i love this idea and am infinitely amused that Jeremy proposed it since he never reads.