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So much for Plan A

December 11, 2011 in Personal promotion, USA | 2 comments

So, yes, it turns out that running the world’s most popular Books section (no exaggeration, I’ve seen the numbers) is somewhat time consuming.

Which means no frequent magazine-themed blogging in the mainstream for me. But I did manage to somehow squeeze one out before the end of the year, and more will emerge before too long.

For now, you may satisfy yourselves with my newest missive, “11 Amazing Magazines You’ve Never Heard Of“, a title that regular Magtastic readers will find inaccurate, and grammarians will find ends with a preposition. Still, plenty to enjoy by clicking through. It will also surprise no-one that it’s a slideshow. We have company standards to maintain, you know.

AND! It gives me a further opportunity to keep up with an annual tradition here on Magtastic, which is to remind you all that a Stack America subscription is an excellent last-minute gift for anyone Stateside. Just sayin’.

Two big announcements

August 4, 2011 in Clever ideas, Personal promotion, technology | 3 comments

So here’s something: I have a new job. And a new ebook out. The two might be connected.

The job: The image above might be a clue. Yes, from this coming Monday, I will be the Books Editor of The Huffington Post.

I’m excited. I’ve never worked full time for a major brand before. This one is, unusually in this climate, both ambitious and expanding. There’s some fascinating things that can be done in the area of online reporting and aggregation. I hope, nay expect, to be doing some of them. Give me a few weeks to get used to things, but watch this space.

The book: Somewhat fortuitously, this morning my new ebook, Reading in Four Dimensions, went live on Kindle (here’s the UK link) and Nook. People can read it via pretty much any device via the free Kindle and Nook apps.

The book – well, long essay really – looks at how the physical and digital worlds interact through the medium of storytelling. It’s an explanation of social reading, and why it’s going to change publishing. It’s a story about time travel. And it’s only 99c (or its equivalent in your territory.) There’s also a page of related links.

If you’d like to know more, below are a few Probably Asked Questions.

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New housekeeping

August 4, 2011 in Personal promotion | 2 comments

It promises to be a busy day or two on the blog, but first I want everyone who sends me lovely magazines/has me on their mailing lists to stop what you’re doing right now, and make sure you have a New York mailing address for me.

If you don’t, please drop me a line at andrew [at] losowsky.com so we can make sure that I actually receive what you send. And bless you for sending it.

Thank you!

Today, I’m mostly surrounded by debt

July 30, 2011 in Clever ideas, Death of print, Personal promotion | No comments

DEBT from Dustin Grella on Vimeo.

I’m spending today/night/morrow helping out on Longshot, the 48-hour magazine that I like to think of Stranded‘s more famous half-brother.

The theme of this issue is Debt, and there are five simple challenges you can complete to participate here. Be quick though, the clock is ticking…

Nearly back

May 29, 2011 in Personal promotion | No comments

(Image from Pulp International)

You’ve probably noticed, this blog has been a little quiet lately. A major move, connection problems, a melted logic board, and much (fun) new work are all likely parents of this newborn infant of silence, but fear not! For the baby will start to bawl again very soon, with the full force of a metaphor stretched too far.

I have news, reviews, some strangeness, and even a pending new event to announce. The Blogsplosion will be blogsploding in your face again very soon. I’ve been busy, oh yes I have.

In the meantime, why not read the magazines that some of NYC’s leading media mogels are reading, courtesy of Ad Week?

Happy Ashiversary

April 15, 2011 in Personal promotion, Stranded magazine | No comments

A year ago today, Europe was dealing with a large invisible cloud looming over its airspace, and I was coming up with a crazy idea.

In the year since, Stranded magazine has been talked about on BBC online and radio, in The Independent, Conde Nast Traveler, El Pais, Wired, Nieman Lab… and so on. This showcase in crowdsourced creation, awesomely designed by Matt MacArthur, is, of course, still available.

Though the eruption and the photos/illustrations/writing all occurred a year ago, the magazine actually went on sale in September, which is how long it took Matt and I to pull all the content together. Here’s the stats from the magazine so far:

That $1,380 isn’t profit to me – it’s what the magazine has so far raised for the International Rescue Committee, who help people more permanently stranded around the globe (in fact, due to the way MagCloud distributes the money, I’ve been hit with a higher tax bill because of it!)

Anyway, it’s a great cause, so if you don’t already have a copy, why not?

Reading in four dimensions

February 27, 2011 in Personal promotion | 1 comment

If you happen to be in New England on Wednesday, you might want to come and see me speak on this subject. It’s going to be fun.

Info: Free entry, John Carter Brown Library at Brown University, starts at 6pm. Full details on the flyer (PDF; expertly designed by Benjamin Shaykin) I’m also maintaining a Facebook page on the subject for the library here. Come join the discussion.

If you can’t make it… things are in the pipeline to make some of my thoughts on this subject more widely available. More on that soon.

And while we’re on the topic, Jeremy has just posted some wise and not-unrelated opinions about iPads and magazines. Well worth a read.

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