ComputorEdge calling it a day (in print, anyway) 
Last week, Anne Wayman posted a blog entry about a book titled Print Is Dead. While I don’t think that print is dead, I realize that it’s having a hard time. This hit home when I got an email from the editor at ComputorEdge magazine the other day. Sent to all freelancers who write for the publication, the editor wrote that after 26 years the print edition of the magazine will be shutting down at the end of 2007.
Based on previous emails that the editor sent, I can’t say I’m surprised that this happened. The publication has been struggling for a while and has had to cut writers’ pay. But it’s still hard to take.
My own association with ComputorEdge spans 11 years and about 40 articles. And while the magazine was never a major source of my writing income, it was one of my favourites to write for. Why? The ComputorEdge editorial team gave me quite a bit of leeway, and allowed me to write articles that many other publications weren’t interested in, or believed that those ideas had no market. For that, I was and am grateful. As a writer, you don’t get that kind of freedom too often.
Update: While the print edition of ComputorEdge will be no more in 2008, the publishers will be keeping the online edition alive.
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Wow, sorry to hear it… I’ve been reading CE off and on for years.