On Monday 12 June 2006 12:41 am, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
On 6/11/06, Devdas Bhagat devdas@dvb.homelinux.org wrote:
CDs are dirt cheap (<= 10 INR per CD pressed once you create the master). Content isn't. 100 INR is _not_ much for a good magazine, particularly
Agreed, CDs are dirt cheap. But 100 INR is still not affordable for many. I for example cannot afford to shell out 100 INR every month. I'd much rather spend the extra few minutes googling.
BW is not cheap either. And as Devdas said if the mag has content as opposed to fluff, I would definetly be a buyer. I have not subscribed to an Indian mag for several yrs because of the abysymal content. Most of it is stupid press releases or superficial coverage of technology and markets. Google is far better. And yes i sorely miss the smell and convienence of paper. Curling up in bed with the laptop is a complicated process.