Whenever I read the letters or memoirs of publishers and editors past, I am struck by how many of the principles they used still apply. These principles are rarely articulated in full, or discussed publicly today, yet despite all the change, they endure – I have noticed them in my own publishing work too. For me, a key principle is that publishing is a creative process. The following essay explores a classic example.
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Our Technological Land of Oz
For nine years, I have been poised as a magazine publisher, ready to leap into the virtual world entirely. From about 2006, I was expecting it every month. It has yet to happen. Earlier this year I witnessed another magazine, not unlike ours – one that I regularly flicked through – go online and I stopped reading it entirely. No one will find Continue reading
Year Two of the JMI
The first publisher I worked for once told me that if I ever intended starting up a magazine, I should remember that somebody, somewhere has already done exactly what I might intend to do. So, the task is to find their work, find out how they did it, by all means copy them – but learn from their mistakes.
Introducing The Journal of Music in Ireland
Welcome to The Journal of Music in Ireland. Appearing every two months, JMIaims to bring together new writing on classical, jazz and traditional music in Ireland. Although we have called it a journal, it is not to define it as anything academic. The simple aim behind JMI is to provide a space where those involved at the grassroots level of Continue reading
Toner Quinn 