Warning: Publishing wisdom ahead.
The following winners were chosen by random drawing. They will each receive a 1 year license extension for their IssueM plugin. I am also delighted to read the thoughts that were shared about their publishing experiences (they are included below). I thank you for taking the time to write!
Liquid Imagination
From the publisher: Liquid Imagination is a magazine of stories the awe and excite the readers. For years I upgraded the site every issue with a static html site. About two years ago I decided to try WordPress as a basis for the site. It worked well … except WordPress really isn’t a good content management system, and setting up each issue was still more work than I thought needed. Then a friend told me about IssueM. I tried it out and will be publishing my third issue of Liquid Imagination using this extension.
Keep it simple. Even though an awesome layout is important to display the character of the magazine, what really counts is the content, and an easy way to update and incorporate new content, which is why I now use IssueM.
The Field Educator
From the publisher: Creating a scholarly conversation around social work field education. Publishing an academic journal online in issues and volumes is important for citing scholarly work, but it is a challenge in today’s blog/stream web world. IssueM was a great solution for us!
Odinia International
From the publisher: I am an Odinist priestess and our publication, FoxFire, is the journal of our religious organization, Odinia International. Our faith is the native European religion, which goes back to Cro Magnon times. It is very important to have a place for Nordic, Germanic, Celtic, Anglo Saxon and other European people to publish and express themselves, or even to see things from their own point of view as a tribe.
Too many to list but, it would seem that it is more or less a full time job! The problem with listing one is that I am still working on all of it. Today I learned a little about SSL, and last week it was like buttons, but I seem to have lost my likes somehow (!), next will be keywords and tags and podcasts, and it all seems a bit like quicksand. I suppose the most important thing I have learned is that it is *possible* to do this at all, and honestly, I would not have managed to get this far without issue m to start me off.
DotsOnline
From the publisher: We are working with small African American businesses worldwide. Our goal is assist, design, and help to launch, advertise and promote their companies. At,the same time, we offer them a web banners to link their products brands names, and or services to their local communities, major cities, nation and the worldwide. Through advertisement and web links we educate, train and support their businesses needs to build up their brand identity to consumers around the world.
