The "e magazine" or ezine is short for electronic magazine.
A similar term is "ejournal." There are several usages of the term ezine. The term is similar to zine, which is derived from magazine and is used to describe "small press" or personally distributed magazines or newsletters.
An early use of the term ezine described a new kind of Web site that contained a stylized mixture of content (articles, pictures, poetry, fiction, and comment) conveyed in a way that exploited and celebrated the Web as a new information medium.
Some ezines publishers saw e magazines as an opportunity to reach an audience electronically and more economically than was possible with print medium. As a result, hundreds of Web site e magazines were created, each devoted to a special cause, subject, or sensibility. This kind of e magazine is roughly the cyberspace equivalent of the printed version and when printed out, is in fact, the equivalent.
The term is also used to describe any print magazine such as National Geographic or Newsweek that also has an electronic edition.
The term also sometimes includes e-mail newsletters, of which there are thousands that can be subscribed to. Some of these refer to themselves as zines or ezines.
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This was last updated in September 2005
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(Electronic-magaZINE) A magazine distributed to users via e-mail or the Web. Pronounced "ee-zeen," it may be an electronic counterpart to a print subscription or be the only publishing method. No matter whether it is free or paid, e-zines require users to sign in as members. If text only, the e-zine is an "e-newsletter." If published on a Web site, it is a "Webzine," while "zine" refers to all forms.
Zines and Blogs
The difference between zines and blogs is that zine publishers own their subscriber list, whereas blog publishers have no idea who reads their postings unless they provide a feedback form and readers respond. In addition, ads on e-zines are generally acceptable, but not on blogs (limited ads), which are expected to be personal opinions without marketing and much less formal.
An electronic version of a conventional magazine. Typically the content of an online magazine is the same as its conventional counterpart. However, it is often supplemented by devices such as mailing lists, online chat, and dynamic content . Such magazines are often known as ezines .
Source: Computer Desktop Encyclopedia: e-zine
Online magazine
An online magazine is published on the World Wide Web and is called a webzine.
An ezine (also spelled e-zine) is a more specialized term appropriately used for small magazines and newsletters distributed by any electronic method, for example, by electronic mail (e-mail/email, see Zine).
Some social groups may use the terms cyberzine and hyperzine when referring to electronically distributed resources. Similarly, some online magazines may refer to themselves as "electronic magazines" or "e-magazines" to reflect their readership demographics or to capture alternative terms and spellings in online searches.
An online magazine shares some features with a blog and also with online newspapers, but can usually be distinguished by its approach to editorial control. Magazines typically have editors or editorial boards who review submissions and perform a quality control function to ensure that all material meets the expectations of the publishers (those investing time or money in its production) and the readership.
Many large print-publishers now provide digital reproduction of their print magazine titles through various online services for a fee. These service providers also refer to their collections of these digital format products as online magazines, and sometimes as digital magazines.
Some online publishers have begun publishing in multiple digital formats, or dual digital formats, that may include both HTML version that look like traditional web pages and Flash versions that appear more like traditional magazines with digital flipping of pages.
Online magazines representing matters of interest to specialists in or societies for academic subjects, science, trade or industry are typically referred to as online journals.
Many general interest online magazines provide free access to all aspects of their online content although some publishers have opted to require a subscription fee to access premium online article and/or multi-media content. Online magazines may generate revenue based on targeted search ads to web-site visitors, banner ads (online display advertising), affiliations to retail web sites, classified advertisements, product-purchase capabilities, advertiser directory links, or alternative informational/commercial purpose.
The original online magazines, e-zines and disk magazines, or diskmags, due to their low cost and initial non-mainstream targets, may be seen as a disruptive technology to traditional publishing houses. The high cost of print publication and large Web readership has encouraged these publishers to embrace the World Wide Web as a marketing and content delivery system and another medium for delivering their advertisers' messages.
In the late 1990s, e-zine publishers began adapting to the interactive and informative qualities of the Internet instead of simply duplicating print magazines on the web. Publishers of traditional print titles and entrepreneurs with an eye to a potential readership in the millions started publishing online titles. Salon.com, founded in July 1995 by David Talbot, was launched with considerable media exposure and today reports 5.8 million monthly unique visitors. In the 2000s, some webzines began appearing in a printed format to complement their online versions.
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Electronic Magazine
• Various names such as
– Online journals
– Electronic serials or e-serials
– Electronic periodicals
– Zines or e-zines or webzines
– Digital serials or d-journals
Definition
• It should meet the bibliographic definition of journal
– according to AACR2 the definition of a journal is “ A publication in any medium issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designations and indented to be continued indefinitely”
• Is accessible through Web
• Has the features of a journal, magazine or a newsletter
• According to CONSER (The Cooperative ONline SERials cataloging program) A remote access electronic serial is a continuing resource that is accessed “via computer networks”. It is issued in
a succession of discrete parts usually bearing numbering, and has no predetermined conclusion. This
is in contrast to direct access electronic resource which is issued on a physical carrier such as CD-ROM or floppy disks (CONSER, 2004) http://www.loc.gov/acq/conser/Variations in E
Virtual Journals
• Contains article published in various journals and publish them as a journal
– Most important site Virtual Journals in Science and Technology publishes five virtual journals
Features and Characteristics of E magazines
• We are still puzzled
– Different search methods by different providers
– It is difficult for the users to master these search
techniques
– Some provide for customization and e-mail alerting
some donot
– Result
– New developments
• CrossRef
• Digital Object Identifier
• SearchSolver
• Access Issues
– Restrictions on use
– Access methods
• Should be simple for users to implement
• Does not require maintenance by library or the content providers
• Protects the IP of the content provider (CP)
• Does not breach the security of CP.
• Does not violate the privacy of the users
• WEB PRESENTATION
– Various Formats
• SGML, XML, HTML, PDF, MATHML, PS
– HTML and PDF most common
– HTML Advantages
• More options for linking, searching and
supplementing the text
• Loads quickly as file size is smaller then than PDF
• Easy to index
– HTML Disadvantages
• More labor intensive to produce
• Troublesome to print fragmented documents
• Requires a separate production process form that of print journal
• Display may change with different browsers
– PDF Advantages
• Stable manageable and cost-effective for
publishers
• Familiar look for users
• Easy conversion of legacy print
– PDF Disadvantages
• Requires additional plug-in i.e. Acrobat Reader
• Large Files – can cause annoyance with slow
bandwidth• Multimedia objects, Data files and other
Supplementary materials
– Engineers can share 3-D models
– Medical researchers can use each others’ images and clinical data
– Programmers can share programming code
– Physicists can share animations
– Linguists can share audio files
– All types of researchers all type of data
• Accelerated publication
– From author –accelerated submission
– For reviewer – accelerated review process
– For author accelerated revision
– For aggregator/service provider- accelerated mounting
– Articles available much before available in print
• SEARCHEABILTY
– Simple search
– Advanced search
– This Journal
– All journals on the site
– Journals in a subject cluster
– Examples
• ScienceDirect, SpringerLink
LIKABILITY TO, FROM, WITHIN, BETWEEN ARTICLES
– Web of Science is the Master
– Links from databases to external articles
– Internal links
– Links from Articles to articles
– Forward links (citing article
• INTERACTIVITY AND CUSTOMIZATION
• Interactivity
• Alerting service
– ACS ASAPAlerts
– Wiley’s MobileEdition
– Highwire’s eTOCs
Stability and Accessibility
• Independent of Space and Time
– Constraints
• Low bandwidth
• Availability of proper hardware and software
• Occasional breakdown of Internet
• IP blocking by the Content Provider
• Shifting URLs
• Shifting contents
• LONG TERM ACCESS: ARCHIVAL
ISSUES
– What happens if subscription is stopped
– Change in hardware and software
– Local hosting vs Remote hosting
• BENEFIT TO USERS
– Independent of space and time
– Interact with other electronic resources
– Save user’s time (Ranganthan’s fourth Law)
– Provides value addition such as searcheability, supplements, formats unavailable in print formats
– Accelerated publication
– Can be read by multiple users simultaneously
– Can not be mutilated, stolen, lost vandalized etc etc.
• BENEFIT TO LIBRARIES
– Superior resource delivery
– Improved service
– Potentiality of accurate usage to help collection development decisions
– Cost savings
– Reduced shelving, binding, maintenance, claiming
– Public relation opportunities
– Provided and opportunity for concrete user education
– Satisfied users
– Simultaneous access Pros and Cons Drawbacks
– Coverage may not be as complete as in print format
– Authentication issues
– Archival issues and long term preservation
– Less control
– Users technology does not always keep up with ejournal technology
– Temporary unavailability due to technical reasons
– Managing e-journals require much more skilled manpower
Source: http://www.library.iitkgp.ernet.in/sites/workshop/pdf/E-journals-%20Characteristics,%20Publishing,%20Politics%20and%20Economics%20-%20Yogendra%20Singh.pdf
Advantage: Large Audience
·
Online magazines allow for
a wider audience. For magazines looking to make profit by means of ads, this
means a larger audience for revenue. The use of social networking and links
will help spread word about the magazine to this worldwide audience.
Advantage:
Online Participation
·
Reader participation is
another advantage of an online publication. The use of Internet forums, like
buttons, "wall" posts and the ability to link in and out of the
website allows for more reader participation and opinion. Some readers like to
have their opinions heard, making open audience participation a personable
advantage for gaining readers.
Advantage: Convenience
·
It's convenient. The use of
computer programs to make the online magazine will help the speed at which
issues will be produced. Not having to put the publication into print will also
speed along the process. Corrections are also easy to make to online magazines.
Gaining photos, interviews, follow-up questions and citing sources and social
networks becomes easier when publishing an online magazine.
Advantage:
Unlimited Space
·
Depending on what kind of
web-hosting you have come across, the world of online magazines offers writers
and designers unlimited space to publish their content. This means you will not
have to worry about ad-space or cutting down certain articles to make them fit.
This also allows for content such as size-heavy video interviews.
Disadvantage:
Competition
·
Creating an online magazine
is easier than printing one, making it a market for anyone who knows web design
and how to write articles. This large population of online magazines hurts the
odds of your magazine getting popular, gaining revenue or getting noticed.
Disadvantage:
No Physical Presence
·
It does not have a physical
presence. Having a magazine online will not allow a reader to simply toss the
magazine into her carry-on while flying or heading to work. While magazines can
be read on e-readers and tablets, the inability to mark pages and feel it in
your hands does not appeal to those who prefer handheld reading material.
Disadvantage:
Skepticism
·
It doesn't sound
professional. Even in the age of technology there are still those who view
online publications as something sketchy and unprofessional, which is a problem
for magazines that rely on contacting people for interviews.
Disadvantage:
Social Forums
·
The social networking that
is usually desirable with online magazines can also be a hassle for keeping a
clean quality magazine. Social networking and forums on the magazine's website
can lead to open "haters" voicing their opinions, making forum and
website moderation important.
Disadvantage:
Iffy Profits
·
If your website is not
doing well in terms of visitors it will be hard to make a profit. Poor
advertising of your magazine will result in lack of visitors.
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