> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Harrison
> >Hardcopy journals have a remarkably more "real" feeling to
them. And
> >fewer, 'fossilized' publications have the advantage of having
a
> >broader and larger audience than any individual's website.
>
> Oh, I'm in favor of hardcopy as much as anyone. If my
> favorite langs, Sona and
> Interglossa and Speedwords for example, had not been
> published in books, but rather in
> some 20th century equivalent of web pages, I likely never
> would have discovered them.
> Web pages tend to disappear after their authors lose interest
> or die. Hardcopy has more permanence.
And more expense, etc..
I've going to an e-book model. Rather than HTML pages, I'm
making booklike documents in PDF format for publication. I see
this as the best of both worlds. The ability to create a
professional looking product, and giving the option to print or
read on a screen.
> Also, I believe people pay more attention to hardcopy. It's
> just a guess but I believe on
> average long articles get absorbed better in printed form.
> Stuff on the computer screen
> doesn't seem to penetrate the brain as deeply. Purely a
> subjective feeling, though. Don't
> have any research to back me up.
Maybe for others, but to me it doesn't matter. Printed
materials do have the advantage of portability for those that
don't have PDA's or other handheld devices to read them on.