The staffordshire based magazine, so popular with writers around the world, is going online under a new 'pay as you read' scheme. Electronic publishing is revolutionising the way we read and write and lexikon's editor has decided to embrace the new technologies by extending the reader base by publishing future issues online as well as in print and on cassette. Authors needn't fear for the safety of their work as the same copyright laws apply to electronic publishing as they do to paper publishing. Readers will only be able to download Lexikon and browse through it off line if they pay. As the internet is relatively inexpensive, the opportunity to reach thousands, if not millions, of potential readers, is easy.
Electronic publishing offers more freedom to aspiring poets and writers and greater challenges.
This pilot scheme, running until the middle of January 2000, will help us assess the market for an electronically published version of an established specialist magazine. This may well be reduced, but we didn't want to be seen to be favouring the electronic version over and above the printed edition. The presidential candidates are true to form as they cozy up to the book-selling business. For the most part, the candidates describe personal stories instead of their political platforms. Nevertheless, they are hoping sales will translate into votes.