Editor’s Note
I believe the publishing industry as a whole is transitioning. But it
will take us, as an industry, to create a re-education of how important
it is to have a tangible read.
cee castillo
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Publisher / Editor-in-Chief
Editor
Brett Dault
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Contributors
Melissa A. Feher Anato
Audrey Costa
thom cunningham
Brett Dault
Allison Couture Otero
Samantha Rhodes
Ashlei Stevens
Marion E. Wildey
Layout & Graphic Design
George Hevel IV
Samantha Rhodes
taylor mobley
As a community magazine focusing on a small area, I have found it
difficult to attract the type of advertisers that I would like to have, but
at the same time I am attracting a large readership, which is really
the intent of this publication. Our focus became more of obtaining a
following than a monetization issue at first – at least not until we had
created something that everyone actually wanted to have on their
sofa table or at their offices. Now it has become a sought-after read
because it is content rich with minimal advertising and brings the
written word back to its origins... that’s what this is.
We often complain that we are not thriving educationally as we
should in the scope of our world, but that is because we are allow-
ing our youth to read less and less; we have less love of reading, or
writing available to them. So if each one of us that is responsible for
publishing concentrates on the importance of maintaining a good,
content-rich reading environment, I think we will survive this down-
ward trend.
There will always be a place for proper books and magazines... There
is no reason we cannot prosper in tandem with digital venues.
e
- Ce
Illustration
Taylor Mobley
Photography
Samantha Rhodes
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Photographer
Samantha
Rhodes created
this Back-to-
School themed
cover in our
offices using our
chalk wall and
various supplies.
Have a great
school year!
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