Popular Airsoft Magazine

 

 

Welcome to the Gadget Show...ooopsss.. the Popular Airsoft Magazine Volume 2 Issue 6. You may just be wondering why on earth our magazine for this issue has a cover story that resembles a gadgets magazine. Indeed we are actually discussing about gadgets, and not airsoft stuff for the main story. We decided on this (actually it was Optimus Prime who rammed it down our throats), to show our excitement on developments in digital publishing, as Popular Airsoft is, well, a digital publication.

While e-Readers and tablet computers are not so new, new developments in this area have brought some excitement in the digital world, as PCs take a backseat, and mobility takes precedence. With new releases of e-readers and tablet computers comes great potential for publishers, who are under pressure to move to the digital realm. In London, our favourite free evening papers that we read while on the Tube London Lite and London Paper, have shuttered, with the Evening Standard remaining. In the US, the print newspapers and magazines are fighting rear guard actions. So what's happening? The internet has become too ubiquitous, that most people in the developed world get their news online and most of it for free. Coupled with a new generation of start up digital publishers who are now taking advantage of e-readers, smart phones, and tablet computers, and not bogged down by printing and distribution costs, the readership of print media is fast eroding.