/lit/ - Literature

>>22786193
I'm not saying the pricing is bad for what it is, I'm saying what it is is a waste. Count up how many pages in any issue of &amp are superfluous. I ran through 012 and came to about 40 superfluous pages out of 96, counting pages that had either no text or unimportant text (pic related). Maybe some photos are sent in by anons, or you could make a case for some of the title/buffer pages, but it's definitely an excess. That's without considering other things like pages with very little text or sparse layouts, since you could at least make sane stylistic arguments for those.

Lulu has a price calculator with a lot of different options, so I'll compare using their cost per magazine. Everything here is A4 with paperback binding (same as what I've seen for old issues of &amp that have been posted), 70# coated white paper (only option), and glossy cover (cover doesn't actually affect the price). It gives a similar price to Magcloud:
>96 pages
>color
>$21.11 USD

Being conservative and chopping 30 pages off:
>66 pages
>color
>$15.22 USD

Now for black and white without chopping pages:
>96 pages
>black and white
>$7.20 USD

Black and white with chopped pages:
>66 pages
>black and white
>$5.66 USD

That's a nearly $15 difference because the issue is padded out with a bunch of full-color photos probably ripped right from /p/ or /3/. Is pic related worth it?