See my previous post on this topic of resurrection and American Heritage...
My favorite inconsistent magazine of the moment is at it again. They still purport to publish quarterly, but volume 58 number 6 was just delivered today.
If anyone knows of a nice home or retreat center for semi-sane people (driven insane by serials), please let me know. I'm not quite retirement age, but a retreat to a nice publisher-free and editor-free zone might be in order. :)
Showing posts with label American Heritage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Heritage. Show all posts
11.11.2008
7.15.2008
"Dead" or "Discontinued" titles
Let's think about this sensibly. If I was a publisher with a journal that needed a hiatus -- I would suspend publication. In an ideal world, this would also mean that there would be a target date to resume publication. In the strange world of serials, however, publishers must prefer to discontinue a title and then resurrect it rather than suspending it. I work at a Jesuit University and the Nicene Creed states that we believe "that he [Christ] rose again" but I don't remember this applying to serials....?
Although I try to avoid using titles in my blog posts, I will use a couple here to illustrate my point. Emerge was a serial that was published from the early 90s through 2000. In 2000, it changed its name to Savoy. Under this title it was published, but not on a consistent basis, until mid 2003. At that point the title ended completely. About a year later, in 2004, another publisher picked up the title and restarted it -- and started again at volume 1 -- but only published 2 issues. The website still exists and it looks like the magazine is a going concern, but with no new issues since 2005, I consider it a "dead" title.
Another title that believes in resurrection is American Heritage. It ceased and nearly a year later another publisher picked it up and began publishing again. Again, there have been only 2 new issues and no hint that publishing will continue.
I would like to caution publishers not to torment library workers by "discontinuing" and then resuming publication again and again on certain titles....
Although I try to avoid using titles in my blog posts, I will use a couple here to illustrate my point. Emerge was a serial that was published from the early 90s through 2000. In 2000, it changed its name to Savoy. Under this title it was published, but not on a consistent basis, until mid 2003. At that point the title ended completely. About a year later, in 2004, another publisher picked up the title and restarted it -- and started again at volume 1 -- but only published 2 issues. The website still exists and it looks like the magazine is a going concern, but with no new issues since 2005, I consider it a "dead" title.
Another title that believes in resurrection is American Heritage. It ceased and nearly a year later another publisher picked it up and began publishing again. Again, there have been only 2 new issues and no hint that publishing will continue.
I would like to caution publishers not to torment library workers by "discontinuing" and then resuming publication again and again on certain titles....
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