How to Start a Magazine

April 16, 2009

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For information on how to start your own magazine, we recommend these online resoruces;

• www.magazinelaunch.com -- A full service information portal for new magazines.
  
•  The Surviving Small Press: Starting a Magazine
  
• Ten tips on how to launch a magazine
  
• 10 Mistakes to Avoid When Launching Your Title --An informative article outlining the challenges facing a magazine launch by Linda Ruth.
  

We also recommend 2 books that will get you started on launching your own magazine.

• One is Launch Your Own Magazine: A Guide For Succeeding in Today's Marketplace by Samir Husni, published in 1998, and available from his web site www.mrmagazine.com.
  
• The second book is called The Magazine: Everything You Need to Know to Make It in the Magazine Business, by Leonard Mogel, published in 1998 and available for $39.95 and available from the MPA.

Additional resources for starting a magazine:

• Johnson, Sammye; Prijatel, Patricia.  The Magazine: From Cover to Cover.  NTC Publishing Group, 1999.  Chicago, IL.
  
• Monti, Ralph    Career Opportunities in Magazine Publishing.  Special Interest Media, 1999.  Bloomfield, NJ.
   
• Morgan, Bradley    Magazine Career Directory.  Visible Ink Press, 1993.  Detroit, MI.
  
• Woodard, Cheryl    Starting and Running a Successful Newsletter or Magazine.  Nolo Press,1996.  Berkeley, CA.