[FCN Announcements] Another exciting development (no. 2, part 1)

[public at lists.fcn.ca]

We announce with excitement a major development for the FCN's 24-year-
old magazine Going Natural / Au naturel. It's going digital!

What does that mean? First of all, it doesn't mean the end of the paper
magazine. It's still printed every quarter of the year in the high
quality you expect.

But now we launch digital editions of the magazine! These are not files
placed on a website. They're downloadable, integrated, interactive
issues offering more than the print edition. 

For example, every web and e-mail link in the magazine is live: you
click on it and away you go to that address. The Table of Contents is
live too. Click on an article there and get whisked away to the page it
starts on.

Want to search for a word in the magazine? That'll be easy now.

This format also allows magnification. Need to read an article in bigger
type? Just click on a page. What's more, we can now include video and
audio files. You'll find these in future issues. Naturist video in the
magazine!

We always value the security of our contributors. The digital edition
can't be copied. It may be printed, although the regular print magazine
will be higher in quality.

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Worldwide, digital magazine editions are increasing at a fast rate.
Digital readers (which aren't required to read our magazine) are
proliferating. The possibilities for this medium seem endless, and gN/aN
is getting in on them near the beginning. It's one of very few naturist
magazines to do so. We expect it now to reach a whole new audience.

It'll be hosted and sold by Zinio (www.zinio.com), a leader in this
technology. On its site, anyone will be able to see sample pages of a
magazine issue for free at any time.

The cost of a digital subscription will be lower than of a print
subscription. Meanwhile, we're looking into ways of giving print
subscribers access to the digital edition.

In a future message, we'll tell you more, including where you may find
the current (summer 2009) issue of the magazine, when it's available
(which isn't quite yet).

If you have questions about any of this, let me know. Spread the word!
And stand by for the next message with more details.

Paul Rapoport
Co-Editor
Going Natural / Au naturel
Federation of Canadian Naturists