The forum does not have enough traffic to make it anything more than an archive, thats true. I was one of those saying you will be burned out maintaining a momentum with the magazine as you did, but it was not the frequency alone I argued, rather the volume: It was huge, 120 pages total? You are correct about the frequent publication, the build up, the momentum etc. If you ask me, it would have been much more successful with 3-4 pages every day, than 120 once a month, but is that possible?
Short, small, frequent articles in the form of news that would timely reach the audience would be the best approach, with some short reviews and advertisements included. Does not have to be acrobat format, could just be a newsletter. Those are the times, news fly fast. But can you support this, do you want to do this, or is there any point to your effort? Most of us probably find what we need from various websites anyway, I personally read a deal too many. To give a honest answer if you send magazines/newsletters/fliers out I will happily read them, but I am not really missing them when they are not coming.
Short, small, frequent articles in the form of news that would timely reach the audience would be the best approach, with some short reviews and advertisements included. Does not have to be acrobat format, could just be a newsletter. Those are the times, news fly fast. But can you support this, do you want to do this, or is there any point to your effort? Most of us probably find what we need from various websites anyway, I personally read a deal too many. To give a honest answer if you send magazines/newsletters/fliers out I will happily read them, but I am not really missing them when they are not coming.