the message below from Beverly Mitchell
reminded me to post the sad message I received last week:
Dear readers, friends, and advertisers
of artonpaper magazine,
Forty years after the founding of the Print Collectors Newsletter, our
predecessor, it is with great sadness that we announce the temporary closure
of artonpaper magazine.
Emotionally, this has been very hard for us. We know, for instance, that
the magazine's absence will leave an important segment of the art world
- namely, publishers of limited editions prints, multiples, and artists'
books - unattended at a difficult time. Nevertheless, all of our efforts
to ride out the recession (reducing the magazine's size and thereby cutting
our printing costs in half, laying off staff, creating other revenue streams)
have proved inadequate in compensating for the 65% drop in advertising
revenue we experienced over the past year and a half.
We want you to know that we did not go gently. In addition to making drastic
changes to our daily operations, and exploring a variety of long-term strategic
options, we also spent six months looking for new financing, possibly even
a new owner. We set January 15, 2010 as a final deadline. When that date
arrived without an investment, we had to close shop.
It is certainly our hope that six to twelve months from now, when the economy
has improved, someone new will come along and revive the publication, either
in print or digital form. In the meantime, if you are a subscriber, please
email [log in to unmask] for an auto-response on what this means
for your subscription and what efforts we are making on your behalf.
We know that this comes as bad news to many, and we want to thank all of
you who have been so supportive of artonpaper over many years. Your encouragement
has meant the world to us, and it was because of you that we remained in
publication as long as we did.
Sincerely,
Shelly Bancroft and Peter Nesbett
Co-Publishers, artonpaper magazine
I am in need of the Jan./Feb. 2009 issue
of the journal Art on Paper. Does anyone have an extra copy?
Thank you!
Beverly Mitchell
Art and Dance Librarian
Hamon Arts Library
Southern Methodist University
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Susan E. Thomas
Evening/Weekend Librarian, Assistant Professor
Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY
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New York, New York 10007
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