I don't know if this is possible from a logistical standpoint, but it would be nice to be able to subscribe to a number of writers and then get a print(-on-demand) magazine on a weekly or monthly basis that compiles all of their posts for that time period.
That would also serve as a good revenue stream for writers like me who want to keep their Substacks free. I don't feel right charging for my writing (I want as many people to be able to benefit as possible), but a physical copy of my writing would need to at least cover the cost of production, so I wouldn't be opposed to creating a paid tier for those who want the "luxury" of a paper copy, so long as they can get the content for free if they prefer that.
Ah damn you! I'm trying to LESSEN my in box, and then you go and put in this link to something that looks really cool and I had to subscribe! :-) (Thanks!)
I literally gasped. Unsure of the production efforts this would entail, but I would be steadily onboard as both a consumer of the culture and one aiming to add to it.
Hello Hamish, I hope you won’t be offended if I tell you that a few years ago we had a Gordon Setter whose name was Hamish. We have had many Gordons(9) over the years because we absolutely love the breed. Our current Gordon is named Mungo(after the Patron Saint of Glasgow). Anyway, your name really brought back so many memories (all good) of of our Hamish. If you have any interest in dogs and maybe your Scots heritage, check out the breed. There are 2 strains, ‘field’, (smaller and very agile) and ‘bench’, usually heavier(Mungo is around 80 lbs.), they are big boned, active, can run for miles, work all day and curl up on the couch with you for snuggles, kisses . They are very ‘responsible’…Mungo for example makes sure that his 2 English Setter siblings behave. We did have a Westie who did that, by the name of Whisky, but he has gone to his reward. I am appending a note about the Earl of Gordon and his dogs just because, if you are not familiar with the breed it will provide some useful information. They are the heaviest of the setter breeds, well muscled, and as I said above are strong and can run all day (but don’t have to). Mungo is 8 now and he will be our last Gordon…he is my spirit dog and I am so happy I came across this breed when my son wanted a dog and we decided to do some research. We both liked the look and spirit of the Gordon. My son is now 60 and we have had 9 Gordon’s, sometimes 3 at once (all but 3 were rescues). They are not common in North America (probably no more than perhaps twenty(I’m guessing) breeders in North America. This may be much more information than you need and certainly not what you were expecting in the way of a comment on Substack in a thread discussing the current contre temps between the US and Canada, so please forgive an old lady, but your name just brought back so many memories. (Not sure where you live…I live in the Maritimes (New Brunswick , Canada). Sorry if I have intruded.
I would 100% pay for a print publication. That's what I thought this was announcing! I love flipping through a newspaper while sipping coffee. Over the last few years I've shifted my reading habits back to print and couldn't be happier with that decision.
I have wrestled with that exact situation. One subscription to a newspaper or magazine gets you dozens of authors who are being paid by their publication. I can't afford to subscribe to everyone I want to follow! Yet I'm glad they have a way to earn income from their work. Dilemma!!!!
Me, too, kinda like for the same reasons I subscribe to the NYT and like the weekend editions of the WSJ, for different reasons but mostly for the culture!
We're all for slowing down, touching grass, and savoring the words of those who labored to produce them! If you are in the comments like us and have a print publication in addition to your substack let us know!!
You know, a bunch of us could do this on our own and not even go through Substack. We could start here, this is a great way to connect with other writers that we appreciate, but we can set up our own print jobs and let people know about it through Substack.
Yes. Substack as an app just irritates me. All the best writers are now on Substack, so that's good, but its technical weaknesses just waste time. First world problem, I know; I am so privileged. But a book does not restart itself every time you go get a drink of water. Or if it does, you can just open it back at the page where you stopped.
In line with that, what has happened to me is that for some reason Substack no longer will work on the browser Firefox. It comes up, but NONE of the functions work, things like "Like", "Reply", changing how the comments are listed, etc., nor does it even register that you're a paying member. I have to switch to another browser (MS Edge, in this case). I'm hoping Firefox sorts this out soon!
Not to be contrarian, but I am replying to you from Firefox. I'm just wondering if your browser needs to be updated -- something FF does fairly frequently on my machine. I certainly could be wrong. And in the interest of honesty, I'm usually on my phone and don't normally read my Substack on my computer. And I have not tried anything other than what I'm doing right now, so maybe I'll change my mind after a few tries to access something else! If that's the case, I'll try to get back here and confess my erroneous thinking.... :)
You begin by saying "Our social media diets are making us cultural slovens, overstuffed with the digital equivalent of candy and fried chicken." and then as a cure, you offer more digital time suck.
I'm old school as they come, still miss that newspaper with morning coffee, can't listen to podcasts, can't listen to ebooks. I want silence with words I'm reading, need to hear them in my own head, see them on a page. I also would love to see a print version. That said, I find more than enough to read online, since I must.
Omg. I'd love to have silence. I CRAVE silence. I have tinnitus so bad I never get it. It drives me bat$h*t crazy. Listening to it now. Cuz I can't hear anything else!! 😮💨😤😵💫🫨
My husband has tinnitus. One of his solutions is to listen to music or old radio shows while he works, so he doesn't hear the ringing. But, yes, it is impossible for him to have pure silence any more. My sympathy!
Really excited about this! :) If you'd like to check out my Substack, my articles and podcasts are about all the work I make in my sound studio. I'm a BBC broadcaster, composer, voice actor and graphic score artist. I hope you enjoy! :)
The hyper-commodified internet and the energy needed to make it work is destroying the planet at breakneck speed, including trees. At least paper biodegrades and decouples us from the idiot boxes (tm Sharon Van Etten) we now carry everywhere.
I doubt print publishing is going to return to its previous level of environmental harm.
Paper can be made from other materials as well. It does not have to be made from trees. It can be made from hemp fibres, for instance... Hemp is both cheap to grow and very beneficial to the environment. There really is no need for all of our paper products to come exclusively from trees. We have hemp, and yet no one uses it! It produces superb paper at much less of a cost (both as an environmental cost, and a financial cost of production).
I got excited for a moment about the prospect of Substack launching its own print publication.
It's not impossible.
I don't know if this is possible from a logistical standpoint, but it would be nice to be able to subscribe to a number of writers and then get a print(-on-demand) magazine on a weekly or monthly basis that compiles all of their posts for that time period.
That would also serve as a good revenue stream for writers like me who want to keep their Substacks free. I don't feel right charging for my writing (I want as many people to be able to benefit as possible), but a physical copy of my writing would need to at least cover the cost of production, so I wouldn't be opposed to creating a paid tier for those who want the "luxury" of a paper copy, so long as they can get the content for free if they prefer that.
Brilliant!
I would love that!
This is a great idea.
That would be fantastic!
I thought the exact same thing. Now that you have Substack Post all you need is Substack Press! It would be simply brilliant Hamish :)
Yes and give all of us who are frustrated writers who never got published, a chance to write our story!
Bring it on Hamish!
Been checking this out! https://www.newspaperclub.com/
Ah damn you! I'm trying to LESSEN my in box, and then you go and put in this link to something that looks really cool and I had to subscribe! :-) (Thanks!)
Scottish, much? A wink and a smile to ya! Let's see what "The Substack Post" has to offer. :-)
In awe! I believe “Thank you” is the word we’re all looking for, thanks for Substack a tactile digital in this world.
It might cost more
please do this
I literally gasped. Unsure of the production efforts this would entail, but I would be steadily onboard as both a consumer of the culture and one aiming to add to it.
"It's not possible,": a tad defeatist, eh?
Connie! Read that again!
Hello Hamish, I hope you won’t be offended if I tell you that a few years ago we had a Gordon Setter whose name was Hamish. We have had many Gordons(9) over the years because we absolutely love the breed. Our current Gordon is named Mungo(after the Patron Saint of Glasgow). Anyway, your name really brought back so many memories (all good) of of our Hamish. If you have any interest in dogs and maybe your Scots heritage, check out the breed. There are 2 strains, ‘field’, (smaller and very agile) and ‘bench’, usually heavier(Mungo is around 80 lbs.), they are big boned, active, can run for miles, work all day and curl up on the couch with you for snuggles, kisses . They are very ‘responsible’…Mungo for example makes sure that his 2 English Setter siblings behave. We did have a Westie who did that, by the name of Whisky, but he has gone to his reward. I am appending a note about the Earl of Gordon and his dogs just because, if you are not familiar with the breed it will provide some useful information. They are the heaviest of the setter breeds, well muscled, and as I said above are strong and can run all day (but don’t have to). Mungo is 8 now and he will be our last Gordon…he is my spirit dog and I am so happy I came across this breed when my son wanted a dog and we decided to do some research. We both liked the look and spirit of the Gordon. My son is now 60 and we have had 9 Gordon’s, sometimes 3 at once (all but 3 were rescues). They are not common in North America (probably no more than perhaps twenty(I’m guessing) breeders in North America. This may be much more information than you need and certainly not what you were expecting in the way of a comment on Substack in a thread discussing the current contre temps between the US and Canada, so please forgive an old lady, but your name just brought back so many memories. (Not sure where you live…I live in the Maritimes (New Brunswick , Canada). Sorry if I have intruded.
I would 100% pay for a print publication. That's what I thought this was announcing! I love flipping through a newspaper while sipping coffee. Over the last few years I've shifted my reading habits back to print and couldn't be happier with that decision.
I love reading a newspaper in the morning. My family always had papers delivered and it's so nice to stay off a screen to start the day.
yes! good move.
👀
+1 *would pay for this in a heartbeat
Depending on the price, agreed. Certainly better for our eyes than these toxic screens
Me too!!!!!
Me too
This thread comprises a salesman's dream!
Me too!!
That might be better than paying $75 or $100 per month for 15 separate Substack subscriptions.
Except we wouldn't be able to click the Play button.
I have wrestled with that exact situation. One subscription to a newspaper or magazine gets you dozens of authors who are being paid by their publication. I can't afford to subscribe to everyone I want to follow! Yet I'm glad they have a way to earn income from their work. Dilemma!!!!
Same same same re all comments abt actual paper💜
Thats what I was thinking!
I had the same thought! I would love to see an alternative to Amazon's KDP for self-published authors.
I've been considering offering a paid tier where I print out my newsletter and mail it to people.
Only english?
Please!!!
Me, too, kinda like for the same reasons I subscribe to the NYT and like the weekend editions of the WSJ, for different reasons but mostly for the culture!
Same here!
Same!!
Maybe something comparable to Lapham’s Quarterly - I'd subscribe in a second. Maybe even reach out to Lapham’s Quarterly ?
That sounds like a good idea. I was sorry to see they had run into financial troubles.
The editor died!
We're all for slowing down, touching grass, and savoring the words of those who labored to produce them! If you are in the comments like us and have a print publication in addition to your substack let us know!!
Fiber Arts is a beautiful print magazine!
Yes!! I subscribe too:)
I want to touch real paper!
If you liked this comment, read my latest post! https://open.substack.com/pub/ishayirashashem/p/my-readers-are-high-status-and-rich?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1hp7xr
There's a slogan for our times.
The joy of 2nd handbook stores are fading, but eBay can be a good substitute.
Wouldn't it be cool if Substack had a monthly 'zine in print that highlighted truly amazing writing? With a luxurious paper to touch?
You know, a bunch of us could do this on our own and not even go through Substack. We could start here, this is a great way to connect with other writers that we appreciate, but we can set up our own print jobs and let people know about it through Substack.
A print publication would be great. Sit and have a coffee while reading PRINT :)
Minus the coffee of course.
i'm sorry, this is just one more digital post to read. I always deleted Substack Reads, and I will delete Substack Post as well.
Sorry Sonia, your lose.
I'm gonna go read a book.
Yes. Substack as an app just irritates me. All the best writers are now on Substack, so that's good, but its technical weaknesses just waste time. First world problem, I know; I am so privileged. But a book does not restart itself every time you go get a drink of water. Or if it does, you can just open it back at the page where you stopped.
In line with that, what has happened to me is that for some reason Substack no longer will work on the browser Firefox. It comes up, but NONE of the functions work, things like "Like", "Reply", changing how the comments are listed, etc., nor does it even register that you're a paying member. I have to switch to another browser (MS Edge, in this case). I'm hoping Firefox sorts this out soon!
Not to be contrarian, but I am replying to you from Firefox. I'm just wondering if your browser needs to be updated -- something FF does fairly frequently on my machine. I certainly could be wrong. And in the interest of honesty, I'm usually on my phone and don't normally read my Substack on my computer. And I have not tried anything other than what I'm doing right now, so maybe I'll change my mind after a few tries to access something else! If that's the case, I'll try to get back here and confess my erroneous thinking.... :)
You begin by saying "Our social media diets are making us cultural slovens, overstuffed with the digital equivalent of candy and fried chicken." and then as a cure, you offer more digital time suck.
I'm old school as they come, still miss that newspaper with morning coffee, can't listen to podcasts, can't listen to ebooks. I want silence with words I'm reading, need to hear them in my own head, see them on a page. I also would love to see a print version. That said, I find more than enough to read online, since I must.
Omg. I'd love to have silence. I CRAVE silence. I have tinnitus so bad I never get it. It drives me bat$h*t crazy. Listening to it now. Cuz I can't hear anything else!! 😮💨😤😵💫🫨
My husband has tinnitus. One of his solutions is to listen to music or old radio shows while he works, so he doesn't hear the ringing. But, yes, it is impossible for him to have pure silence any more. My sympathy!
Great title and inspiring introduction! And I vote for a print publication coming out of it too. Touch paper, after all. :)
Really excited about this! :) If you'd like to check out my Substack, my articles and podcasts are about all the work I make in my sound studio. I'm a BBC broadcaster, composer, voice actor and graphic score artist. I hope you enjoy! :)
you should make it actually paper :)
Nooooo ... we have a planet to love as well as words!
Well...as you may have heard, newsprint can be recycled. Extracting rare-earth minerals from the planet we all share is a rapacious process.
The hyper-commodified internet and the energy needed to make it work is destroying the planet at breakneck speed, including trees. At least paper biodegrades and decouples us from the idiot boxes (tm Sharon Van Etten) we now carry everywhere.
I doubt print publishing is going to return to its previous level of environmental harm.
Paper can be made from other materials as well. It does not have to be made from trees. It can be made from hemp fibres, for instance... Hemp is both cheap to grow and very beneficial to the environment. There really is no need for all of our paper products to come exclusively from trees. We have hemp, and yet no one uses it! It produces superb paper at much less of a cost (both as an environmental cost, and a financial cost of production).
Absolutely agree, Stephanie … despite hemp making superb paper … nobody uses it!
Did anyone else briefly think this was an announcement for a print on demand service?
Great decision with outstanding intentions. Looking forward to Substack’s future and influence.
exciting!