To publish online or not?

The huge public stoush over Melbourne based literary magazine Meanjin's future has prompted some debate over the viability of small literary publications. Barista's report of the board's sacking by Melbourne University over very the public mess has generated some interesting discussion of the possibilities – or otherwise – of literary magazines like Meanjin shedding their print formats and going online – exclusively.

I contributed my two bits to the discussion in the comments, so instead of reproducing them here, I thought I'd just redirect you to the discussion there.

There's obviously lots to say and think about on this topic, so it may inspire a separate blog post here yet.