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I'm on the fence on this debate, but I am leaning over towards the online side. Print publishers pay a lot more than online publishers pay. They may pay as much as thousands per one article, that can be seen in print by their entire readership. Many national publications have millions of readers, while some only have a few thousand.

On-line publishers can have as many as a few hundred viewers, or as many as several million viewers. It depends on how many people peruse their site for information.

Online publishers don't pay nearly as much as print publications do, but they turn over their material much faster. The material that a writer submits to on line publications is much more current than magazine style of writing.

Many Internet publications are easier to read and many are written to a person, not at a person. By this I mean really well written pieces of work, especially on line, should be written like the writer is actually talking to a friend. This draws in the reader, and keeps him there, very much unlike written publications that are many times, dry, dull and uninteresting.

Did you ever notice how print publications get your attention? They draw a reader in, by scaring her, or him. They throw scary statistics at readers, about how something horrible could happen to their loved ones, or can happen to them personally. Wouldn't you rather have someone telling you something in a friendly, upbeat way? That's what a lot of Internet sites do, and they do it well.

Written publishers take a very long time deciding what articles to put in their magazines. Whereas, Internet publications see a much shorter return time, and one can get answers in as little time on their articles as a day or two. Sometimes they don't let a writer know if they need it or not for a month, but that is much faster than the slow turn around time of magazines that can take six months to a year.

There are as many styles of writing as there are websites on the Internet. A person can look through various websites just by a Google or a Yahoo, or an Ask.com search, to find what they are looking for. The reader may have to look at a couple of ads, but they don't have to buy the magazine, having it hang around the house for awhile until a person gets their value from it.

A writer has many different online sources to write for; it just takes some work searching for the publication they want to write for. People can create their own online sites and make money from them. Whereas, starting a magazine requires a lot of financial backing, and many people working for the magazine. Just one person can start a blog, or a website that interests them, and they can make money writing about a certain area, such as celebrities or perfume, or even living in Puerto Rico. A writer can utilize his or her skills already learned in life, and write what he or she already knows.

While writing for magazines, one must have a certain area of interest that is much more fine tuned and a lot more limited in scale. A person has to find the exact fit, before they can write for a certain print outlet.

While writing for print magazines or publishing a book can be very lucrative, it can take a long time before the work gets published, and before a writer gets paid. Many on-line sites need good writers right now, and pay right away also. A writer has to look for reputable sites to work for, and those aren't the ones offering a dollar or two for a well written article. Writing for online sites can be very lucrative, if a person is willing to be adventurous, and write for a small amount of money. One could try writing for both outlets, on-line and print at the same time, or work on that book that has festering around for many years.

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