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About sLiterarysLiterary is a new quarterly magazine publishing tasteful and carefully selected fictional stories relating to Second Life. While most SL magazines are lacking on high-quality content, and are advertisement-oriented, we are the complete opposite: 1) As a quarterly literary magazine with over a hundred submissions in our inaugural issue, we publish only the best stories we receive. For our Summer issue, we have submissions from SL celebrities and the Lindens, as well! 2) Although we are funded, in part, by advertisements, all ads are content-sensitive, and carefully designed to meld seamlessly into the context of the story.
ADS & Funding: sLiterary is funded by advertisements and private sponsors. Advertisements for the regular inworld edition and the web editions are handled via the http://adbook.sliterary.com system sLiterary is also experimenting with methods of publication unique to Second Life with an eye towards further advertiser outlets. "The Labyrinth", a current project being developed in this venture, involves displaying our Spring 2007 issue in the form of a "Maze of Stories." Users can walk through the maze via MouseLook to "scroll" through the pages. Walls of the maze that aren't filled with story pages are ample ad space. ( http://www.sluniverse.com/snapshots/152770.jpg ) Each Labyrinth also contains a Concert Hall floor above, so that live music events can be held upstairs, allowing users to mouseview-zoom and read the stories below while listening to great music. Please visit either the main Labyrinth or the Satellite Labyrinths: Main Labyrinth: Satellites:
DISTRIBUTIONS: The publication is distributed both in world, and on the web at http://sLiterary.com The web editions are in HTML, Flash, and pdf. Although the submissions are in English, the magazine will also be translated into German, Chinese, and French, and Italian editions. In addition, the site will feature a clickable-dictionary of SL-lingo, so that even those not acquainted with SL may enjoy our great stories. STATISTICS: The HTML edition of the magazine launched on 3/15/2007. The Flash and pdf edition of the magazine were launched on 3/17/2007. The inworld edition of the magazine launched on 3/21/2007. We have dispensers located all over the grid, as linked here: http://sliterary.com/dispensers The inworld magazines and dispensers are being tracked using SLTracer.com technology, which includes indepth location, and user tracing. Inworld magazine reads are only counted when rezzed to provide for a more accurate count of actual readership. |
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