Posted by * Visual Mindscapes *: 
Some people don't receive a reply at all.

Yeah, I know. I'm trying to be optimistic. Work with me here :-)

Light a candle for my (miniscule) chances, would you? :-)

what will shooters and models aspire to (i.e., request candles lit for) when playboy no longer exists in print media? (something that, i predict, might not be all that far down the road... along with the same for more than a few other print pubs)

Posted by jimmyd: 

Light a candle for my (miniscule) chances, would you? :-)

what will shooters and models aspire to (i.e., request candles lit for) when playboy no longer exists in print media? (something that, i predict, might not be all that far down the road... along with the same for more than a few other print pubs)

Have you been in a "chain owned" bookstore recently? Rows and rows of magazines! I could read my newspaper online but I choose to get the physical thing because it jsut isn't the same reading it on a screen. Now when paper is so scarce after we cut all the forrests, only then I could see reading being done by compuer screen only. But people still prefer the feel of a book or magazine in their hands.

Well heck! My favorite magazine is Performing Songwriter, and I can't get the entire article off the website unless I subscribe, so I'd rather get the magazine ... it feels better than holding a computer monitor! LOL

The music industry is another story! Record stores, even the big "chain" ones are going out of business as people burn more and more of the music off the 'net! Record labels, watch out! They are in for a bumpy ride in the future as more go unsigned or independent!

Have you been in a "chain owned" bookstore recently? Rows and rows of magazines!

i didn't mean to infer it was going to happen tomorrow. and i didn't say the whole magazine publishing industry was going belly up at once.  but playboy hasn't distributed their own product for some time now. (can you guess who has playboy's fullfillment contract?) playboyTV just recently took a lengthy hiatus. All's not well in the bunny's empire. and how about penthouse? will their new owners pull off a "flight of the phoenix" trick? LFP has folded a number of its magazines and layed off a bunch of people.

I'm not wearing a chicken suit and running around yelling "the sky is falling," but in spite of all those rows of magazines, the pulp industries' future is not so rosey.

And I doubt the Playboy franchise will be gone any time soon. If the industry morphs (which it will, and I suspect I have a good guess as to how), I believe Playboy will morph with it.

of that, i'm quite sure. good luck on your submission. i wish you the best in achieving your goals.

Posted by Patrick Walberg: 

My friend Luana Lani got a spread in a recent Playboy Special Edition

I feel so childish for laughing at this like teehee. playboy. spread. heh.

good luck, though!