What is the biggest challenge in sustaining a print magazine?
Mandy: Definitely the financial aspect because it is extremely expensive to print a magazine- so expensive that we actually use a Canadian printer, because the government there subsidizes printing companies. I don’t think people really realize just how little profit magazines make off of selling each issue and the extreme delay in payment from distributors. It’s just part of the business of making print media. I always tell people to support what they love, even if it is just a few dollars here and there, because that adds up and eventually those few dollars turns into a few hundred and then a few thousand. Clamor has run into financial trouble. What is your funding situation like now? Why should people donate to Clamor? Mandy: Our funding situation is pretty bleak, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t hopeful. We are literally spending money as soon as it comes in the door out of complete necessity. With each issue, we have to work extremely hard in order to raise the funds to be able to p
