And so the test and profile of a sister e-magazine to eDIGImag™ takes place. In order to prove the concept of multiple contributor built digial publications, we have used the aviation photographers journal, le Cirque Volant©, as a test bed. Having gone through four issues, with the last issue being a definitive layout, we can say it has been successful.

Judging from the number of downloads over the past four months and a steady contribution stream, the e-magzine has certainly leapt into this niche ‘market’; with worldwide ‘viewership’. Statistically, a total of 1200 e-magazine downloads have taken place, spread over the four issues. Issue #4, October 2007, peaked at 431 within 7 days of posting to the website http://www.lecirquevolant.co.za. This is a subscription service and has a current membership of 3000+, so far.

The images contributed are brillaint, and articles are casual, and informative – of couse from the aviation phoptographer’s point of view. The editor also gleans image series from a number of websites, with Flickr© groups being the dominant contributor.

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