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Originally Posted by davidrothman
Hi, Barry (and others). Thanks for your concern. As TeleRead.org's publisher, I can tell you we're not dying. But we have greatly slowed down the pace of posting since we're all volunteer now. Archived by the Library of Congress, we're in it for the long haul, and we have chosen a more sustainable approach than one dependent on advertising.
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I would like to offer a friendly suggestion for your blog because I'd like to see it continue and not die. I used to read your website every morning with my breakfast. It was one of the best. I thought the topics were insightful and covered a wide range of interests. I understand why your website had to adapt to the changing financial times and went volunteer. I like that you have added more guest contributors from other sites, and I think it's great for you to reach out to the MobileRead community.
However, I no longer read your site as frequently, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way so I'd like to explain why. There are two reasons.
1) As you noted, the change to volunteer status means that there are fewer articles, and thus I don't need to visit as frequently.
2) I like articles to cover issues in the news including about the government, but I think that the articles should be more factual and personal opinions could be done in a tone that is less in-your-face. If I click on a headline titled "I’m reading my ebooks with the free Roboto Slab font. What are you using?," then I don't want to read about how political candidates are BFF with Russia. It's completely unrelated to the discussion! I really just want to read about fonts!