New on the Stainless Steel Website
I suppose that when it comes to publishing you could call me a bit of a traditionalist. Print and books are a way of life for me, and I’ve had a love affair with them since my childhood. I find the inky smell of a crisp, new magazine at the printers irresistible, as is turning the pages of a newly-bound first edition. Give me something printed and classy to read and I’m hooked – well almost. I suppose that this must be one of the initial reasons why I got into my line of work in the first place.
This does not mean to say that I am old-fashioned or do not have an eye for other media channels, however. For whilst I still have to purchase an iPad or an Ebook, I do have my iPod, use Skype all the time, am a member of LinkedIn, and, whilst I’m sorry to admit it, e-mail avidly. I would not say that my blackberry is my surrogate soul mate but I would hate to be separated from it. And like almost everyone I know today for whom time has become a precious commodity, I use the internet continually to skim around and glean information quickly and efficiently to keep me ahead of the competition, as it were. It’s the combination of the communication channels that I enjoy, which most importantly also includes meeting people and discussing ideas face-to-face. And during a recent tête-à-tête session, with one of my E-Publishing colleagues, he was excited to point out some of the many updates which we are currently making to our
stainless website pages, to make them not only more attractive but even more informative to our readers.
Firstly, the “Special Interest Boxes” are being remodeled into “Fact Files” which makes the articles easier to locate. In addition, our ‘E-Team’ can now post videos and interviews, as well as a newsfeed, and special feature articles. Currently, the
Duplex Fact File has been launched with more to follow soon. So if you have technical articles or further content ideas please feel free to contact our web-editor David Sear at
d.sear@kci-world.com.
In addition, the various photo galleries on the websites have been remodeled, check out the wealth of information available, for example, in the
PowerGen 2010 retrospect, which is a summary of the event taking place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 8–10th.
To make it easier for readers of Stainless Steel World to quickly see what new content has been posted on the website, the home page now contains an “
Editor’s Choice” box featuring the titles of the latest stories. This info will also be published in the News pages of every issue of the Stainless Steel World magazine. (See for example page 18 of this issue.). On the website, logos have also been introduced so that readers can quickly identify the type of story: interview, technical article, case history, photo retrospect or video report.
One of the new features is also a “Behind the News” section where Our On-Line Editors are looking beyond the raw facts to consider what press releases could mean for various industry players. We will also be posting interviews with some of the people and companies making the news. And from time to time we might just surprise you with what can be found on the Internet! See for example:
BEHIND THE NEWS: Who will win the Gassco game?
These are just examples of a few of the changes we have made so far, and because we feel that the website is very much there to fulfill your needs and wishes, please keep David Sear (
d.sear@kci-world.com) and myself posted with regard to any comments you may have for further improvements you would like to see.
Best regards,