rbacal - 1:27 am on Sep 12, 2006 (gmt 0)

Are you saying that you knowingly use sub-standard content online because it's "cheap"?

Just wanted to kick in here since I'm both a print writer (books, articles), and a webwriter (I don't do original work for others in e-format).

The issue is that basically you have different media, with different reader expectations, needs, wants and behaviors. And you have different "editorial" procedures which range from zero (on the web) to exceedingly rigorous (in, let's say a high value slick magazine).

So, the standards are different. In fact, what might fit as a really great article on the web would probably NOT fit as an article in a glossy mag. And, vice versa.

That said, if you went to my website and read some of my more recent material, and compared it to the material in my books (which had to pass through 3-4 editors, rewrites, etc), you'd probably see a difference in "quality".