RARA-AVIS: Re: Digital Edition of Playboy from the 50s

From: Kevin Burton Smith ( kvnsmith@thrillingdetective.com)
Date: 05 Mar 2008


I wrote:

> "The same people (Bondi) also offer 40 years of ROLLING STONE in the
> same format."

And Mark asked:

> Are the magazines searchable?

Yep. I'm surprised a music freak like you (it takes one to know one) doesn't already have it.

Although, as Jeff says about PLAYBOY, ROLLING STONE's not exactly on- topic, but it's not off-topic either, given both magazines' wide- ranging coverage of pop culture which, of course, includes crime fiction.

Imagine if the old pulps were available this way -- the mind boggles. Thirty years of BLACK MASK for about the going price of a single copy.

The only drawback is that the stuff can't be cut and pasted, although I guess if you're really determined you could print it out and then OCR it.

Kevin

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