Azio O Azio
I think I have talked about it many times in the past. And again, today is another same nagging blog article. I revisited the KAEM page, nothing much change.
Why I came to touch on the Esperanto publication again. It was because I have an argument with few friends. Afterall, they are right with their visions. I don't blame the fact that they are very keen to know what and why Esperanto in Asia never take off.
The issue we touched on, again is the Monato magazine, which claim to be something like the Newsweek version in English. I have never even read one copy of this magazine. I could not say much about. But, I certainly doubt about the content would be as good as newsweek.
1. Newsweek has the Asia version, which focus on the Asian issues.But with no Asia agents of Monato, how the magazine is going to sell like Newsweek. Asian would foremost, like to read what is happening in Asia. We don't wait till the translation months later to come out and read it. This Monato has to consider about it.
2. The cost of the Monato magazine would be many meals for the lower income group. Natgeo, Reader's Diegest and Newsweek, Asiaweek etc magazine, weekly magazine has high discount for the yearly or half yearly subscription. For example, the NatGeo which is about Ringgit 13 a copy on the shelf but with yearly subscription, it could be as low as RM 7. For us in Malaysia, RM 7 is about a day's meal but for Thailand, 70 bahts would be for one and half day meal money.
3. If they can pay for the magazines, mostly are the middle class people. Well, since they are the middle class, do they need to read Monato which is not up to date events ? Don't argue that money is the cost for the up-to-date issue. Do it as a commercial. Most Esperantists are still thinking of the good old days, that the Esperanto lessons are free, travelling are free etc. It is either you give more job opportunities to the society and get more people to read and more advertisement to come in.
4. Look at the list of agents. Huh, KAEM boost to have many members in Asia, why there is only Japan has the agent and is a part of the Japanese Esperanto Institute. What about China ? The market is the big attraction to many business people, why Monato never considers that ?
5. Monato has to consider the Asia version, which is printed in Asia, low cost for the people.
I met an Esperantist, he told me many people can learn Esperanto online. Gosh, she did not know that many people in Asia are still going to schools without shoes. These are the people they need Esperanto. It is not those with the high speed internet to learn Esperanto. Hope you know what I mean.
Thus, KAEM is a sleeping beauty or it is a working horse ? You judge it.
Learning a language, it is not by a few words to go around but it needs reinforcement. Just read the http://www.lernu.net/ forum page, you can see the argument about Esperanto is still there. It looks like no one is good enough to tell which is correct.
As I said before, we don't live in an island, Europe needs Asia and Asia needs Europe, perhaps, I should also extend to South America.
So where I can buy the Monato. Of course online. But I have no credit card.
Thus, don't compare with Newsweek, my dear Esperantists, Monato can only consider as a European base magazine. We in Asia needs the Asiaweek. Unfortunately, Asiaweek ceased publication. Jobs are lost of course.
Should I also add that there are 50,000 Oomoto followers in Japan, if half of the members read the Asia version, it would be 25k. That amount is able to get lots of advertisment.
So can KAEM think about it ?
Chu KAEM povas pensi pri tio ?
Se vi ne povas legi en angle, bv uzi la google tradulilon sur la pagxo
Why I came to touch on the Esperanto publication again. It was because I have an argument with few friends. Afterall, they are right with their visions. I don't blame the fact that they are very keen to know what and why Esperanto in Asia never take off.
The issue we touched on, again is the Monato magazine, which claim to be something like the Newsweek version in English. I have never even read one copy of this magazine. I could not say much about. But, I certainly doubt about the content would be as good as newsweek.
1. Newsweek has the Asia version, which focus on the Asian issues.But with no Asia agents of Monato, how the magazine is going to sell like Newsweek. Asian would foremost, like to read what is happening in Asia. We don't wait till the translation months later to come out and read it. This Monato has to consider about it.
2. The cost of the Monato magazine would be many meals for the lower income group. Natgeo, Reader's Diegest and Newsweek, Asiaweek etc magazine, weekly magazine has high discount for the yearly or half yearly subscription. For example, the NatGeo which is about Ringgit 13 a copy on the shelf but with yearly subscription, it could be as low as RM 7. For us in Malaysia, RM 7 is about a day's meal but for Thailand, 70 bahts would be for one and half day meal money.
3. If they can pay for the magazines, mostly are the middle class people. Well, since they are the middle class, do they need to read Monato which is not up to date events ? Don't argue that money is the cost for the up-to-date issue. Do it as a commercial. Most Esperantists are still thinking of the good old days, that the Esperanto lessons are free, travelling are free etc. It is either you give more job opportunities to the society and get more people to read and more advertisement to come in.
4. Look at the list of agents. Huh, KAEM boost to have many members in Asia, why there is only Japan has the agent and is a part of the Japanese Esperanto Institute. What about China ? The market is the big attraction to many business people, why Monato never considers that ?
5. Monato has to consider the Asia version, which is printed in Asia, low cost for the people.
I met an Esperantist, he told me many people can learn Esperanto online. Gosh, she did not know that many people in Asia are still going to schools without shoes. These are the people they need Esperanto. It is not those with the high speed internet to learn Esperanto. Hope you know what I mean.
Thus, KAEM is a sleeping beauty or it is a working horse ? You judge it.
Learning a language, it is not by a few words to go around but it needs reinforcement. Just read the http://www.lernu.net/ forum page, you can see the argument about Esperanto is still there. It looks like no one is good enough to tell which is correct.
As I said before, we don't live in an island, Europe needs Asia and Asia needs Europe, perhaps, I should also extend to South America.
So where I can buy the Monato. Of course online. But I have no credit card.
Thus, don't compare with Newsweek, my dear Esperantists, Monato can only consider as a European base magazine. We in Asia needs the Asiaweek. Unfortunately, Asiaweek ceased publication. Jobs are lost of course.
Should I also add that there are 50,000 Oomoto followers in Japan, if half of the members read the Asia version, it would be 25k. That amount is able to get lots of advertisment.
So can KAEM think about it ?
Chu KAEM povas pensi pri tio ?
Se vi ne povas legi en angle, bv uzi la google tradulilon sur la pagxo
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