"Bootstrap" business mag for designers launched as print on demand

A new magazine in the U.S. aimed at helping design firms run good businesses has been launched as a "bootstrap publication", made available through the print-on-demand firm Lulu.com.

Design Business Review's first edition (129 pages, b&w pages) is available now for $13.50. No apologies are made on the DBR website for the plain-vanilla appearance or rush to publication:

DBR is a quick-to-market publication, with a focus on speed and agility over high production value or glossy spreads. This means our blog is a rapidly-deployed version of Wordpress, our layout is fast-and-dirty, and there are no pictures. As our revenues increase, so will the publication grow both in substance and in style; there are plenty of publications that deal with the art side…it’s time we got down to the business side.