When Alessandro Ludovico and myself organised a session in De Balie in Amsterdam on January 19th 2007, called “Offline – Online Publishing: The Love for Print in an Age of Electronic Media”, we wanted specifically to address how the distinct qualities of print – especially in relation to independent magazines - could survive due to the potentials of networ- ked media and technology. We did not want to perform a requiem for the loss of print, but rather insist on how a love for speed and electrons in many ways contributes to the survival of hard copy. And I guess we also wanted to talk about our love for the tactility of the printed word: from the smell of ink to the feel of the page. Nevertheless, there seems to be a sense of loss, which shimmers through our words and senti- ments, even in the essays compiled here. (Nat Muller - The Magnet Reader 2)