- Digital or web articles need a strong hook: It is quite difficult on the web to make people read what you have written because choices are plenty online. This is not the case with a print publication because once you have purchased a magazine, a book or a newspaper, your content consumption is confined to that purchase. On the Internet the choices infinite. This is why readers can be a bit reckless when consuming online content.
- Online articles are shorter compared to print articles: For the print publication, since you have spent money, you take that content more seriously . This is why it is important to have a strong hook for your online writing so that people keep on reading without abandoning mid way.
- Control the reader: Print content allow us to "control the reader" we canwrite from introduction to conclusion and carefully build arguments in print we know what they've read previously, and what they are going to read next.we can present information in a logical sequence.
- Sourcing and attribution: If you are using pre-existing information or data you have to be very sure you’re using the right resources and then attributing the information to them when you’re writing for a print publication. Although this also happens when you are writing for reputable digital publications, the print publications take this aspect more seriously because print publications already have a system that scrutinises empirical claims with greater severity.
- Accountability and authority: You need to be sure of what you’re writing when you are writing for print publications. On the Internet you can be a bit lenient. It doesn’t mean that content on the Internet can be of inferior quality, it’s just that if an error occurs, it is easier to correct the digital format rather than the print format.
- Pitching for new assignments: Comparatively it is easier to pitch for new assignments for digital writing compared to print writing due to realistic as well as psychological differences. Print writing is more conventional. They are used to being very choosy when giving assignments to writers that didn’t work for them regularly. This is not the case for digital publishing. Publishers are more open towards new and relatively inexperienced writers. In fact, with digital publishing you can bypass conventional publishers even when you want to publish a book as you can straight away publish your book these days using services like Amazon.com.
- Payment: Ideally you get paid more for writing for print publications. This is because digital publishing, compared to print publishing, is still new although it has totally dominated the publishing arena. Also, digital publications are quite open to working with newer, less experienced and hence, low-cost writers, which is not the case with print publications.
