We’re about 72 hours away from deadline for Issue No. 113, so I thought I’d do a bit more experimenting with video blogging by showing you how we put together an issue. This video is a bit long — about 9 1/2 minutes — but it is condensed (by Jay Stoler) from a 90-minute meeting of editors involved in the final layout.

Keep in mind that all of the articles under discussion have been edited and largely layed out. We know pretty much everything about the articles, art, and ads we are pouring into the issue. But it is still a very mind-consuming job with many details to consider. Hopefully, the video will give you a glimpse into how well we work on deadline.

Here is our first attempt at putting a video clip on this blog. It’s a brief behind-the-scenes tour of the Backwoods Home Magazine office in Gold Beach, Oregon. The video is a bit fuzzy but we’ll improve on the quality as we get more experience.

The Ketchikan Public Library in Alaska Says Backwoods Home Magazine is their third most popular magazine out of the 109 magazines to which they subscribe. Check out this blog post from their librarian.