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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Joe Meno wrote:
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BrickJournal 9 is now available for downloading through its
publisher, TwoMorrows. It’s 148 pages of reports and instructions, with
event reports of 1000steine-Land, Brickworld, and LEGOFest. There’s also
interviews with a couple of Star Wars builders and a Star Wars LEGO designer!
In order to download the magazine, everyone will need to create an account
at Twomorrows - this is needed to create a mailing list for the magazine.
There’s also another reason that will be explained below.
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Wait one cotton-pickin’ minute here. You mean the old issues are no longer
free?!!!????!!
I totally understand about charging for new content starting with issue 10. But
issues 1-8 were released without any indication that they would ever not be
freely available.
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, William R. Ward wrote:
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Wait one cotton-pickin’ minute here. You mean the old issues are no longer
free?!!!????!!
I totally understand about charging for new content starting with issue 10.
But issues 1-8 were released without any indication that they would ever not
be freely available.
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I did bring this up here:
http://news.lugnet.com/publish/brickjournal/?n=175
You posted a reply here:
http://news.lugnet.com/publish/brickjournal/?n=178
and I stated my position here:
http://news.lugnet.com/publish/brickjournal/?n=179
If BrickJournal is to be a sustainable enterprise, I will need to make as many
revenue streams as possible.
Joe
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Joe Meno wrote:
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, William R. Ward wrote:
(snip)
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Wait one cotton-pickin’ minute here. You mean the old issues are no longer
free?!!!????!!
I totally understand about charging for new content starting with issue 10.
But issues 1-8 were released without any indication that they would ever not
be freely available.
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I did bring this up here:
http://news.lugnet.com/publish/brickjournal/?n=175
You posted a reply here:
http://news.lugnet.com/publish/brickjournal/?n=178
and I stated my position here:
http://news.lugnet.com/publish/brickjournal/?n=179
If BrickJournal is to be a sustainable enterprise, I will need to make as
many revenue streams as possible.
Joe
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That thread was talking about the new issues (from issue 10 onward). I’m
talking about the existing issues that were previously made available for free.
Once something’s been released for free, it seems wrong to me to start charging
for it later.
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, William R. Ward wrote:
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Once something’s been released for free, it seems wrong to me to start
charging for it later.
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Really? I have received free coffee, chocolates, cable channels, newspapers,
magazines, laundry detergent, phone services and dozens more goods and services.
Eventually the free trial period ends and if you want access to the goods and
services you have to start to pay.
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, William R. Ward wrote:
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Joe Meno wrote:
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, William R. Ward wrote:
(snip)
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Wait one cotton-pickin’ minute here. You mean the old issues are no longer
free?!!!????!!
I totally understand about charging for new content starting with issue 10.
But issues 1-8 were released without any indication that they would ever
not be freely available.
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I did bring this up here:
http://news.lugnet.com/publish/brickjournal/?n=175
You posted a reply here:
http://news.lugnet.com/publish/brickjournal/?n=178
and I stated my position here:
http://news.lugnet.com/publish/brickjournal/?n=179
If BrickJournal is to be a sustainable enterprise, I will need to make as
many revenue streams as possible.
Joe
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That thread was talking about the new issues (from issue 10 onward). I’m
talking about the existing issues that were previously made available for
free. Once something’s been released for free, it seems wrong to me to start
charging for it later.
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This was a decision that was made after it was pointed out to me by the
publisher that a free issue in any form will undercut any selling issue. As for
the revenue itself, it will be going to subsidizing print compendiums of back
issues.
I am sorry that you thought otherwise.
Joe
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