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Re: BrickJournal 9 is OUT, as well as other news!
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lugnet.publish.brickjournal
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Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:22:51 GMT
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Allan Johansen wrote:
> "Joe Meno" <jmenomeno@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:Jq22zo.Mo1@lugnet.com...
> > In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Allan Johansen wrote:
> >
> > > A few thoughts:
> > >
> > > First of all, I'm disappointed that greed has gotten the better of you.
> > > Issue
> > > one to eight was released free of charge, and should stay free.
> >
> > I'm sorry I disappointed you, although I can pretty much say the comment
> > on
> > greed is a pretty cheap shot.
>
> Greed is a strong word (perhaps too strong in this case), but I'm not sure
> what other word I can use.
>
> I've been doing volunteer work for several clubs / publications over the
> years and I have never asked for anything in return. That's the whole point
> of volunteer work - working for free because you have a passion for the
> hobby.
> The BrickJournal used to be a magazine written by fans for fans; and a
> fairly good one at that. Now, it's a magazine written by fans for money. And
> in my experience, that's where things usually go wrong. How much do you pay
> the writers? How much do you ask for the magazine? What happens when some of
> the writers suddenly decide that they want more money? Do you raise the
> price? Then the writers want more, the price must be raised again. It's a
> spiral that you're never getting out of again. Been there, done that.
I have done volunteer work for quite a few things myself and my motivation is
because I like to do things.
Money does tend to corrupt. However, money is also a resource that makes many
things happen. Like printing. And yes I am looking at staffing and contributors.
However, it became a point where I had to either stay free and not publish or
try to publish.
> I'm not saying that it's going to happen to you. In fact, I hope it won't.
> But sadly, once you start mixing money into volunteer fan-based work,
> things, in my experience, tends to go wrong.
I understand that point quite clearly and will be working to keep from things
going awry.
> But that's, of course, just my personal opinion. It's your magazine, and you're
> free to do with it whatever you want.
>
> > > Secondly, I don't really mind paying for the following issues. That is to
> > > say, a few dollars for the pdf-version is ok, 32 dollars + 36 dollars
> > > shipping for the printed version is way too much.
> >
> > That's actually 34 dollars, and I agree it IS high. And I am working on
> > some
> > solutions.
>
> Ups, my mistake.
>
> > > Thirdly, and most importantly, there's nothing trustworthy about the
> > > site. I
> > > get certificate errors causing IE to block parts of the site and I simply
> > > can't understand why you need my address and phone number before letting
> > > me
> > > download a free preview of issue nine. And worse of all, I can't even
> > > download it after entering those details. I'm certainly not entering my
> > > credit card details into that system.
> >
> > I don't have certificate problems, but I am using Safari and or Firefox.
> > And you
> > should have gotten a link to download after you filled out the info. I
> > will
> > contact the publisher about this.
>
> Strangely enough, I can't get those errors today. But then again, I'm not
> sitting at the same computer. Yesterday I used my laptop (Windows XP), right
> now I'm using my normal computer (Windows Vista).
Could be OS or IE problem.
>
> > The info is useful for one reason - it helps us figure out where people
> > are who
> > are interested in the Journal. The phone number can be substituted, but I
> > and
> > the publisher need this info to figure out how to reach people.
> >
> > Joe
>
> Fair enough. But the problem is that the site doesn't really look
> trustworthy.
Don't know an answer to that. The site is the portal for the publisher, so it's
been used by many others.
Joe
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