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In lugnet.announce, Joe Meno wrote:
Awesome! Stupendous! Bravo! Really nice job. I’ve downloaded the first issue
and gotten 20 pages into it, and it’s hard to put it down (though I really do
need to be working at the moment!).
My only regret is that it’s just a PDF -- I can’t comfortably read this, nor can
I leave it lying around for my wife to pick up and flip through. (No, there’s
no hope of her browsing the PDF.) Where can I buy a printed copy? Can anyone
recommend some sort of print-on-demand service that would do this justice
without costing an arm and a leg? (Where each limb is, say, ten bucks or so?)
Anyway, keep up the fantastic work, and thanks for this important contribution
to the community. I really hope it thrives.
Best,
– Joe
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Joe Strout wrote:
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In lugnet.announce, Joe Meno wrote:
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My only regret is that it’s just a PDF -- I can’t comfortably read this, nor
can I leave it lying around for my wife to pick up and flip through. (No,
there’s no hope of her browsing the PDF.) Where can I buy a printed copy?
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This is my question too - altho slightly different. When will subscriptions be
available? How much will they be? How can I sign up?
Awesome stuff Joe and team - Bravo! This is something the community could
really use and I’m impressed that you guys have gone and done it. Bravo!
-Lenny
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Joe Strout wrote:
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My only regret is that it’s just a PDF -- I can’t comfortably read this, nor
can I leave it lying around for my wife to pick up and flip through. (No,
there’s no hope of her browsing the PDF.) Where can I buy a printed copy?
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This is my question too - altho slightly different. When will subscriptions
be available? How much will they be? How can I sign up?
Awesome stuff Joe and team - Bravo! This is something the community could
really use and I’m impressed that you guys have gone and done it. Bravo!
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Agreed! I want something to carry around and read whenever.
Excellent work, team! What I imagined when a little birdie told me it was in
the works and much more. Yippie hurray!
You should work on the picture quality, though. You need to get higher-res
pictures in many cases.
~Kevoh
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Kevin Blocksidge wrote:
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Joe Strout wrote:
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My only regret is that it’s just a PDF -- I can’t comfortably read this,
nor can I leave it lying around for my wife to pick up and flip through.
(No, there’s no hope of her browsing the PDF.) Where can I buy a printed
copy?
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This is my question too - altho slightly different. When will subscriptions
be available? How much will they be? How can I sign up?
Awesome stuff Joe and team - Bravo! This is something the community could
really use and I’m impressed that you guys have gone and done it. Bravo!
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Agreed! I want something to carry around and read whenever.
Excellent work, team! What I imagined when a little birdie told me it was in
the works and much more. Yippie hurray!
You should work on the picture quality, though. You need to get higher-res
pictures in many cases.
~Kevoh
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Throw in another me too on publishing it in hard copy. I like how it is not just
USA centered either.
Great job!!!
Jude
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Jude Beaudin wrote:
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Throw in another me too on publishing it in hard copy. I like how it is not
just USA centered either.
Great job!!!
Jude
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Thanks - I’ve made comments about publishing on other posts, so I’ll just go
straight to the next comment :-)
One of the goals that I want to meet with BrickJournal is to make everyone
aware of the extent of the AFOL community. The community is not just the USA,
it’s much more! And in future issues (yes, issues!) we’ll have reports from
Europe and Japan!
Thanks again!
Joe
ed./pub, BrickJournal
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Kevin Blocksidge wrote:
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You should work on the picture quality, though. You need to get higher-res
pictures in many cases.
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I suspect during PDF export they were crunched to save file space. For those of
us hosting mirrors this is a good thing! :)
I’m sure the print version is much clearer.
Calum
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Calum Tsang wrote:
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Kevin Blocksidge wrote:
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You should work on the picture quality, though. You need to get higher-res
pictures in many cases.
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I suspect during PDF export they were crunched to save file space. For those
of us hosting mirrors this is a good thing! :)
I’m sure the print version is much clearer.
Calum
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Calum is indeed correct. We built the magazine using professional printing
software (Adobe InDesign) at a full 300dpi for 8.5 x 11. Needless to say, that
download is over 100 Mb.
As for all the other comments here, thank you so much. We are very excited about
this as well. And believe me when I say all of the suggestions above have been
brought up before. We decided to work on the magazine itself though and get a
good finished product. Please keep the feedback coming.
Geoff Gray - Brickjournal Staffer
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Geoff Gray wrote:
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As for all the other comments here, thank you so much. We are very excited
about this as well. And believe me when I say all of the suggestions above
have been brought up before. We decided to work on the magazine itself though
and get a good finished product. Please keep the feedback coming.
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Awesome stuff!
One suggestion, coming from someone who works in a copy center. I think this
would be better if it were formatted for 8-1/2x11 paper instead of 11x17 paper.
This would make printing out a copy a lot easier.
Russell
BayLUG/BayLTC
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Joe Strout wrote:
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My only regret is that it’s just a PDF -- I can’t comfortably read this, nor
can I leave it lying around for my wife to pick up and flip through. (No,
there’s no hope of her browsing the PDF.) Where can I buy a printed copy?
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This is my question too - altho slightly different. When will subscriptions
be available? How much will they be? How can I sign up?
Awesome stuff Joe and team - Bravo! This is something the community could
really use and I’m impressed that you guys have gone and done it. Bravo!
-Lenny
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Lenny,
The staff of BrickJournal is reviewing options for printing and subscriptions.
Right now, we are in the researching stage (to be honest, I wasn’t expecting to
address this so soon), so I can’t give you a good answer. Once we determine our
plan of action, I’ll announce here and on LEGOFan.
Thanks for the
compliments!
Later,
Joe,
ed./pub, BrickJournal
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Joe Strout wrote:
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In lugnet.announce, Joe Meno wrote:
My only regret is that it’s just a PDF -- I can’t comfortably read this, nor
can I leave it lying around for my wife to pick up and flip through. (No,
there’s no hope of her browsing the PDF.) Where can I buy a printed copy?
Can anyone recommend some sort of print-on-demand service that would do this
justice without costing an arm and a leg? (Where each limb is, say, ten
bucks or so?)
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I agree with the several people who have expressed an interest for a printed
copy of Brick Journal. I’m more than willing to pay for a subscription that
would come in the mail.
Oh yeah, thanks for including my picture in the first
issue. (I’m the Celebration III ISD build team member with the black shirt.) I
had no idea this project was even in the works, and then I’m in the 1st issue.
SWEET!
David Gregory
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, David Gregory wrote:
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I agree with the several people who have expressed an interest for a printed
copy of Brick Journal. I’m more than willing to pay for a subscription that
would come in the mail.
Oh yeah, thanks for including my picture in the
first issue. (I’m the Celebration III ISD build team member with the black
shirt.) I had no idea this project was even in the works, and then I’m in
the 1st issue. SWEET!
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I’m a me-too-er on the issue of print as well. I have a slow connection, plus
don’t always check more than my email when online. (It’s a fluke I saw this
thread.) If it came mailed in print form, I’d be less likely to miss it.
But I’m posting to add ask, hasn’t this sort of idea been mentioned before? A
quick search reveals this:
http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=40446
But the links therein seem to be dead.
I also seem to recall a thread (perhaps from that same source?) that asked for
AFOLs to pre-subscribe by adding their name to a mailing list to get early dibs
on issues. Naturally, I sent my name in, but sadly never heard any more. Was
this (these) just an idea that has since become defunct (BJ excluded) ?
–Hendo
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John,
In regards to your question about the previous ideas of doing a Lego
magazine..Yes, this is not a new idea. It has been discussed before in various
ways, but sadly until now none have come to fruition. It should be noted for
the record that Brick Journal is in no way associated with what is formerly
known as Bricks Magazine.
Thanks for the feedback,
Jim Foulds
Assistant Editor for Brick Journal
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, John P. Henderson wrote:
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, David Gregory wrote:
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I agree with the several people who have expressed an interest for a printed
copy of Brick Journal. I’m more than willing to pay for a subscription that
would come in the mail.
Oh yeah, thanks for including my picture in the
first issue. (I’m the Celebration III ISD build team member with the black
shirt.) I had no idea this project was even in the works, and then I’m in
the 1st issue. SWEET!
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I’m a me-too-er on the issue of print as well. I have a slow connection,
plus don’t always check more than my email when online. (It’s a fluke I saw
this thread.) If it came mailed in print form, I’d be less likely to miss
it.
But I’m posting to add ask, hasn’t this sort of idea been mentioned before?
A quick search reveals this:
http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=40446
But the links therein seem to be dead.
I also seem to recall a thread (perhaps from that same source?) that asked
for AFOLs to pre-subscribe by adding their name to a mailing list to get
early dibs on issues. Naturally, I sent my name in, but sadly never heard
any more. Was this (these) just an idea that has since become defunct (BJ
excluded) ?
–Hendo
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Hendo, that was the infamous “Bricks Magazine” or something like that. That was
sometime around Dec 2002-Feb 2003, organized by someone who has completely
dropped off Lugnet. Rumors abound, and likewise, nobody got their money back.
The goal of BrickJournal was to produce a magazine first, make it in .pdf format
so it could be downloaded, readable, be enjoyed, and nobody would have to pay a
subscription up front (or worse--grumble that this project would be another
Bricks Magazine). In essence, we wanted to prove it could be done and have
something tangible first--
BJ: “we have a magazine we’re writing, you can subscribe first, and then we
“promise” to have a magazine done...”
AFOL: “yeah, right... is this another “Bricks Magazine” endeavor? I lost my
money then, what makes you think I’ll pay again?”
BJ: “Here’s our first issue!” and it’s FREE!!!
That last line is what BrickJournal is providing--proof!
-Scott Lyttle
BrickJournal Staffer/writer
(Hope y’all liked the welcome article!)
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, David Gregory wrote:
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Joe Strout wrote:
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My only regret is that it’s just a PDF -- I can’t comfortably read this, nor
can I leave it lying around for my wife to pick up and flip through. (No,
there’s no hope of her browsing the PDF.) Where can I buy a printed copy?
Can anyone recommend some sort of print-on-demand service that would do this
justice without costing an arm and a leg? (Where each limb is, say, ten
bucks or so?)
|
I agree with the several people who have expressed an interest for a printed
copy of Brick Journal. I’m more than willing to pay for a subscription that
would come in the mail.
Oh yeah, thanks for including my picture in the
first issue. (I’m the Celebration III ISD build team member with the black
shirt.) I had no idea this project was even in the works, and then I’m in
the 1st issue. SWEET!
David Gregory
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Hi David,
You’re welcome :-) One of the things that’s in the masthead is community..and
that picture showed the community!
As for printed copies, patience, young Skywalker....the staff is looking at
options and will be making some plans and decisions pretty soon. When we do, we
will announce it here and on LEGOFan!
Thanks for the comments and
compliments,
Joe
Ed./Pub, BrickJournal
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