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(...) 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 (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal)
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"Joe Meno" <jmenomeno@aol.com> wrote in message news:Jq22zo.Mo1@lugnet.com... (...) 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 / (...) (17 years ago, 18-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal)
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Holy crow was that the most convoluted crap website signup ever. I was constantly reloading pages and getting error messages. That is either a really good sign, (lots of people are signing up for subscriptions as I just did,) or a really bad sign. (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) I'm sorry I disappointed you, although I can pretty much say the comment on greed is a pretty cheap shot. (...) That's actually 34 dollars, and I agree it IS high. And I am working on some solutions. (...) I don't have certificate problems, (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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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 (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) 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. Secondly, I don't really mind paying for the following issues. That is to say, a few (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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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 (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) That may not true. I am working on that, however, I have no definites. I won't announce until then. Joe (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal)
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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 (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) The PDF is not expensive, it is expensive to get the printed issue (ok specialty magazines are expensive, I know) but the worst thing is that Europeans AFOL cannot buy at all the printed BJ because it is sold only within US. Luca (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal)
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(...) It was a matter of time - the biggest challenge has been getting things lined up. (...) I am working on that - there will be a display ad level and a classified ad level. Classified will have a specific section, like any classified section in (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Gianluca Morelli wrote: (chop) (...) Gianluca, The issues will be sold online as a PDF. I understand your frustration, and believe me, I am trying to find a solution. I can't offer free PDFs from now on, though. Joe (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal)
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(...) I don't understand what you are saying. It is neither hard nor expensive to pay $3.95 (that is what, 2.78 Euros at today's rate?) to get the pdf version. That is what you have been getting all along. He had to start charging something for the (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal)
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I can't say that I'm terribly upset and that I didn't see this coming. Now that BrickJournal can have real subscribers, the magazine can continue to grow with more advertising. I do hope that the advertising will be cheaper for LEGO based (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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(...) Ok, right. But in this case, don't offer a duty-version of the old PDF issues of Brickjournal, sell just printed copies and delete from Internet all (*) the PDF files. Luca (* on Internet the meaning of the word "all" is not the same of the (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal)
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(...) This is not the only problem. Think a second about this: how many Europeans would still write articles for a US Magazine which is hard/expensive to get in Europe? Brickjournal will loose not just readers but also writers... Cheers, Luca (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal)
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(...) I reread the specifics for the first print issue: (URL) it certainly seems to indicate that the .pdf version will still be available for $3.95. Which is even cheaper that what you thought would be fair. :) At least, that's the way I'm reading (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal)
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(...) Let me clarify myself... First issues special = 11$us for USA, 11$us + 2$us for Canada. This is "relatively" fair : 18.2% surcharge for USPS because it is sent international. Subscription = 32$us for USA, 50$us for Canada. 56.25% more for USPS (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) What about printing in Europe and Australia? Saso (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Hi Joe, I know that when you switch from fan-made stuff to "serious" stuff you got to make hard choices (especially for money troubles), but not having a distribution in Europe is a major issue. It's not pleasant to pay 2/3 times what (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal)
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