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Subject:	Re: BrickJournal 9 is OUT, as well as other news!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.publish.brickjournal
Date:	Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:30:02 GMT
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Joe Meno wrote: > In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Gianluca Morelli wrote: > > This is a bad new. ¬¬You instantly loose most of your non-american readers, > > as we aren't going to pay an intercontinental shipping for our issues. > > > > Thanks for your great previous work,¬ > > Gianluca > > Wow. I'm sorry that you feel this way. I have done the best I can to make > things work out for as many people as possible. There are other options that > I am looking at to provide issues to everyone, and I am aware of the > audiences overseas. But I had to make some hard decisions. This is one of > them but it at least allows the option of international subscriptions. I'm > sorry that I couldn't do better at this time. > > Joe 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 americans pay 1 and having even it with a (say) 10 days delay. What about keeping up the pdf version, even not for free? For example, paying $5 to 10 for the pdf version would be fair... ...or at least tell us where to get it for free on emule... :-PPPPPPPPPPPP Gianluca

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		Re: BrickJournal 9 is OUT, as well as other news!
(...) 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)

		Re: BrickJournal 9 is OUT, as well as other news!
(...) 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)

		Re: BrickJournal 9 is OUT, as well as other news!
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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		Re: BrickJournal 9 is OUT, as well as other news!
(...) Wow. I'm sorry that you feel this way. I have done the best I can to make things work out for as many people as possible. There are other options that I am looking at to provide issues to everyone, and I am aware of the audiences overseas. But (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)

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