From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Oct 26 17:21:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from pioneernet.net (pop3.pioneernet.net [208.240.196.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C058037B479 for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2000 17:21:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wiegand.org [208.194.173.26] by pioneernet.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.03) id AE7D28FA00B8; Thu, 26 Oct 2000 17:38:21 -0700 Message-ID: <39F8CACC.FC6F4DC0@wiegand.org> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 17:22:36 -0700 From: Chip X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.74 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Free BSD 4-Color Magazine References: <83.1fb8473.2729cb80@aol.com> <39F875E7.59048742@gte.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I would also subscribe as soon as it becomes possible. Like Tom, I just recieved my copy of Daemon News and found it quite enlightening. Tom Collins wrote: > > Someone may want to start a seperate thread on this one > I for 1 would subscribe since I just paid something close to those numbers for > the Daemonnews hard copy mag that arrived in my mailbox yesterday, (nice quality, > color). I'm guessing tho that you may have to start as a quarterly unless you got > an influx of articles or how-tos. > Tom Collins, Tampa > > JFin1959@aol.com wrote: > > > Dear Free BSD user \ subscriber, > > > > My name is John Finlay, and I am a magazine publisher, hard copy, not > > online. I publish 4-color magazines such as Concierge magazine and New Senior > > Living. These magazines are printed on high quality, glossy paper with > > sophisticated graphics. > > > > Through my association with a BSD user in Houston, I am exploring the idea of > > publishing a Free BSD magazine. This magazine would contain pertinent > > articles by the leaders in the BSD industry, and include tech-type > > advertising to support the publication. > > > > My inquiry to you is this, would you be willing to pay for a monthly or > > quarterly magazine dealing with BSD issues? I anticipate a subscription rate > > of $5-8 per issue, which will include mailing. My associate has assured me > > that we will be able to put the magazine on-line as well as publish it in > > hard copy format. > > > > I am presently publishing New Senior Living in Houston, Central \ Southeast > > Texas, Dallas-Ft. Worth, and Oklahoma. I am presently publishing Concierge in > > Houston and Dallas. These are totally unrelated magazines, but are very > > expensive, nice publications that show I am serious about the publishing > > business. > > > > Any comments or suggestions you have on this topic are greatly appreciated. > > > > My address is: jfin1959@aol.com > > > > or JAM Publications, Inc. > > 2620--B South Shepherd Drive > > Suite # 131 > > Houston, Texas 77098 > > > > Telephone: 713-942-7703-------713-942-0698------- > > National pager: 713-994-7690 > > > > I am in the process of contacting the Free BSD companies and authors to gauge > > interest in this project. Thank you very much for your time and interest. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > John Finlay > > JAM Publications, Inc. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- Chip W. www.wiegand.org Alternative Operating Systems To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message