Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:08:51 -0300 From: Gonzalo Nemmi <gnemmi@gmail.com> To: matt@ixsystems.com Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Save BSD magazine Message-ID: <19e9a5dc0907011308g4388cf7er6bea2c0fc0cd50e3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9740caf0907011039m553f8197ya39c35a47875aeb3@mail.gmail.com> References: <200907011536.20404.karolina.lesinska@lpmagazine.org> <9740caf0907011039m553f8197ya39c35a47875aeb3@mail.gmail.com>
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2009/7/1 Matt Olander <matt@ixsystems.com> > We are in contact with them in an attempt to save the magazine. Not > having the ability to order and pay for a subscription online really > hurt them, I think. This is why we started offering it through the > FreeBSD Mall. > > The BSD magazine is available at Borders and Barnes & Noble. We'll be > doing our best to help increase sales figures this week so that > hopefully the mag gets a longer lease on life. If that does happen, we > will help them sign up advertisers, increase subscriptions, and find > more authors to create a viable longer term plan for keeping the > magazine in production. > > This may be your last chance to run out and grab a copy :'( > > Best, > -matt > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Karolina Lesi=F1ska <karolina.lesinska@lpmagazine.org> > Date: 2009/7/1 > Subject: Save BSD magazine > To: > > > Dear Authors, > > I am sure most of you already heard that BSD magazine is going to be > closed, > due to much lower benefits than expected and the economy in general... > > There is one last chance thought - if I somehow manage to increase the > sales > figures in stores the magazine will be published. I was given only one we= ek > (till Monday). Not much, but better than nothing. I think it is worth > trying! > > I can't do it alone -so I am asking you for your help and support. I know > most > of you are already helping and I am really thankful for that. > > If you could help me to promote the magazine on all forums, portals, blog= s > or > anywhere else I would be really grateful. > > I have attached the cover of the most current issue of BSD magazine if yo= u > would like to use it. > > Please spread the word about BSD magazine! > > Also, I would like thank you for all great articles, support, precious > comments and helping hand whenever we need it! > > best regards > Karolina > > > > -- > Linux+ DVD > BSD magazine > Karolina Lesi=F1ska > Product Manager > > /////////////////////////////////////////////// > Software Press Sp.z.o.o SK > Bokserska 1 > 02-682 Warszawa > Poland > > phone number: 1-917-338 - 3631 > fax: +48 22 244 24 59 > www.lpmagazine.org/en > www.bsdmag.org A long time ago I asked info@freebsdmall if it was possible to add items to my FreeBSD subscription and I got a no for an answer. It was completely logical ... it was a "we process subscriptions in batches= , hence, we can't add items". Well .. I actually wanted to add issue number 2 of the BSD Mag to my 7.1 shipment .. the problem was (and it still is .. an= d it got even worse in the last few months) that the dollar-peso ratio went u= p too high too fast and paying a 15+ dollars for shipment on a 15 dollars mag didn't make any sense at all :s Would there be a way to do that in the future? I mean, add items to a subscriber's order ... specially BSD Mag issues (or back issues :s) Anyways ... I just signed up to a 12 months .pdf subscription (starting fro= m issue 3) through the BSD Mag web site. And just for the record, as I posted on the BSD Mag Forum, I've been postin= g about every BSD Mag issue and its corresponding link to the freebsdmall for more than a year now .. but apparently that didn't help at all .. I guess the language and the price tag make it kind of impossible to sell the mag outside the U.S. - U.K./E.U markets .. specially in Latin America :( Hope they can make it :) Best Regards Gonzalo Nemmi
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