[Python-authors] upcoming themes in Python Magazine

[Mike Driscoll]

On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Kevin Dunn <kgdunn at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Brandon Craig Rhodes <
>> brandon at rhodesmill.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Intrepid Python authors -
>> >
>> > Hey!  I'm Brandon, the Editor-in-Chief of Python Magazine.
>> >
>> >
>> <snipped>
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Oh, and in case any of you are subscribers: we almost have the January
>> > issue of Python Magazine ready for release!  Because of budgetary
>> > problems, the magazine will henceforth be a PDF-only periodical that you
>> > download each month from the web site; and, as part of the transition,
>> > the web site is in the middle of being re-done by the publisher and is,
>> > last I checked, a bare page.  This should be replaced with a real web
>> > site in the next few days, and hopefully the appearance of the January
>> > issue will demonstrate that the publication is back on its feet.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Brandon Craig Rhodes   brandon at rhodesmill.org
>> > http://rhodesmill.org/brandon
>> > _______________________________________________
>>
>
>>
>> Well, I'm glad there's some word out there about what's going on. Maybe
>> you
>> can tell us what happened to the November, December and January issues? I
>> got my October issue in December. Are the subscribers who bought the
>> Print+PDF version getting refunded the difference or do they get an extra
>> issue or two?
>>
>> +1
>
> I personally would prefer to pay a few dollars extra each month and get a
> print edition as well.  I read my magazine in the train/coffee shop and make
> notes on it.  Come back to them later, add more notes, etc.  Sure, that's
> last century behaviour, but was there some interaction with subscribers to
> see what they preferred?
>
> Great magazine, and I really appreciate the effort that goes into it.
> Kevin
>
>


Well, I've been a subscriber for almost 2 years and I didn't have any
interaction whatsoever. They didn't even bother to tell us that they were
locking us out of our accounts for two months while they "updated" their
website. The magazine is nice, but the lack of transparency sucks.

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Mike Driscoll

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