Do you know The Perl Review? Do you know you can subscribe it? Do you know that brian d foy and I are preparing for an European edition so you can pay less? But, we need subscribers. We need more european subscribers such that we can print in Europe (well, Portugal).
Given the current strength of the euro, subscribing at the overseas rate wasn't too expensive, anyway.
Last question: I remember having read about a PDF version of the paper TPR... Did I dream about it? I much prefer holding a paper review than a PDF journal, but if a PDF edition of TPR exists, my desire for completeness must be fulfilled...
Re:That's good news
ambs on 2004-10-14T07:15:57
Current European subscribers continue subscribed. No news:) Yes, the PDF version exists. brian sent them to the subscribers. DIdn't you receive it?
Re:That's good news
BooK on 2004-10-15T07:31:02
No, I didn't. I subscribed after the first wave of subscription, because I needed to know my new address.
Re:That's good news
cog on 2004-10-14T09:49:54
subscribing at the overseas rate wasn't too expensiveI think that was not the point... the point was that printing TPR in NA and sending it to Europe would be more expensive than sending it to NA... hence, we Europeans would have to pay more.
By printing TPR in Portugal, I believe these costs would be reduced.
Re:That's good news
ambs on 2004-10-14T09:53:49
Wait... we will not send them to NA. We will print at US and EU.Re:That's good news
BooK on 2004-10-15T07:37:28
Do you think there will be noticeable differences between the two editions? Like differences in paper, printing, etc. I guess the content will be same, except for a few lines somewhere near the cover page.
Re:That's good news
ambs on 2004-10-15T08:08:15
At the moment, the US edition is on normal "legal" paper (80g paper, I think). At the moment, the best budget I have (also for legal paper) is about 108g paper (a little better).Re:That's good news
brian_d_foy on 2004-10-16T17:08:42
The paper may end up being a little different, and the covers may differ slightly because the ISSN, bar codes, and what not might be different. I'm also trying to arrange advertising to cover the cost of printing, so the European edition may have different ads, too.Re:That's good news
BooK on 2004-10-16T22:18:20
But, but... I'll have to subscribe to both editions, if I want my collection to be complete!
Re:That's good news
brian_d_foy on 2004-10-14T19:47:13
If we start printing in the EU, you'll get a pro rata refund for the remaining parts of your subscription. That basically represents the postage I don't have to pay to send it Air Mail to you, which is currently $US2.40 an issue. That's a lot just in postage: about 6 times the US postage rate.
Re: TPR::EU
ambs on 2004-10-14T07:19:50
Hmmms. I have to ask brian and to get the prices for some fundamental stuff like envelopes and stamps. At the moment, non-US subscription is $30US. I think that if we got enough subscribers we can go for the $16US of US subscriptions (about 16 euros... maybe).NOTE: this is just an idea of the price.
Re: TPR::EU
brian_d_foy on 2004-10-14T19:50:33
That's about right. I don't expect the cost to be that much different in the EU or the US. Alberto's working up the cost, and from there we can set a price.
