The Perl Journal On The Ropes

rochlin writes "Looks like The Perl Journal might not make it up for air after all. This blurb is on their website. 'Time is running short and we need your help if The Perl Journal is to get another chance at being the real deal. As of a couple of minutes ago, we only have 881 subscriptions and the deadline is fast approaching. Please subscribe now. It only costs 3 cents per day to get the best Perl coverage anywhere.'" They need 3,000 subscribers to move forward.

Comments

Perl Monks!

[Mithrander]

Who needs Perl Journal when there's Perl Monks? Great resource!

Who is paying all the "bean counters and suits"...

[peterdaly]

In a word: Advertising.

Most magazine subscriptions costs just barely, if at all, cover the mailing costs. With an online magazine like this one, fixed costs are a little different, but I am sure they are still planning to rely on advertising to plug the money gap.

Hell, I have a couple "newstand" magazines which the publishers send to me for free to get the ads in front of me, since I fit a valued advertising demographic for them. Think about PCWeek and stuff (are they still around?) I used to get a mailbox full of free computer trade rags each week pro-bono.

-Pete

TPJ-"Thank you sir, may I have another?"

[fence]

I just signed up for TPJ pdf subscription, even though I got burned on the magazine subscription.

I was a subscriber to the TPJ mag since issue #3, and had just sent in my payment for three more years when I received a notice that they were discontinuing The Perl Journal and would begin sending me Sys Admin mag instead to finish out my subscription.

Received one Sys Admin mag in the mail, then nothing...What a deal.

So, I must be a glutton for punishment to send them MORE money, but I really enjoyed TPJ's content and was usually able to apply something from each issue to my daily work.

Twelve bucks a year is a pretty good investment for quality content that TPJ has provided in the past.