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Make Magazine Subscription Now Available
Jac_no_k writes "O'Reilly's Make magazine is now taking subscription orders. They have an offer for one bonus 'mook' by using the offer code 'M5ZXML'. Their description: 'MAKE is a new hybrid magazine/book ("mook") published quarterly by O'Reilly. MAKE brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life. MAKE is loaded with exciting projects that help you make the most of your technology at home and away from home. It follows in line with the Hacks books and Hardware Hacking Projects, but it takes a highly visual and personal approach.'" If the quality of the magazine is the same as their technical books, this should be a worthwhile subscription.
One Year - 4 Volumes $34.95
Not bad, but not too good either. I dropped my subscriptions to Linux Journal and Linux Magazine when their prices went this high. I'll probably buy one or two off of the shelf before I decide to subscribe.
Magic Eight Ball: Outlook not so good., Hmmm, how about Excel and Word?
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*actually it's not ORA it's https://www.pubservice.com/
This
It's outsourced.
I tried to subscribe, submitting credit card immediately.
I got an invoice instead.
I called them. They won't have the data until Monday, because ORA has it (supposedly). They said, "sometimes that happens with websites."
I threw up my hands and decided to submit payment for the invoice, using a credit card.
I filled everything out. I checked all the appropriate boxes. I hit "Submit".
The payment page simply reloaded. No confirmation, no email, no nothing.
At this point, I've tried to pay twice. I thought I HAD paid. Twice. If this is how ORA wants to deal with their subscriptions, they just lost one. I have better things to do than help their outsourced subscription-handling company debug their craptacular approach to accepting money.
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I thought magazine news went in the developer section.
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Our subscription fulfillment house has processed nearly 600 subscription orders since the original slashdot. But the truth is, we should have been able to handle the load. I have been told that they in fact did identify a problem within the past hour and have corrected it. Everything appears to be running smoothly. However, if you continue to experience difficulties subscribing, please contact me directly at dan@oreilly.com. Dan Woods Associate Publisher MAKE dan@oreilly.com
'twas Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar, I think.
Circuit Cellar is a magazine in its own right, and it's not too bad (though it seems to be a bit heavy into using microcontrollers for everything.)
There are 3 magazine business models:
1. The readers pay
2. the advertisers pay
3. hybrid of the first two
I don't mind any of them because I understand that the business model affects the editorial content. Sometimes, I want to read the stuff the advertisers will pay for me to read and sometimes I am willing to pay for something else. Sometimes the ads themselves are quite informative and interesting.
If you must moderate, please moderate as irrelevent, not something bad, because I'm sure someone will find this interest
Someone needs to tell O'Reilly that "mook" is already a word. And, um, a derogatory one at that.
Another example of modern usage:
Read my blog.