Re: Messing About In Boats magazine, don't take for granted.
I too have enjoyed MAIB, to the extent that I miss it when it is late
in coming. Since the magazine is not available on newsstands, it must
be an uphill struggle to attract enough new subscribers to keep pace
with attrition, let alone grow. It occurred to me that by giving a
subscription to my local library, MAIB could gain a useful amount of
exposure. Since I am in Florida, there could be a number of seasonal
visitors here who discover the magazine and subscribe when they head
north again. Maybe some others in the group interested in keeping
MAIB going could duplicate this tactic.
Doug
in coming. Since the magazine is not available on newsstands, it must
be an uphill struggle to attract enough new subscribers to keep pace
with attrition, let alone grow. It occurred to me that by giving a
subscription to my local library, MAIB could gain a useful amount of
exposure. Since I am in Florida, there could be a number of seasonal
visitors here who discover the magazine and subscribe when they head
north again. Maybe some others in the group interested in keeping
MAIB going could duplicate this tactic.
Doug
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Hallman" <bruce@h...> wrote:
> This group has 1,679 members the last time I checked,
> and Bob Hicks just wrote that his magazine has only
> 4,500 subscribers. And, it is just bouncing along,
> as a 'non-profit' venture. If MAIB were to fold,
> I, for one, would really miss it!
>
> He could use more subscribers, and asks for readers
> to give 'gift subscriptions' this holiday season.
>
> $28 for a year, bi-weekly, [what a deal!]
> Worth every penny for the Bolger articles alone.
>
> 29 Burley St., Wenham, MA 01984-1943
This is my first year with MAIB. I await each issue like a kid at
Christmas. I am primarily a canoeist (sail and paddle, I built my own
woodstrip canoe) and came to MAIB on recommendation of a friend. At
first I wondered what facination a book about small boats would be to
me, but I was wrong. It's a great little magazine and is chock full
of inspiring articles.
I like the bi monthly publication too! Quick fixes for the water
spirit.
Hoz Joven
MAIB contributor November 1&15, 2003
Christmas. I am primarily a canoeist (sail and paddle, I built my own
woodstrip canoe) and came to MAIB on recommendation of a friend. At
first I wondered what facination a book about small boats would be to
me, but I was wrong. It's a great little magazine and is chock full
of inspiring articles.
I like the bi monthly publication too! Quick fixes for the water
spirit.
Hoz Joven
MAIB contributor November 1&15, 2003
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "pep cruells" <pepcruells@y...> wrote:
expensive. A solution might be to put two subsequent copies in the same
envelope to overseas subscribers - that way, the cost could be reduced and
people like me would find it easier to add MAIB to our boat magazine rations.
Maybe someone might suggest that to Bob? Chuck L - what do you think?
Gavin
> I'm sure it's worth every penny, but how much is it for aIt is a lot. I'd be very, very sorry to see it go, but subscribing from here is pretty
> subscription in Europe or Australia? I think it's a lot.
expensive. A solution might be to put two subsequent copies in the same
envelope to overseas subscribers - that way, the cost could be reduced and
people like me would find it easier to add MAIB to our boat magazine rations.
Maybe someone might suggest that to Bob? Chuck L - what do you think?
Gavin
I hope Bob Hick's daughter (the heiress apparent??) is catching
this! She seems to be computer comfortable or so Bob describes in
his editorials.
this! She seems to be computer comfortable or so Bob describes in
his editorials.
> I would heartily support a web based diffusion scheme in pdf formfor
> example. I think it would ensure many more subscriptions(especially
> if payment by credit card was accepted, or Paypal...)
--- The last time I checked, subscription for Europe was $ 64 a year
and $ 77 elsewhere. Not exactly cheap.
I would heartily support a web based diffusion scheme in pdf form for
example. I think it would ensure many more subscriptions (especially
if payment by credit card was accepted, or Paypal...)
and $ 77 elsewhere. Not exactly cheap.
I would heartily support a web based diffusion scheme in pdf form for
example. I think it would ensure many more subscriptions (especially
if payment by credit card was accepted, or Paypal...)
Just a thought
I'm a writer for a monthly computer newspaper put out by a local
computer club. We used to mail out a hard copy to all members - which
became very expensive. To save some $$ we offered to email PDF
versions to members *at the same subscription price*. This was a
piece of cake since we had to create a PDF for printing anyway. Turns
out almost all our members preferred to get PDFs and we stopped
printing about 2 years ago.
I'm a writer for a monthly computer newspaper put out by a local
computer club. We used to mail out a hard copy to all members - which
became very expensive. To save some $$ we offered to email PDF
versions to members *at the same subscription price*. This was a
piece of cake since we had to create a PDF for printing anyway. Turns
out almost all our members preferred to get PDFs and we stopped
printing about 2 years ago.
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Lefebvre" <paul@w...> wrote:
>
> Bob Hicks recently ran one of his 1st-page editorials on the on-
line pub concept and why he DOESN'T see MAIB evolving into one, and
how his old-fashioned paper mag and Duckworks are so nicely
complementary as they are now.
I subscribed to MAIB while living in Brazil. I think I just paid Bob
something like $8/yr extra postage up-front with my subscription or
something like that. It was nice to have it coming in regularly for those
years, though I was living in an apartment at the time so it was frustrating
not to be able to build anything. I went so far as to loft up a
skin-on-frame kayak which I planned to build in my 16th floor living room,
figuring I'd lower the finished boat by rope off my balcony in the middle of
the night when nobody was looking; thankfully my wife talked me out of that
perilous endeavor. I still managed to do quite a bit of year-round tropical
messing-about in our folding kayaks, the salvation of my sanity while living
there.
Bob Hicks recently ran one of his 1st-page editorials on the on-line pub
concept and why he DOESN'T see MAIB evolving into one, and how his
old-fashioned paper mag and Duckworks are so nicely complementary as they
are now. I don't think you'll persuade him to change his opinion...
I do agree that the subscription is worth every penny - I really look
forward to each issue and know I'll sorely miss it when he finally decides
to retire (which he says in the same editorial is still some ways off). That
magazine, and this forum, are the only things that make me believe there are
others who share my affliction - and that, along with the shared knowledge,
is priceless, as the credit card commercials say.
Paul Lefebvre, pining for all those Sundays spent paddling in steamy flooded
rainforests while waiting for the epoxy in my Micro's deck panels to cure in
the 20 degree garage, on the frozen shores of Cape Cod...
-----Original Message-----
From: pep cruells [mailto:pepcruells@...]
Subject: [bolger] Re: Messing About In Boats magazine, don't take for
granted.
I'm sure it's worth every penny, but how much is it for a
subscription in Europe or Australia? I think it's a lot. They should
shift to online publication (like Chuck Leinweber Duckworks magazine)
I wouldn't mind subscribing and I wouldn't suffer the loss of many
issues as of other magazines I'm subscribed due to our postal service
lack of responsability here in Spain. Why don't you/we suggest this
to Bob Hicks?
pep
something like $8/yr extra postage up-front with my subscription or
something like that. It was nice to have it coming in regularly for those
years, though I was living in an apartment at the time so it was frustrating
not to be able to build anything. I went so far as to loft up a
skin-on-frame kayak which I planned to build in my 16th floor living room,
figuring I'd lower the finished boat by rope off my balcony in the middle of
the night when nobody was looking; thankfully my wife talked me out of that
perilous endeavor. I still managed to do quite a bit of year-round tropical
messing-about in our folding kayaks, the salvation of my sanity while living
there.
Bob Hicks recently ran one of his 1st-page editorials on the on-line pub
concept and why he DOESN'T see MAIB evolving into one, and how his
old-fashioned paper mag and Duckworks are so nicely complementary as they
are now. I don't think you'll persuade him to change his opinion...
I do agree that the subscription is worth every penny - I really look
forward to each issue and know I'll sorely miss it when he finally decides
to retire (which he says in the same editorial is still some ways off). That
magazine, and this forum, are the only things that make me believe there are
others who share my affliction - and that, along with the shared knowledge,
is priceless, as the credit card commercials say.
Paul Lefebvre, pining for all those Sundays spent paddling in steamy flooded
rainforests while waiting for the epoxy in my Micro's deck panels to cure in
the 20 degree garage, on the frozen shores of Cape Cod...
-----Original Message-----
From: pep cruells [mailto:pepcruells@...]
Subject: [bolger] Re: Messing About In Boats magazine, don't take for
granted.
I'm sure it's worth every penny, but how much is it for a
subscription in Europe or Australia? I think it's a lot. They should
shift to online publication (like Chuck Leinweber Duckworks magazine)
I wouldn't mind subscribing and I wouldn't suffer the loss of many
issues as of other magazines I'm subscribed due to our postal service
lack of responsability here in Spain. Why don't you/we suggest this
to Bob Hicks?
pep
I'm sure it's worth every penny, but how much is it for a
subscription in Europe or Australia? I think it's a lot. They should
shift to online publication (like Chuck Leinweber Duckworks magazine)
I wouldn't mind subscribing and I wouldn't suffer the loss of many
issues as of other magazines I'm subscribed due to our postal service
lack of responsability here in Spain. Why don't you/we suggest this
to Bob Hicks?
pep
subscription in Europe or Australia? I think it's a lot. They should
shift to online publication (like Chuck Leinweber Duckworks magazine)
I wouldn't mind subscribing and I wouldn't suffer the loss of many
issues as of other magazines I'm subscribed due to our postal service
lack of responsability here in Spain. Why don't you/we suggest this
to Bob Hicks?
pep
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Hallman" <bruce@h...> wrote:
> This group has 1,679 members the last time I checked,
> and Bob Hicks just wrote that his magazine has only
> 4,500 subscribers. And, it is just bouncing along,
> as a 'non-profit' venture. If MAIB were to fold,
> I, for one, would really miss it!
>
> He could use more subscribers, and asks for readers
> to give 'gift subscriptions' this holiday season.
>
> $28 for a year, bi-weekly, [what a deal!]
> Worth every penny for the Bolger articles alone.
>
> 29 Burley St., Wenham, MA 01984-1943
This group has 1,679 members the last time I checked,
and Bob Hicks just wrote that his magazine has only
4,500 subscribers. And, it is just bouncing along,
as a 'non-profit' venture. If MAIB were to fold,
I, for one, would really miss it!
He could use more subscribers, and asks for readers
to give 'gift subscriptions' this holiday season.
$28 for a year, bi-weekly, [what a deal!]
Worth every penny for the Bolger articles alone.
29 Burley St., Wenham, MA 01984-1943
and Bob Hicks just wrote that his magazine has only
4,500 subscribers. And, it is just bouncing along,
as a 'non-profit' venture. If MAIB were to fold,
I, for one, would really miss it!
He could use more subscribers, and asks for readers
to give 'gift subscriptions' this holiday season.
$28 for a year, bi-weekly, [what a deal!]
Worth every penny for the Bolger articles alone.
29 Burley St., Wenham, MA 01984-1943