Issue 20 is here! Subscriptions are here!
Posted by Devin Hayes — 28 Oct 2009
Woohoo! It's been a long and winding road, and we want to thank you all for your boundless patience and support. We couldn't have done it without you!
One of the biggest challenges we've faced in restarting JPG is how to publish the magazine while keeping ourselves sustainable over the long term. You've probably read headlines about the impending "death of print": Magazines folding, newspapers merging, all doom and gloom. We're determined to stick around, but it means we need to be responsible, financially and environmentally.
And so we're proud to announce that at long last JPG Magazine subscriptions are back, and they're digital!
Whoa! Hang on...we know what you're thinking, and the answer is yes, JPG will still be available as a printed magazine — we promised! But we can't ignore the costs of print, nor deny the many benefits of going digital:
- Greener: More than half of all magazines printed are never sold. That's a whole lotta' waste. Digital means less negative environmental impact.
- More Affordable: Digital means we have neither expensive distribution contracts nor postage.
- Faster: View issues online or download them instantly upon release. No daily mailbox suspense!
- Enhanced: Going digital allows us to enrich magazines with interactive content that links directly back to jpgmag.com.
That's all well and good, but wouldn't it be great if you could have the best of both digital and print? You will! Here's how:
JPG Magazine will now be sold in both digital and printed formats. Subscribers will receive 4 quarterly issues in digital format, in addition to all back issues in digital format.
In addition, we've teamed up with JPG's original co-founder, Derek Powazek, and MagCloud to offer JPG in printed format. These print editions will be available for purchase separately, printed on-demand for you, and at a discounted price if you're a subscriber!
While issue 20 onward will be printed on demand, we have back issues for sale from the original print run of JPG — issues 7 through 19. If you need to complete your collection, here's your opportunity! Supplies are limited, so get 'em while we got 'em!
We know you'll have questions about how this all works, so we've put together a list of questions and answers we hope will explain things. It's new and it's different, but we're alive and we're excited — and we hope you will be too! Now, let's go make us some magazines*!
* Using fewer dead trees.
Past subscribers: Please update your subscription to take advantage of the new distribution model and discounts.
