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Date:      Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:01:55 -0700
From:      Matt Olander <matt@ixsystems.com>
To:        Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org>
Cc:        advocacy@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Fwd: Save BSD magazine
Message-ID:  <9740caf0907011201l218380aclc6548fe8c1068fc6@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <e277d6c80907011158x24dcc991g69da185060ff63@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <200907011536.20404.karolina.lesinska@lpmagazine.org> <9740caf0907011039m553f8197ya39c35a47875aeb3@mail.gmail.com> <20090701182847.GA1504@daedalus.localdomain> <e277d6c80907011158x24dcc991g69da185060ff63@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Randi Harper<randi@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Guillermo Antonio Amaral Bastidas
> <gamaral@amaral.com.mx> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 10:39:34AM -0700, Matt Olander wrote:
>> > We are in contact with them in an attempt to save the magazine. Not
>> > having the ability to order and pay for a subscription online really
>> > hurt them, I think. This is why we started offering it through the
>> > FreeBSD Mall.
>> >
>> > The BSD magazine is available at Borders and Barnes & Noble. We'll be
>> > doing our best to help increase sales figures this week so that
>> > hopefully the mag gets a longer lease on life. If that does happen, we
>> > will help them sign up advertisers, increase subscriptions, and find
>> > more authors to create a viable longer term plan for keeping the
>> > magazine in production.
>> >
>> > This may be your last chance to run out and grab a copy :'(
>> >
>>
>>  I have a hard time finding it here in San Diego, I will spread the word
>> lets
>> hope it stays above water.
>>
>> --
>> gamaral
>
> I'm spreading the word to my 400+ twitter followers, but I've not been able
> to find it in any of my local B&N stores.

Good call. At the very least, if we can't find them locally, we should
have everyone that is willing send email to
customer_service@bsdmag.org that we tried!

-matt



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