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Minimum orders needed? And future worldwide shipping.
At first glance, this is such an exciting find - I can start publishing a magazine! Then the second thoughts start appearing. For instance, suppose I want to have a magazine for a small group of people - sort of like alumni magazine but for a class only. Scattered all over the world. One in Columbia, another in Japan. Guess it will be a long while before it is commercially viable for you to have set ups in each place, or region, to allow for local postage. For starters, and probably for longer, you'd be printing in US and shipping worldwide - when it does start that is. So the shippee will bear the cost of the shipping, right? Ok, this is a future scenario, and not really relevant now, but I'd like to know if possible.
But another question, and which seems more pertinent now, is that I am going to have to persuade people to pay up for a rather expensive magazine, not the usual photocopied leaflet, so I need to convince them. How about having three (or more, as you decide) issues online samplers? I make the magazine private, send out the url to all my invitees, who read it online, and give me the feedback, that is subscription orders :) And then, we go ahead with printing, not before. And if there aren't enough subscribers, scrap the project...
BTW, how many minimum orders do you need, if any? Or can I just put up a magazine online, and let it remain... Sorry, kind of confused here. I did read up your help section first, but questions pop up later, as things get mulled over :(
I wouldn't want to hand over the copyright unconditionally of any content in my magazine. So, whats the latest legalese for this? I can allow usage of some content, such as a sample chapter, but I want to know in detail every planned usage, and wouldn't want to publish unless I had it all sorted out.
Thanks for listening!
But another question, and which seems more pertinent now, is that I am going to have to persuade people to pay up for a rather expensive magazine, not the usual photocopied leaflet, so I need to convince them. How about having three (or more, as you decide) issues online samplers? I make the magazine private, send out the url to all my invitees, who read it online, and give me the feedback, that is subscription orders :) And then, we go ahead with printing, not before. And if there aren't enough subscribers, scrap the project...
BTW, how many minimum orders do you need, if any? Or can I just put up a magazine online, and let it remain... Sorry, kind of confused here. I did read up your help section first, but questions pop up later, as things get mulled over :(
I wouldn't want to hand over the copyright unconditionally of any content in my magazine. So, whats the latest legalese for this? I can allow usage of some content, such as a sample chapter, but I want to know in detail every planned usage, and wouldn't want to publish unless I had it all sorted out.
Thanks for listening!
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Inappropriate?I'll take a stab at your second question. As far as online subscriptions, that is not the model here. This is for printed pieces only. There are at least 3 web-based magazine technologies that exist and can accomplish exactly what you are looking for, but are not in anyway (that I know of anyways) related to MagCloud. In theory, you could use the same PDF (if created correctly!) for both technologies. It would be up to you to manage the cross-distribution.
Your third question is easy. You don't order any. You simply pay for the "make-ready" and your subscribers purchase it on demand. No minimum required. When they buy a copy, MagCloud prints one copy and ships it. If only one subscription sells or a thousand sell, you only pay the make-ready charge once. MagCloud (currently, that is) only makes it's money by printing and handling. Of course, they make more when more subscribers buy your magazine, but with the potential that this offers, they'll have many customers and will make lots of money! -
Inappropriate?Hi Sonya,
In the future we hope we can support printing and shipping to all your international friends. At the moment it's just a little too early for us to say exactly how and when, but we'll keep you posted.
With MagCloud, magazines are printed to order, which means we only print and ship when someone buys. Also, because the buyer pays for the magazine, as the publisher, there's no financial risk for you to just publish your magazine to MagCloud and wait for people to buy it. People interested in your magazine can also preview it online before making their purchase decision. Does this help answer your question?
On your last point, we don't want any rights to your content, except so we can host, sell, print and otherwise manage it on your behalf. It's your content, and we will not use it for any other purpose. We plan to update our terms of usage (TOU) to more clearly clarify this point
Let me know if I've answered all your questions, but feel free to ask more if you have them!
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Inappropriate?My apologies for my answer to your third question. There are no "make-ready" charges from MagCloud. Other competitors (the online-magazines) charge you, the publisher, a per-page fee for processing and hosting. Sorry for the confusion.
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Inappropriate?Thank you. That was helpful, and prompt. I think, now that my primary worry about copyright is gone, I will go ahead, and hope that my friends will be interested enough to buy :) Just have to get the right content now!
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