SUBSCRIPTIONS

There are three main ways to gain access to DreamSeeker Magazine: read it for free online by visiting whenever you wish, receive e-mails as each issue is released which include links bringing you to the Internet for free access, or sign up to receive a paper version of the magazine at $14.95 per year.

FREE ONLINE
Simply click here to explore the current issue or back issues in either HTML or PDF formats.

FREE E-MAIL SUBSCRIPTION
Just (1) e-mail us at DSM@CascadiaPublishingHouse.com with a request that we add you to our subscription list or (2) use our online order form at end of this page. Whenever an issue is released, we'll send you an e-mail notifying you of this and providing links through which you can easily access that issue. Cancel at any time simply by sending us a cancellation request.

If you want to subscribe to an e-mailed Acrobat PDF version of DSM (also free, see more explanation of PDF below) instead of or in addition to the e-mailed links, just let us know this when you subscribe or on order form below.

Note that if you request an e-mail subscription but your e-mail address changes, we won't be able to reach you with further e-mails unless you let us know your new address.

TRADITIONAL MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION (paper)
If you prefer to read DreamSeeker Magazine in traditional paper format, simply let us know by e-mail, phone, or mail. All we need is your name and address. Or (1) go to our CascadiaPublishing House/DreamSeeker order form and choose the "Select DreamSeeker Magazine" box; (2) use order form, end of this page.

No matter how you subscribe, we'll enclose bill for current issue plus however many more issues are left in the calendar year, at $3.75 per issue. (We publish quarterly.) Thus for example if you subscribe in time to receive current issue and one more, we'll bill $7.50. To make processing of subscriptions as efficient and economical as possible, we renew subscriptions each January by sending invoice for the coming year with the January issue. If you choose not to renew, you simply return the invoice marked "cancel" and keep that year's January issue as your parting gift. You may also cancel at any time and have any unused portion of your subscription refunded.

Due to high postage costs, Canada subscriptions are $5.00 per issue, $20.00 per year. Other countries $6/issue, $23.95 per year. All countries pay in U.S. funds or contact us to arrange to pay by credit card for automatic fund conversion.

DESIGN OF PAPER AND PDF VERSIONS
See current issue in Acrobat PDF for DSM design. The Acrobat PDF version includes some color, whereas the interior of the paper version is grayscale and the paper DSM is appropriately collated and saddlestitch bound. Otherwise Acrobat and paper are nearly identical, with the PDF file including all the hard copy layout features and graphics. (PDF version graphics are a bit grainy because your download times—at least if using dialup—would soar if we used higher resolution.)

The design and printing approaches are intended to strike a delicate balance between quality and economy. To produce the paper version, we are using digital print-on-demand technology (professional 1200 dpi Postscript laser) for interior pages and a two-color cover professionally designed in collaboration with offset printer Mennonite Press. We will run some ads but primarily in back pages. The result is a relatively simple look in comparison to full-color glossy magazines yet with a touch of elegance. We believe our readers will be drawn to the clean, professional design focused on conveying content pleasingly, without the busyness and overwhelming ad clutter of so many contemporary periodicals.

SINGLE ISSUE
If you want just one issue, simply tell us which one, use any of the order options listed above, and we'll bill you $3.75 (Can. $5, overseas $6) when we mail the magazine.

GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS
An increasing number of readers are interested in arranging DSM gift subscriptions. We're delighted to arrange for this at same prices. Simply use any contact options except online order forms (not set up for gift subscription complexities) to let us know to whom we should bill gift subscriptions and to whom to send them.

WHY FREE ONLINE?
Why are the online versions free, especially since we think the quality of DSM would justify charging? Several reasons. First, many Internet publishers are finding it's difficult to entice most of you readers to pay for online material. Second, the complexities of collecting fees for online subscriptions would probably prove as expensive or more so than the revenues collected. Third, we think readers drawn to DSM may also check out DreamSeeker and Cascadia Publishing House/Pandora Press U.S. books, which is a good thing. Finally, DSM is a labor of love; money matters, but connecting writers and readers who might otherwise not meet matters as much or more.

The time may come, as the Internet and DSM evolve, when we will charge for online access and subscriptions. For the foreseeable future, however, enjoy DreamSeeker Magazine online at our expense!