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 timesat least if using dialupwould 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!
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