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InDesign Magazine announced by publisher
updated 11:45 pm EDT, Thu May 20, 2004
InDesign Magazine
Creativepro and David Blatner have announced , the first electronic magazine devoted to Adobe InDesign. Published by Web content provider Creativepro, in association with page-layout authority David Blatner, InDesign Magazine will provide the growing community of InDesign users with "expert advice about this revolutionary product for designers, publishers, graphic artists, and visual communicators." InDesign Magazine will be available by paid subscription. Bi-monthly issues will be delivered electronically in PDF format ($80 annual subscription).
$80?
05/21, 04:54am reply
That's downright Quark-like .. gouging us for $80 for a pdf. I'll give you $14.99.
scottkleinberg
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Joined: Nov 2003
Sheesh
05/21, 09:13am reply
I was going to subscribe to this until I saw that it was $80 for 6 PDFs a year. What a rip.
Indeed, very Quark-like.
AsgardTex
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Joined: Aug 2001
yeah, right.
05/21, 10:50am reply
Bi-monthly issues will be completely ignored by me ($0 annual subscription).
What a nice gesture to all the designers who have been "beta-testing" InDesign since v1.5. Let me see, a subscription to Communication Arts superbly printed and delivered every month with bonus bitchin design annuals or a pdf from Adobe 6x's a year with free "male organ enlargement" spam for the rest of your life because you gave Adobe your email address.
Nice try Adobesoft. -a freakin pdf. Must still have some Aldus execs with tenure.
bigcity141
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Joined: Jan 2004
Where does Adobe come in?
05/21, 11:47am reply
I didn't see any mention that this magazine is produced or supported by Adobe. It's an independent publication.
$80 is high, but still fair rate considering that at 16 pages, there's unlikely to be any adverts.
wesukmk
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Joined: May 2004
No sale, sorry
05/21, 12:09pm reply
I'm exactly the sort of person they are targeting this to -- a print professional who has jumped (mostly) from QX to ID and needs to be able to get the most out of it, but that sub price has *got* to come down. It would be *close* to worth it if a) it was printed and b) it hit the ground running fabulously, but even then I'd *really* have to think about it.
I currently subscribe to MacWorld (which I get very cheap) and Photoshop User (part of my membership - $99/yr) and Mac Design, so I'm already paying $150/year in subscriptions, but I've got something to show for it.
Bottom line: I'm interested. Call me when it's $29.95 for six ad-free PDF issues (or six ad-filled print editions) and we'll talk.
chas_m
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