Talesbones Magazine Facing Cancellation
Talesbones Magazine is looking at closing down unless they can get enough subscriptions. At $24 a year, it's a good price for some solid storytelling.
Dear Family, Friends, Peers, Acquaintances:
Talebones has been a part of our lives for almost 11 years now. We have
enjoyed every minute of putting all 33 issues together for our readers. It
has truly been a labor of love. Most of the time that labor has cost us
money, and now, because the amount of money we can put into the magazine has
dwindled and, for whatever reason, subscriptions and renewals have not been
as strong as we had hoped over the past year, we figure we may have to close
down the magazine.
A couple of days ago, it was actually a final decision. "That's it, there's
no way can we keep going." There were tears. A few VIPs we mentioned it to
asked us to reconsider. So we took a step back and decided: We will issue
renewal notices as usual, but put an extra strong plea in there about this.
And then we will send a more detailed email to everyone in our email address
book who might have an interest. Based on what renewals come in over the
next month, based on the response to this email, we will see if Talebones
can continue on past 2006. Issue #33 is already in its final preparation
stage. With our decision to make this final stab at keeping things going
came the decision to at least have an issue #34, to be published in November
of December. We will make a determination then if it is to be the last or
not.
If you've subscribed to our magazine before, if you've never subscribed, but
maybe sent us stories (or had stories published by us), or have wished us
well with our little venture, we hope you'll consider helping out. (We
didn't go through our files to know which of you are current subscribers and
pull you off this email list, so forgive us if you're already subscribers in
good standing. If nothing else, we wanted you to know what was up.) At this
point, even a single issue copy of our upcoming issue #33 will help. (We've
put the order form/info up on our website early.) We have Paypal ready to go
if you'd like to go that route. Or you can send money order or check payable
to Talebones to our physical address at 5203 Quincy Ave SE; Auburn, WA
98092. Or you can ignore this, delete this, or, do whatever you like. It
won't change the way we feel about ANY of you. We just thought we'd do
something we've never done in over a decade of publishing the magazine: beg!
That's our sermon. Thanks for your support. Regardless of what happens to
the magazine, never fear: Talebones and Fairwood Press will continue to have
a presence in the SF world.
Patrick & Honna Swenson
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Talebones Magazine
Fairwood Press, Inc
