From: evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/12/26 19:50, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   > Evelyn C. Leeper  wrote:   
   >> None of them seem to have been lifetime subscribers, however, and what   
   >> the new owners' policy towards those is remains to be seen. The ones   
   >> I've heard from all seem to think that the magazine isn't what it was,   
   >> the cover of this issue looks like they skimped on the ink, their   
   >> policies toward authors is abysmal, and $12.99 per issue (or $46.95 for   
   >> four issues--assuming it lasts that long) certainly isn't worth it.   
   >   
   > Their policies toward authors is likely why the magazine isn't what it was.   
   >   
   > I wonder if there is even a possibility of newsstand sales, or have they   
   > killed that calf already?   
   > --scott   
   >   
   Someone claims to have bought a couple of copies from a newsstand, so   
   it's still on, at least for the first issue.   
      
   Frankly, I think it's on life-support even more than Analog and   
   Asimov's; it never reached the circulation of those, and who knows what   
   it will be after this latest upheaval.   
      
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   Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn   
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