Issue #21 is now available in Kindle, Nook, and Podcast editions; the website edition will be online this coming Monday, January 28th!  Choose an option below.

Issue #21 – January 2013
Kindle edition available at Amazon: US, UK, DE,FR, ES, IT, JP, CA, BR
Nook/epub edition: click here
Podcast version: click here (99 cents; free if you buy the Kindle or Nook edition)

And now, for something I’ve put off for a while… a LONG while.  I need to raise the price of the Kindle and Nook issue editions to $2.99.  I asked you guys about this a while back, and most of you did not have a problem with it — in fact, I don’t think anyone had a problem with it.  If they did, they didn’t comment.  But please feel free to do so, below.

I will, however, offer more in return.  Keep reading.

Why the price change? Because the magazine really needs the financial help.  Until now, I’ve been charging 99 cents for each issue.  Let me be blunt: $2 more per month won’t affect most readers (you), but it will IMMENSELY help me.  $2 more per person really adds up, and will really help Lovecraft eZine.

But here is probably the most important reason: I only get to keep 30% of the sales proceeds right now. Amazon offers two choices to publishers like me: 30% of the sales proceeds, or 70%.  Yeah, I know — which one would YOU choose?  🙂  Unfortunately, their policy is that if I charge less than $2.99, I have NO choice: I can only get 30%.  If I charge $2.99 or more, I can choose 70%.

I’m sure that most of you would rather that Lovecraft eZine gets more of the money than Amazon. And at $2.99, I’m charging the absolute minimum that I can, and still get the 70%.

In addition, if you buy the Kindle or Nook edition each month, I’ll GIVE you the Podcast edition for free.  If I do say so myself, the new Podcast version of each issue is kick-ass.  It’s a really great listen.

OK, that’s it.  You can now proceed to rake me over the coals in the comments section below… but please consider a couple of things first:

(1) I waited a LONG time to do this.

(2) Does $2 a month really make THAT much difference to most of us?  I’m pretty poor, and I know spending 2 dollars more a month on something would not hurt me.

(3) If you buy the Kindle or Nook editions, you get the new (spectacular!) Podcast version for free.

(4) And last but not least: If $2 more a month really DOES hurt your budget too much, remember that I offer each issue FREE at the website, and will always do so.  The free (website) version of issue #21 will be online Monday, January 28th.

Thanks, all.  I have the best, and most loyal, readers in the universe.  Thanks for your support.

Mike

P.S. The 2012 mega-pack will be online very soon!  (Don’t have the 2011 mega-pack yet?  Get it here!)

Purchase issue #21 – January 2013
Kindle edition available at Amazon: US, UK, DE,FR, ES, IT, JP, CA, BR
Nook/epub edition: click here
Podcast version: click here (99 cents; free if you buy the Kindle or Nook edition)