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[Mags]

There will be a chapter posted each month in 2007 (yep, 12 chapters total). It won't be novel-length, it should end up about 19-20K words (a typical novel is 70-90K or more).

I'm not sure what I'll be able to do if they take down the story--they are talking about possibly printing it up in hard copy and selling it at the Centre once it is done. If so, I may not be able to post it online. But you should be able to buy it from their online shop. That's not definite yet, though.

Yes, certainly you can print it out!

The illustrations are great, aren't they? Cassi's doing a great job--she really gets my vision of Henry and his painted-on breeches! Ha!

[Reeba]

Cool!!! 
As I am a subscriber of the 'Regency World' I 'm thrilled to be reading something in it by you Mags.

I look forward to discussing it hear with the others. 

The title reminds me of a certain Catherine with such thoughts   

[Mags]

Reeba--the story is actually being posted in the online magazine, not the print magazine. Click here to read it. 

[Reeba]

Oh dear!! I must be dumb or something. 

Is the on-line magazine with the news letter that one receives? If it is then I get the cake for dumbness, because till today I never realised there was something on line.
I thought it was just a preview of the magazine. 

[Mags]

You're not dumb at all--I can't tell you how many people have contacted me saying the exact same thing, that they can't wait to read it "in the next issue of the magazine."

The thing is, many people receive the magazine and have no idea about the existence of the online magazine (which has been around longer than the print zine!) And they get the e-mail automatically when they sign up for the print magazine and I think it's natural to assume that a reference to a story is in the print mag. The newsletter is just a newsletter--the online magazine is actually on the web, and new articles are posted monthly.

Link here: http://www.janeausten.co.uk/magazine/index.ihtml

So there are three publications:

• Jane Austen's Regency World (print magazine)
• The Jane Austen Centre Magazine (online magazine)
• The monthly newsletter

They are all separate.

[Heather L]

I didn't know about the newsletter.  Is it online or paper, does its information overlap with either magazine, and how would I get a subscription to it?

[Mags]

The newsletter is e-mailed to you and you can sign up here.

It's mostly pointing to articles in the Centre's online magazine, what's next in the print mag, and other interesting Jane news from around the Internets. I send them a few things from AustenBlog each month.

[Mandy N]

Coming in late--  the on-line newletter worthwhile as a freebie.
I always read the on-line magazine.
It also lets you know what books and new items are coming to their gift shop.
Some of the book make for enjoyable little reads on JA's times. 

Oh, but if your'e O.S watch the UK ship chareges !

Reeba or anyone else, is 'Regency World' worth subscribing too ?

Any comments  apprciated.
I've been thinking about it on and off for ages.   

[Deb R.]

I subscribed to Jane Austen's Regency World magazine for 4 years -- the printed magazine.  It started off slow, then got better.  Lately, issues have contained too much coverage for my $$$ of local Bath JA festivals, lots of folks in period recreated costumes, etc.  First year's subscription was about $36 for 6 issues.  This past November I got automatic renewal on my credit card ... for $74.44 !!!!!!!         After I got over the shock, I contacted the magazine and got subscription cancelled and a refund.  The woman who responded to my email said "apparently the current conversion rate is having the same effect on many other subscribers."   

And then, yes, I was one who Mags had to straighten out about being able to read her story in the ON-LINE magazine.  I really wonder how much in the printed magazine has been available FOR FREE to the on-line public all these years that I've been paying to read in hard copy.  To be honest, I feel used.  The JA Centre needs to know about the public's confusion, and make sure the paying subscribers get lots more bang for their bucks.

P.S.  I recently sold all my Regency World issues on Ebay and recovered almost all my investment.   

[Mandy N]

 
Well, as so much of the printed 'Regency World' is available in the on-line mag ( I often print out articles) think I'll give 'Regency World' a miss and save my lollies.   
Re : Ebay. Well done !
Thanks Deb R.- Much appreciate your comments. 

Pardon my dreadful typos in last post. I must've been tipsy !

[Mags]

Wait a minute, wait a minute...

THE PRINT MAGAZINE AND THE ONLINE MAGAZINE ARE COMPLETELY SEPARATE ENTITIES.

Completely different material.

I know this because I have written items for each one and dealt with different people each time. They are separate.

The print mag usually PDFs one article from each issue as a tempter, I guess. The rest of it is only available via the actual hard copy paper magazine.

Once again:

Print magazine: hard copy magazine made of paper, published every other month.
Online magazine: completely different entity with completely different articles. It is a static website that you can visit anytime. New articles are added each month but the old ones remain available.
E-mail newsletter: monthly e-mail pointing one to the monthly PDF article from the print magazine and interesting articles (completely different!) from the online magazine and other Janeite items of interest on the Internets.

[Reeba]

Well, I don't really mind buying 'Regency World'. Maybe that's because I have visited their centre in Bath twice and feel I have to support them for their hard work in keeping the name of Jane Austen alive there, as well as in making her presence felt, with their JA festivals etc., which I love to read about.

Without them there would not be much going on, except that  Sally Lunn's would sell JA Sally Lunn's buns and that would be it 

I also think their JA tour is a good thing too.

Well I have done my bit in favour of the magazine. 

Maybe I know no better, but it's fine with me. 

[Mandy N]

 Well, I also support the Jane Austen Centre too- purchasing their books, music CDs and giftshop items.   
Sorry for any mixup...  I'm sure the hard copy magazine 'Jane Austen's Regency World'  has some good stuff,  but I doubt I'll subcribe for now. Where I am, UK postage is prohibitive.
Not that it's the fault of the JAC.

I nearly asked for other views-  glad to hear further comments... 

[Mags]

I agree that it's nice for Janeites to have a spiritual home in Bath. When I was there, we were sitting on the tour bus waiting to be taken up to the Assembly Rooms and two older ladies got on the bus and said, "We're going to the Jane Austen Centre!" They were so excited! It was cute.

The exchange rate is completely out of hand, though...$75 is a LOT of money, as Deb pointed out.  I just didn't want anyone to think they were getting cheated and that it was being published online. It isn't, except for the one PDF story per month. :-)

[Mandy N]

 Last year, a friend of mine visited Bath including the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street, which she really liked.... it was like a small museum and with a film centre and costumes.
She bought me back a showbag of JA goodies such as- bookmark, a fridge magnet, cards of the Bath festival, pamphlets, etc.
I really liked the S&S storycard so I bought cards of the other novels. 
And when I get back to the UK and visit Bath, I do know how much I will appreciate the tour bus round Bath.