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Dear Readers and Subscribers,
Next week you’ll have a beautiful new issue of Once in your Newsstand: our ninth so far, including the pilot edition.
Together, we’ve come a long way. During these past months, we’ll have put out nine issues we’re extremely proud of. We hope you’ve loved them, too: it’s because of your support that we have been able to establish our place in the field of tablet publishing.
We want to keep bringing you new editions of Once. We expected the traditional challenges that come with independent publishing, and had (still have!) high hopes for the iPad, and what we can do on the platform. Many of those hopes have come true; and of course, some have not.
We want to put to use the knowledge and experience we’ve built with you over these past nine months. While we reorganize and prepare for our next iteration, we will bring you a series of singles—one story per issue, long-form, in-depth, and not to be missed. The first will launch on May 22nd, as our eighth official issue.
What might that mean for you?
If you’re a subscriber, the recurring monthly price will remain at $1.99. We communicated with Apple about lowering the cost of existing subscriptions, but found that the current infrastructure of Newsstand doesn’t allow for that yet.
We hope you’ll remain as subscribers: we think that the top-notch photographers in our upcoming singles are worth supporting, and they will continue to share in the revenue we generate from each issue you purchase, as always. However, we understand that you might be disappointed about the price of these singles: if you need instructions on how to cancel your subscription, you can check our page here.
That you subscribed in the first place we counted as proof that there were many people who believed that quality photojournalism was of real value, and worth funding. We hope you’ll remain in support of our belief in long-form photojournalism by continuing your subscription.
Since the launch of Once last year, you have rallied as a strong and supportive community who share our passion for documentary photography and our curiosity for new modes of storytelling. Thank you for helping us to bring the world’s top photographers to the iPad. We’re deeply grateful for your ongoing support. We would love to hear from you, here, on Twitter, or via email (hello@oncemagazine.com), and please enjoy this summer of singles!
- The Editorial Team
Dear Readers,
Thank you for being so patient as we work to optimize our software for the retina iPad. We realize we’ve been slow (too slow) getting it out the door, but as is always the case with new software, it takes longer than expected to iron out the bugs. We’ve been coding and recoding for the past month, and we’re still at it. And we must say that as we test different builds, we’re always amazed at how good the photos look—it’s almost like a new magazine. A few more kinks to work out, and it should be ready. We’ll let you know as soon as it is.
Thanks for bearing with us.
Wouldn’t it be great to do a Once story from space? I wonder how NASA feels about rev. share…
From Images of Earth From Above, one of 39 photos. A view of Earth, the stars, and red and green auroras above cities in western North America, as seen from the International Space Station, on February 19, 2012. (NASA)
(via theatlantic)
Lens: Places Without Power (of Any Sort) -
In California, unincorporated communities lack basic infrastructure, since no local government can finance it. Max Whittaker has been documenting these areas, which often exist alongside well-off enclaves.
The New York Times’ Lens blog spotlights the work that Max Whittaker shot for Once Magazine’s current issue. Check it out, and download the April issue here.