"Dan Goodman" <dsgood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Ken from Chicago wrote:
>
>>
>> "Pete Granzeau" <pgranzeau@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> > On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:14:38 -0700, Larry Caldwell
>> ><firstnamelastinitial@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >
>> > > When I was a kid, I got most of my SF from magazines. Amazing,
>> > > Fantastic, Galaxy, Worlds of If, Analog and F&SF provided some
>> > > great stories, book reviews, editorials, a little fandom gossip,
>> > > and of course, Asimov's science columns. I got busy for a few
>> > > decades and had to slack off on my reading. Now I'm nearing
>> > > retirement, and the magazines seem to have disappeared. Are
>> > > there still any in publication? The old digest format seems to
>> > > have vanished from the news stand.
>> >
>> > You might be interested in a couple of online magazines. Baen has
>> > _Jim Baen's Universe_, a pro-quality online magazine, available, at
>> > www.baens-universe.com. It's up to Volume II No. 5 currently, but
>> > all the previous issues are available; it's bimonthly, Mike Resnick
>> > claims responsibility for editing it, and you do pay for it--it's
>> > downloadable, so you can read it on your e-reader of choice.
>> > Another online magazine which seems to be continuing, is Helix at
>> > www.helixsf.com. It's quarterly, has names I recognize on the
>> > masthead (William Sanders and Lawrence Watt-Evans, for instance),
>> > and is essentially begware (they give it to you free, and ask for
>> > voluntary donations).
>>
>> You misspelled "shareware".
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware
>
> In _current_ usage, "shareware" means one of the following: "If you
> don't pay, after a certain period the software will stop working." "If
> you don't pay, after the trial period functionality will be reduced to
> that of the free version." "If you don't pay, it won't start."
Not always. It includes that limited functionality but also includes
"freeware", software with no limit at all. However often online stories
are
sold on the "first's one free" model. The first chapter, part of a trilogy
or even a stand-alone story is free and if you like it, then you to get
more, you're likely to buy more.
-- Ken from Chicago
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