NOVEMBER ISSUE - Gliding International

This is news to me too. So far I have been downloading the pdf files without problems.

On Monday, October 24, 2016 at 3:14:27 PM UTC+1, Branko Stojkovic wrote:
This is news to me too. So far I have been downloading the pdf files without problems.

I wouldn't carry on subscribing if they were to make impossible to download as a pdf

Janice from GI replied...

Apparently there's a mismatch between implementation of their digital subscriptions with their web host that is allowing downloads of a PDF and their subscription policy which does not allow it. Personally, I won't subscribe to digital unless I can save issues. I disagree with the policy. Sorry I blew up this capability..

Here's their reply:

"If the position is as you described, it is totally contrary to the
agreement we have with our web page hosts.

The situation is being addressed and corrected. Downloads was never agreed
to nor planned.

JANICE"

Walt Rogers WX

Why you all ..... highlighted this situation ?

Sort of self harm ?

It is now. I was going to purchase a subscription but if you can't download it I am not interested.

On Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 5:07:27 AM UTC-7, wrote:
Why you all ..... highlighted this situation ?

Sort of self harm ?

On Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 8:54:38 AM UTC-5, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
It is now. I was going to purchase a subscription but if you can't download it I am not interested.

Agree completely. Digital is supposed to eliminate their printing and mailing costs, but still let you have the magazine available to you any time you want it. Glad I have stuck with my paper subscription. They can't take that back once they mail it to me!

Suggest you re-consider this, Mr Roake. You may have just cost yourself a bunch of subscribers.

GI may be worrying that the subscribers may share the digital copies with their friends, or even worse, post them on the Internet.

I for one promise not to do any of that!

Branko

"GI may be worrying that the subscribers may share the digital copies with their friends"

As opposed to just handing the printed copy to your friends?

On Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 10:47:25 AM UTC-4, wrote:
"GI may be worrying that the subscribers may share the digital copies with their friends"


There are digital publishing platforms that give subscribers a private offline copy of the magazine that is not sharable.
https://magazine.readz.com/digital-p...latforms-tools

Sorry to inform Gliding International that their host web service was allowing pdf downloads when they didn't intend this to happen.

DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER!

I was simply trying to find out from them what the policy was... when other here on r.a.s. informed me that pdf's could be downloaded... oops

At some point Roake and subscription would have discovered the implementation error. Now they know...

I think it's going to hurt their digital subscription business tremendously.. After all, why would you only want the current magazine to read on-line? .... never able to go back to previous issues.

Unless I hear differently, I'm ordering the paper magazine until they get this sorted out.

Walt Rogers Wx

On Monday, October 24, 2016 at 4:07:14 PM UTC-7, WaltWX wrote:
Janice from GI replied...

Apparently there's a mismatch between implementation of their digital subscriptions with their web host that is allowing downloads of a PDF and their subscription policy which does not allow it. Personally, I won't subscribe to digital unless I can save issues. I disagree with the policy. Sorry I blew up this capability..

Here's their reply:

"If the position is as you described, it is totally contrary to the
agreement we have with our web page hosts.

The situation is being addressed and corrected. Downloads was never agreed
to nor planned.

JANICE"

Walt Rogers WX