Anyone heard the status of the ZCCD magazine? I haven't received any CD
format issues. Has anyone else? The ZCCD web site is blank and when I sent
an email message to Marc Sayer to inquire, it was undeliverable.
Gary
Here's the latest info from early August:
Marc Sayer wrote:
> Yes I am still around. I guess I must have been having some email
> problems the last couple weeks as this is the fourth person who has
> apparently sent me email I never got.
>
> Anyway, here's an update. When I got back from the MA show I had a
> message from Sony. The CD production ran into problems and it took quite
> a while to figure out what the problem was and how we could fix it. By
> the time it was resolved I had already started work on the next issue.
> So I have elected to put both 16 and 17 on a single CD. I will put some
> or all of issue 17 up on-line this time too, just as I did with issue
> 16. The schedule now is looking like 17 will be ready to go in about 3-4
> weeks and so I should think that the CDs should go out in about 6-7
> weeks. Sorry about this but I am still on the steep end of this digital
> learning curve. The problem we had would never had occurred to me and
> made the entire magazine unreadable.
>
> In the interim I have also been getting caught up on the backlog of
> customer service work. I sent out well over 400 back issues, new subs,
> renewals, and merchandise orders over the last month and a half or so,
> and got the database up to date (as of July 1 at any rate). This is a
> lot of work for one person and I am trying my best to stay on top of it
> (until I can afford to hire someone to help its just me doing everything
> again). I appreciate everyone's patience as I get this sorted out and
> turned around. :-)
>
> John Haag wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know the status of Z Car Magazine? A number of months ago I
> > saw some messages posted to this list about the magazine changing from a
> > paper version to a digital version. Their web site says "Beginning with
> > Issue #16, ZCCD will move completely into the digital age. Instead of
> > producing a printed-on-paper magazine, ZCCD will be produced on CD in a
> > browseable html format. To mark this event, our first ever "digizine"
> > will be made available for free on the internet, before we ship the
> > CDs."
> >
> > I am a subscriber to the magazine and recently realized that I never
> > received a CD. I've sent an email to the address listed on the
> > magazine's site (http://www.zcarmag.com/) and to Marc Sayer's email
> > (total of three emails over the course of two weeks) but have not gotten
> > a response. I'm receiving email OK from other people so I don't think
> > it's a browser problem on my end. It appears that Marc is still around
> > since he posted a message to the listserv (z-car-digest V #191) on
> > 7/31.
> >
> > Does anyone know what the situation is? Has anyone received the CD
> > version?
> >
> > John Haag
>
> --
> Marc Sayer
> Editor/Publisher
> Z Car & Classic Datsun Magazine
> http://zcarmag.com
> Voice 541-726-6001
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