Over 5,000 articles!
Excuse this pat on the back. MagWeb just passed the 5,000-article mark. And we're not stopping there...
No Price Increase for 1998, sort of...
And What a GREAT Gift Idea!
You have to admit, MagWeb continues to grow at a rapid rate in quality and quantity: over 40 magazines (expect over 5,000 articles by end of year), refined search engine, and added discussions in 1997. We've kept the price the same, and guess what? We're not increasing it...for one-year memberships (about 60% of MagWeb members joined for one year).
That's right. We're holding the line on one-year pricing. As for shorter term memberships, well, we've bumped them up a tad--not much, but just a little to reflect our progress. Check the chart:
| Membership Term | 1997 Price | 1998 Price | Per Month Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month "Take a Look" | $ 9.95 | $14.95 | $14.95 |
| 3 month "Trial Period" | $24.95 | $29.95 | $ 9.99 |
| 6 month "Prime Time" | $39.95 | $44.95 | $ 7.49 |
| 12 month "Super Value" | $59.95 | $59.95 | $ 4.99 |
That means you can still enjoy MagWeb for under $5 a month. Since we upload at least 10 issues per month (often more), that costs under 50 cents per issue! Of course, when we post more issues, the per issue cost goes down. For example, November had 18 issues posted plus bonus articles, so one-year members' cost comes to just under 28 cents an issue.
So for the approximately 60% of our members who join for a year, 1998 brings no price increase. For the other 40%, well, we are committed to offering flexible membership periods, albeit at a slightly higher rate, and hope we have created such a proven track record of accomplishment, you will want to renew your membership for a one-year period for the greatest value.
We are keeping our promise to our 1996 Charter members--the special charter rates remain in effect for you as long as you maintain your MagWeb membership.
Stocking Stuffers
Need a quick holiday present for that history buff friend?
Give the gift of MagWeb! Click on the link at left or on the wooden soldier and fill out the special holiday form. Or, send us an e-mail (magweb@magweb.com), fax, (609-397-9433), phone (609-397-4265), or snail mail (161 Lambertville-HQ Rd., Stockton, NJ 08559) us with the particulars, and we'll start up the membership on any day you want in December.
Questions or comments? Please e-mail us at: magweb@magweb.com.
December 31, 1997
Happy New Year!
Thank you one and all for supporting MagWeb this past year, and best wishes for a happy and healthy 1998.
- Russ Lockwood, CEO
Tibor Vari, VP Technology
Yun Abernathy, VP Operations
Susan Lockwood, VP Administration
Bill Abernathy, VP Programming
Barbara Heide, VP of VPs
December 30, 1997
Another big MWAN
December 26, 1997
First Empire '98
December 22, 1997
ACW Book Review
Coski, John M. Capital Navy: The Men, Ships, and Operations of the James River Squadron
December 19, 1997
Welcome 44th Magazine!
Valkyrie comes from the UK, a slick, colorful 80-page magazine devoted to science fiction and fantasy gaming--mostly role-playing, but miniatures and other games too.
December 16, 1997
Last minute shopping?
Welcome newest advertiser: Gaming Intelligence (see the Mall at MagWeb under "Magazines").
I would like to direct your attention to GI and the other advertisers who support MagWeb: Grandiosity, On Military Matters, and Classical Hack. You can find them in the Mall at MagWeb! Please take a look at their wares....and tell them "I found you on Magweb."
December 15, 1997
Welcome 43rd Magazine!
Greenhill Military Book News: promotes Greenhill Books and provides excerpts and other information from within the books. This publication is for the book trade and subscriptions are not available to the general public.
December 13, 1997
First Empire Frenzy
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First Empire #37 (October/November 1997)
First Empire #25 (October/November 1995)
First Empire #23 (June/July 1995)
First Empire #20 (Dec. 1994/Jan 1995)
December 9, 1997
New Heliographs
First Empire drops subscription rate
First Empire (published in the UK) has reduced its subscription rate to non-European subscribers from 27 pounds to 25 pounds.
December 7, 1997
Let us remember those who perished at Pearl Harbor on this day, the 56th anniversary of the battle.
New American Revolution Journal
December 5, 1997
New Saga!
Welcome 42nd Magazine!
The Piquet Dispatch: The Official Journal of the Piquet Wargamer supports the new rules set.
Statistics Don't Lie
In case you were wondering, my techies tell me MagWeb moved almost a half a gigabyte of articles and graphics in November (434MB!) on 53,603 page hits (.htm pages) over the course of 8,495 visits (5,476 actual visitors)! Most of the visitors were over to the free side to see who we are (the Free Sample Article Page was read over 2500 times)...now if we can get these 2500 visitors to join MagWeb, I'm sure these numbers would skyrocket--not to mention attracting interest from even more magazines! We're doing pretty well moving that data, and you can thank Tibor and Bill for doing little tweaks and maintenance behind the scenes to make sure it stays that way.
Some Book Reviews
And Book News
December 1, 1997
South and Central Military History from El Dorado
November 27-30, 1997
Happy Thanksgiving weekend from all of us at MagWeb.
November 26, 1997
Welcome 41st Magazine! White Knight: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Gaming
November 23, 1997
Current and Back issues of Operations--Including #1!
Plus an Interview with designer Greg Blake and a Custer book review
November 20, 1997
Another back issue of the Courier
November 17, 1997
The New Chainmail...
November 15, 1997
A real oldie of a MWAN...
Milestone: Forgot to mention this the other week, but we just passed 1,000 product reviews on MagWeb...
November 12, 1997
Courier Vol. I No. 1 Where the "new" Courier all began...
November 7-9, 1997
MagWeb at Fall-In.
November 5, 1997
Welcome 40th Magazine to MagWeb! Wargame Design, from Operational Studies Group and boardgame designer Kevin Zucker.
Also: New issue of The Rebel Yell
Status Report: MagWeb cracks 1,000 product reviews!
November 3, 1997
New and old Lone Warriors
November 1, 1997
American Civil War Spectacular from The Zouave
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The Zouave Vol. XI No. 3 (Fall 1997)
The Zouave Vol. VIII No. 4 (Winter 1994)
The Zouave Vol. VIII No. 3 (Fall 1994)
The Zouave Vol. VIII No. 2 (Summer 1994)
The Zouave Vol. VIII No. 1 (Spring 1994)
October 27, 1997
Back Issue of MWAN
October 22, 1997
Current Issue PA, a Gulf War Battle, Napoleonic Fair info, and a Trafalgar Day interview
- Perfidious Albion #95 (August 1997)
Battle of Ghazlani: February 27th, 1991
1998 Napoleonic Fair (London, UK)
OK, it's a day late for the 192nd anniversary of Trafalgar, but landing Napoleonic Naval scholar and designer of the game Close Action Mark Campbell for an interview took time.
October 18, 1997
Welcome MicroMark, publishers of 19th, 20th C. Army Lists [TO&Es]
Although technically not a magazine, Micromark publishes over 850 lists...and more coming. We start with a pair of WWII TO&Es, but will be adding many, many more to cover the Napoleonic, WWI, WWII, Cold War, Persian Gulf War, Arab-Israeli Wars, Spanish Civil War, Gran Chaco War, and Interwar periods.
October 17, 1997
Welcome The Journal from The Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers
MagWeb's 38th coalition magazine brings WWI, WWII, and Modern military history and modelling.
Bonus Miniature Figures Reviews from Lone Warrior
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6mm Baccus ECW (figures and banners)
15mm Feudal Castings (figures)
Guernsey Foundry 28mm US West Cavalry (figures)
Steve Barber Models (buildings)
Guernsey Foundry Plains Indians and 7YW (figures)
Qualiticast US Plains (figures)
Redoubt Enterprises 25mm Ottoman Turks (figures)
Redoubt Enterprises 25mm Napoleonic (figures)
Redoubt Enterprises 25mm Napoleonic Peninsular and Waterloo (figures)
Valiant Miniatures 25mm Austro-Hungarians (figures)
October 15, 1997
Welcome Imperial Herald! From AEG, publishers of Shadis.
MagWeb's 37th coalition magazine supports the Legends of the 5 Rings collectible card game.
October 13, 1997
Renaissance Ink Back Issues
RI started as a single page sheet primarily for advertising, but has grown into a larger sized format. here, we complete the collection of RI with issues 1-5.
- Renaissance Ink Issue 5
Renaissance Ink Issue 4
Renaissance Ink Issue 3
Renaissance Ink Issue 2
Renaissance Ink Issue 1
October 10, 1997
Waterloo Book News from Greenhill
Waterloo Lectures by Colonel Charles Chesney
October 9, 1997
Lockwood back from UK and Belgium in one piece
After a whirlwind tour of UK publishers, and a few days investigating Waterloo, the Belgian Army Museum, and other parts of Belgium, Lockwood arrived back at MagWeb--despite a "technical" (British Airways captain-pilot lingo for "one of the engines is on fire.") that forced us back to London Heathrow. And what a record descent time we made. But we'll get to all this later. Right now, it is time to do some housekeeping for the next few days...
October 5, 1997
Back issue of Empires Eagles & Lions #10 January/Febuary 95
October 1, 1997
Current issue of Battlefield Vol 1 #6
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