ted, you probably have it about right there I think though then again the wallet and tape does cost them money. If people have enough interest to want to read about computers regularly, I would have thought most of them have the internet. What sort of costs are involved and how does paying for a cassette of an appropriate quality plus a wallet compair with using CDs? Also, I assume if they pay for the CD they can then choose to keep the CD and just send back the or you could just keep sending them out in envelopes. The other issue is that of readers communicating with you and I must admit it is onE I had forgotten about. With tape magazines, the people running the magazines would encourage listeners to leave messages on the tapes and put elastic bands round the tape when sending back to indicate that there was a message on it. This generally worked well and encouraged feedback from users of the service.These ar record once CDS and for home users, recording onto rewritable CDs is not really that easy. Ease of recording is one thing we have lost. The minidisk would have been ideal but for whatever reason it just didn't really catch on. Cheers Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: <tedmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 3:13 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re. Must you have a cassette copy? Hello list, I produce a monthly audio magazine on tape called "Talking Computers", for VI computer users. The service is free, inasmuch that the listeners provide their own tapes and postal wallets. This month, I asked how many people would be interested in receiving CDs instead of tapes, and paying a small subscription to cover the cost of discs, stationery etc. It's still early days, but so far the response has not exactly been overwhelming. This may be because they prefer to listen or download from the internet, www.tc.pressakey.net or it may just be that people prefer a free tape to a CD that has to be paid for. Best wishes, Ted ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq __________ NOD32 1914 (20061211) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq