As a publisher we want to learn from the Indian
Linux community and
potential readers:
- Whether the Linux users in India like to read
an international
magazine dedicated to Linux? 2. Would they be interested in subscribing to such
a magazine.
- What would be the most the most attractive
cover-price in Indian
Rupees? (The internatonal edition of Linuxformat
is available in
select bookstores of Mumbai. A single issue costs
an exorbitant 600+
Rupees).
1. Considering the amount of penetration of Microsoft's Windows Operating System, in Mumbai, only a handful of Linux users would be interested a magazine dedicated to Linux (GNU/Linux).
2. Desktop Users who use Linux (GNU/Linux), but do not have access to the internet at home, would be interested in subscribing to the magazine. But as mentioned in the first point, the share of Linux (GNU/Linux) as operating system is fairly less.
3. On the stands, between Rs. 80 - 130 and/or attractive subscription schemes for 1 year / 3 years / 5 years with savings for the subscriber along with contests / great prizes should be considered for pricing issues.
- Yes I would very much like to read such a
magazine not because its an international magazine but because hopefully the quality of this is better than most magazines that we see currently in India.
Yes.
I guess Rs.100-150/- should be reasonable. You
should print several editions for different pricing and different goodies.
Your feedback is extremely valuable for us. Only
you can help us
bring an awesome monthly read purely about Linux
and at affordable
Indian prices.
Possibly, there should be some pre-marketing for using GNU/Linux (in the magazine), (collaborating a few issues of the magazine with Digit / PCQuest etc. ) so that people become aware of what they can do at less cost.
People should understand, that there are operating systems that can be purchased for low prices / downloaded free from the internet and used. (A computer can run operating systems other than windows!)
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