Welcome to the first edition of our Pokéjungle.net Magazine Newsroom. In this recurring series I will debrief everyone on the latest news and tidbits from the scenes of PJNM. Let’s start with the main point of today.
Survey
You may recall we did a survey two weeks ago. This survey was intended to gauge people’s expectation regarding pricing of the magazine. I will not represent the data graphically, as I just wanted a general outlook. The first thing that came to mind was that everyone’s price expectations for the number of pages was way too low. This posed us with a dilemma, lots of people wanted 50+ pages, but they still expect the magazine to be under $5. The reason why actual magazines are be able to do this is because they feature lots of ads, and print thousands of copies in advance. We don’t have those. However, I found a good compromise.
Pages
The number of pages is set to be between 40 and 45. This gives us room to do lots of different articles, with not having to resort to filler. It also won’t make the printed edition too expensive if you include shipping.
Printed Magazine Price
First, the bad news. A page count of 40 would mean the magazine is in the $8-9 price range. Sadly, we don’t have much say in this. Print on demand is still relatively expensive. However, I still believe we go through with those for following reasons. First, the printed magazine is intended for the real fans, and with only two (or three) copies a year, this won’t become an expensive endeavour. Second, we won’t take a mark-up on the magazine, to keep the price low and to show we’re not into profit-making. And last, we will make up for this in a number of ways. We will put our heart and soul into the magazine to make sure it is worth owning. This means unique content that will be hard to find on other Pokémon fansites. And…
Digital Magazine
All digital copies will be available free of charge. This is so you can experience the magazine yourself before deciding to buy it. It will also come with a license that allows you to print it for personal use or for relatives, providing you don’t make a profit off it. We first wanted to sell it for $1, because there are a few costs associated even with the digital edition. We’re still looking for a good place to distribute it free of charge, seeing as the magazine will be quite large in download size and we want you to have decent download speeds. We’ll also need money for stamps and letters to get written permission for articles, art,… We found a kind sponsor for all this however. He’s not tied to any company and we won’t put any real ads in the mag, but there might be a page or two written by him :).
And now some announcements regarding the content itself.
Readers’ Tree
Readers’ Tree is the name for our community section. A section named Through the Grapevines will feature the best comments from the past few months, carefully selected by the PJNM staff. Alderman’s Tree Stump will be our spotlighted commenter of the issue, featuring an extensive interview. And as a final announcement, we will hold a contest in where you can have your own opinion article featured in the game. The winner will receive a printed copy as compensation. More details on the contest in the following weeks.
Next time we’ll give a sneak peek at the PJNM logo, made by our own in-house artist moving. Until then!
~Daedardus~ Editor-in-Chief on behalf of the PJNM Staff.
Wait…..have the magazine scans begun leaking already?! XD
I can just imagine the article when the magazine releases…
“February PJNM Leaking!”
best comments? I wonder if that’s chosen through the disqus comments or the mt. moon community….
Mostly Disqus, simply because it features the most comments. We might put in a few forum posts though 🙂
that’s excellent, for a second I thought i’d have absolutely no chance in being in this thing, now my hopes are up! Is it just really the funniest comments? that’d make for quite a hilarious read
No, best is not always the same as funniest. We’ll make sure they are all varied 🙂
Well, I’m doomed. Even if it was funniest, I can’t make jokes, I just know when to use them.
wow you guys really seem like you are putting a lot in to this i hoe you succeed
how will you decide how many printed copies you’ll be making?
40-45 pages, wow, you guys are really going full throttle with this! I can’t wait to see the magazine. Love the best of comments section. Where is this generous, amazing, extraordinary, poke’loving philanthropist? They deserve all the handshakes/hugs/congrats/up votes/thanks/etc… this community has to offer
Would I be able to have the Digital version on my Kindle or would it be pdf?
Jordin, can you make me an avatar with the 3 Solosis from my current avatar.
Here’s the picture. (For the name put Green)
Actually, Never mind People keep down voting me so I’ll make my own.
Those bastards. Seriously, don’t listen to whoever’s downvoting you. I really can’t see why they would anyway. These people are being jerks. *FLAME SHIELD ACTIVATE*
It’s probably because you wrote this on another article, people don’t like that
That’s awesome!
Can’t wait for the first issue! 😀
Can’t wait for the 15th for the CoroJungle leaks
That’s the same day pokemon the origins is coming out in English! The 15th is going to be a great day
*Marks Calendar*
(This is the worst possible place for me to be asking this but) Hi guys! At the moment I’m trying to good Iv Pokemon and I can almost do it but now I’ve hit my last problem. I don’t have a friend Safari with ditto. If you can be so kind as to let me know what your friend code I would be very glad 🙂 My friend code is 4725 9328 5470. (My apologies to PokeJungle for posting this on a form currently unrelated to Pokemon X & Y)
The best comments huh? Challenge accepted.
Very interesting! I’m going to buy this magazine for sure!
ehh i wanna say this here but let me talk about the magazine its good idea to attract fans to your website as well
you should do a topic on Carbink= Dianice Possible connection
Carbink and Dianice being connected somehow( Got it from MO)
1 both Rock/Fairy
2. Both are floating rocks
3. Carbink has this white fluff and now Dianice has a white fluff dress or something
4. Crystals shoved into their heads
5. Grey Skin
Hey I love MO!
And diancie have a higher catch rate
Maybe breeding Diancie will result in a Carbink with pink gemstones? and The latios/latias pic might be a fusion of both of them together using an event item or the DNASplicer from B&W2
I can’t wait for this magazine to come out!! After being a visitor on the site for roughly 3 years, I feel compelled to do so! I probably won’t even read the first magazine though, I’ll frame it straight away. Now I just have to come up with a witty comment to be featured in the “through the grapevine” section…. Hmmm.
After paying p180,000 for hoodies, bags, pants, etc. at boutiques the past couple of weeks, 10 bucks for a 40 page magazine doesn’t sound too bad at all. This is in Pokédollars right?
I think it’s in Yen actually. 10 Yen is like freaking cents.
Honestly don’t care what it costs. I know you guys won’t screw us over so I’ll prolly buy it no matter what. XD
Sorry, off topic:
There should be filter for people wanting to have free battle matches without using any Legends. It’s getting annoying facing people using Yveltal/Xerneas, Mewtwo (with mega) & Zygarde.
There isn’t one?! Wow I could’ve sworn I saw one saying ‘No Legendaries’. Then again that could have been wifi battles. I can’t remember.
So, what will the magazine have?
Am i the only one who really doesn’t think carbink and diancie are related?
Yo
‘Sup
I’m pretty sure they aren’t related. People are using Phione/Manaphy as examples – but thing is we never encountered phione in the wild like carbink.
ok, if I put my roomates friend code on here, will anyone accept it? its fighting type with meinfoo, pancham, and breloom
sure why not?
4270-1230-6248 everyone add please! 🙂
How will us in the UK get it?
what pokemon do i have in my safari im a ice type i think so what pokemon do i have
Bergmite, and Snover
how do u get the 3rd slot?
I think after you beat the e4 I am not sure though
whats ur ingame name
Leonardo
it says LeonLeoX is that you because u dont have any
Yes
you dont have a spirtomb
You sure o.0
log on since ur 3rd slot isnt there
I am logged on
stupid me wasnt connected to the Wifi
lol
got it u want it nicknamed? and what will u give for it
If you are looking for anything specific let me know I will try and find it for ya!
good trade and whats my 3rd pokemon
Piloswine
i like what i offer!
Really doesn’t matter let me catch one for ya!
Apparently I have spiritomb 0688-6045-5464 and none of my friends have offered to give me one ;_;
ill add u and trade u one
5043-2395-4109
Whats ur ingame name
I know this is a bit random, but is there anyone here with Frogadier, Quilladin, or Togepi in their safaris?. If so could you please add me?. FC-0146-9773-9991. I’d appreciate it.