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About Clarkesworld Magazine
Clarkesworld is a science fiction and fantasy magazine that has been published monthly since October 2006. Each issue contains at least three pieces of original fiction from new and established authors, as well as art, articles, interviews and more.
Fiction from Clarkesworld has won or been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus, Sturgeon, Shirley Jackson, Stoker, WSFA Small Press and Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards. Clarkesworld itself received the 2010 and 2011 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine and Clarkesworld editor Neil Clarke is a 2012 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Editor Short Form.
More information about Clarkesworld can be found at their website, www.clarkesworldmagazine.com.
Hello
I want to send an EPUB subscription as a gift. How do I do that?
No problem. Here’s how to do that.
I’m more than happy to buy a subscription for Clarkesworld Magazine. I’ve been reading it for several years and think they are publishing some of the finest short speculative fiction that’s being written today. I discovered Catherynne Valente and Tobias Buckell through Clarkesworld, and that alone is worth the price of admission.
I firmly believe that lovers of good spec fic should be prepared to support those outlets that are putting quality stories in our hands. I hope others will join me.
Eric
I am glad others feel the same way about Clarkesworld. Authors like Aliette De Bodard and Yun Ha Lee arrived through the Clarkesworld Portal.
Clarkesworld is publishing some of the smartest and best Sci-Fi and fantasy writing available, not to mention that Kate Baker shines brilliantly on the podcast, with readings that are true to the writing and embody the work. She is an Amazing emissary of this writing.
Support Clarkesworld. It’s an investment in yourself if you like excellent writing, that moves beyond the pages.
I wanted to buy the one year subscription but when I select it the sidebar says, “Cart does not meet the minimum requirement for this coupon!” and checkout does not appear to work.
Is it broken, or have I missed something obvious?
Thanks.
Joe,
That message shouldn’t interfere with your ability to check out and get your books–we’re running a 33% off sale on PM Press titles; that message is trying to tell you you haven’t added any sale books–but you’re right, it’s confusing and shouldn’t be there. I removed it. Thanks for mentioning this!
Will a subscription grant access to back issues in epub format? I’d love to get caught up…
Hi Steve, sorry, no it doesn’t. Although if there is a specific back issue you’d like your subscription to begin with, we could probably do that. Otherwise the back issues can be picked up here:
http://weightlessbooks.com/category/format/subscription/clarkesworld-magazine/
Unfortunately not–a new subscription starts with the current issue and goes forward, so you have to get the back issues separately. Though I was thinking just the other day it might not be a bad idea to sell bundled back issues…
Michael: If you can work it out, we’d be happy to offer back issue bundles.
I will subscribe if the files received are DRM free. Apologies if this was specified and I missed it… I’mm happy to support but will not buy files crippled in any way.
I look forward to receiving your assurance!
All our books are DRM-free, yes. http://weightlessbooks.com/faq/
I’d love if there was a full RSS feed available to subscribers. Ars Technica has this for theirs. I think this would work well for short stories.
Is it possible to subscribe to a paperback format of the magazine or only ebook?
Clarkesworld does put out annual trade paperbacks collecting all the fiction from the year. See here:
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/staff/#realms
But no, they don’t print an issue every issue.
Actually, we’ve started publishing print editions of each issue (and are working our way backwards through our back catalog). At present, you can order them from Wyrm Publishing’s website and a certain major online bookseller that begins with A. We don’t have subscription options for the paper edition yet… mainly because the cost of shipping individual issues would make it quite expensive.
I would like to get a 12 month run of Clarkesworld. However, I would like to do this the old fashion way. Could you give me a mailing address to send payment for 12 issues? I would like to get the magazines themeselves, the ones you hold in your hand. Thanks.
Hi Jason, please see comments 11 and 12 above, thanks.
Back issue bundles….. Yes please
Hey, you know, I think we can do this now. Let me talk to Neil. Thanks for the reminder!
I’d love to renew my subscription, but this page indicates that if I purchase a new subscription now it’ll start with the current issue (#87), which I’ve already got. I don’t see a simple “renew” option. Maybe I missed something. Help?
To renew, just buy another subscription–don’t worry, you won’t get double-charged for the current issue. The site knows if you’re already subscribed, and if so, it just adds twelve issues to however many you currently have left.
I realize that’s not obvious at the moment–I’ll figure out a way to make it more clear. Thanks for mentioning this!
I’m a little confused – you say you e-mail a “live link” that is “live” for 5 days. Does that mean if I miss the 5 day “live” window I can’t get that month’s edition?
You can always download all your issues from our My Library page; you just have to sign up for an account to get access:
https://weightlessbooks.com/my-library/
Or if you’d rather you can just email us and we’ll send you a renewed download link via email.
I just looked at renewing my subscription to Clarkesworld and see a price of $35.88. That appears to be about a 50% increase over what I paid last year, and gives me pause for thought about whether I should renew (the same price, or even a 10-15% increase would have made my renewal automatic).
What is the reason for the big increase?
Clarkesworld publisher Neil Clarke answers:
Clarkesworld has been offering subscriptions at the $1.99/month rate since June 2011. Back then, each issue had two stories and some non-fiction. Since then, we’ve increased story length, started publishing 6-7 stories per issue, and additional non-fiction. If counted by print pages, we’ve moved from around 45 pages per issue to closer to 135, which is three-times larger. We’ve resisted making lesser increases along the way (and maybe that would have been less jarring), but we feel we’ve more than covered the extra value needed to justify adding $1/month to our subscription cost and have promised not to even consider raising the rates again for several years. This move was necessary to ensure the future health and continued growth of the magazine.
We hope that you’ll consider sticking with us. If not, we understand and hope you’ll keep reading or listening Clarkesworld in some other way. If you’d like to discuss this further, please feel free to email me at neil@clarkesworldmagazine.com.
Hi, new subscriber here! Well, actually I just started the 7-day free trial on the Google Play App. I would like to cancel that subscription, and try the Weightless subscription here, as I’m not really happy with the clarity on the tablet I own. It also does injustice to the awesome art. I would much rather read this magazine on my PC. Please see if you can help. Cheers!
— Kevin