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New Dev Blog: EON: Changes in Store & Other Digital Adventures

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CCP Phantom
C C P
C C P Alliance
#1 - 2012-02-16 19:51:50 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP Guard
EON, the official EVE Online Magazine, awaits you with changes and hot news.

Read all about EON, special offers, digital editions and more in this exciting guest devblog from Zapatero.

CCP Phantom - Senior Community Developer
Mashie Saldana
V0LTA
New Eden Alliance 99013733
#2 - 2012-02-16 19:56:16 UTC
ShadowMaster
#3 - 2012-02-16 20:10:53 UTC
Digital! YAY! Thanks for the update guys. The EON magazines have always been very well done and I look forward to future editions.
Deviana Sevidon
Jades Falcon Guards
#4 - 2012-02-16 20:13:03 UTC
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When it comes to re-subscribing, however, you will have to register at the EON Store.


You managed to hide that bit between things about the EVE store. If you are transfering the subscription management to an outsourced company we should get a few more information about that.

....as if 10,058 Goon voices cried out and were suddenly silenced.
Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#5 - 2012-02-16 20:13:35 UTC
Ooohhh

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Twitter @ChribbaVeldspar
Nirnaeth Ornoediad
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#6 - 2012-02-16 20:31:29 UTC
Why on earth is CCP using an in-house e-commerce/e-retail system? Focus on producing games, and buy that sort of stuff off-the-shelf. Do you guys build your own HR and Finance systems too?

Fix POSes.  Every player should want one (even if all players can't have one).
Palmer Stinson
Doomheim
#7 - 2012-02-16 20:35:42 UTC  |  Edited by: Palmer Stinson
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Benilopax
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2012-02-16 20:56:14 UTC
As a former contributor, I'm glad to see EON move forward!

...
darmwand
Stay Frosty.
A Band Apart.
#9 - 2012-02-16 21:21:21 UTC
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We actually put a lot of time into researching the best platform and we liked Zinio by far the best. The service works across a greater range of devices (PC, Mac, Android, iOS) and you can download the mags as many times as you like to however many devices you own. No doubt there are some of you asking why we don't just sell pdfs from the EON Store, which is a fair question, but we almost see Zinio as the Steam of the magazine world. It has ubiquity, ease of use, a nice switch between portrait and landscape modes (and a text-only mode that we'll be eventually supporting), relatively small file sizes for each magazine compared to hi-res pdf files, and the aforementioned support over a range of devices - which, we're informed, will soon include Kindle Fire. Oh, and there's a nice preview feature too.


So basically it's going to be a proprietary, DRM infested format even though you're perfectly aware that PDFs exist? Sorry guys, I think not!

"The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp."
Judas II
Dark-Rising
Wrecking Machine.
#10 - 2012-02-16 21:32:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Judas II
Question: I re-subscribed for another year during the 2011 Thanksgiving sale. I paid for it. 100%.
Now the 4th issue of 2011 was already released then, so my next issue should be the #1 of 2012.

Will I still get it, or do I have to pay for another re-sub year again (that I already did with thanksgiving)?

Watch my videos at https://www.youtube.com/user/JudasIIEVEOnline
Freelancer117
So you want to be a Hero
#11 - 2012-02-16 21:41:57 UTC
Nxt time I'm holding the digital format it will be like:



Enhance 224 to 176, stop. Move in, stop. Pull out, track right, stop. Center in, pull back. Stop.

Give me a hard copy right there Cool

Eve online is :

A) mining simulator B) glorified chatroom C) spreadsheets online

D) CCP Games Pay to Win at skill leveling, with instant gratification

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Tanaka Aiko
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#12 - 2012-02-16 22:51:21 UTC
wait you can't change page by dragging it with your mouse, simulating how you do it RL ? i need to click on a button... on a professional service ?!
Gevlin
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2012-02-16 22:51:43 UTC
Finally Digital edition.!

Someday I will have the time to play. For now it is mining afk in High sec. In Cheap ships
Ifly Uwalk
Perkone
Caldari State
#14 - 2012-02-16 22:52:53 UTC
Freelancer117 wrote:
Nxt time I'm holding the digital format it will be like:



Enhance 224 to 176, stop. Move in, stop. Pull out, track right, stop. Center in, pull back. Stop.

Give me a hard copy right there Cool

And then I'll...

...have seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
chadwill
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2012-02-16 22:54:52 UTC
Digital edition is great, but i see no option to just buy single editions..
Zapatero
Doomheim
#16 - 2012-02-16 23:48:54 UTC
Judas II wrote:
Question: I re-subscribed for another year during the 2011 Thanksgiving sale. I paid for it. 100%.
Now the 4th issue of 2011 was already released then, so my next issue should be the #1 of 2012.

Will I still get it, or do I have to pay for another re-sub year again (that I already did with thanksgiving)?


Yes, you'll get it. All active subscriptions taken out through the EVE Store will be fulfilled. Your magazine will be with you very soon.

- Z

Editor of spaceship magazines PlaySF + EON
Zapatero
Doomheim
#17 - 2012-02-16 23:52:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Zapatero
chadwill wrote:
Digital edition is great, but i see no option to just buy single editions..


It is just one single edition (UK/US) at the moment, or a subscription starting with the same issue - #026. The back issues will be added in due course.

- Z

Editor of spaceship magazines PlaySF + EON
Jarnis McPieksu
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2012-02-17 06:44:38 UTC
This move (which I wholly approve) speaks volumes about the EVE store... Roll Perhaps CCP will do something about it one of these days...
testobjekt
Goonswarm Federation Human Resources
#19 - 2012-02-17 07:57:48 UTC
the pricing of the digital format is absurd. Its 25% more expensive then the printed format on some DRM ****** plattfrom.
The reason why you are not doing pdf is clear to everyone who is not a dope, you are afraid people share it.

You should embrace your customers and not shakle them!
Ciar Meara
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#20 - 2012-02-17 09:52:32 UTC
Sounds cool, I have been toying with the idea of getting a sub of a distinguished magazine for my coffee-table, this might be just the kick in the pants I need.

Let others brag with the economist or the times on their coffee-table, I prefer my reading about internet spaceships.

- [img]http://go-dl1.eve-files.com/media/corp/janus/ceosig.jpg[/img] [yellow]English only please. Zymurgist[/yellow]
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