Some of our readers have asked how they can subscribe to the Thursday and Sunday print editions of AnnArbor.com. That's a good question. And the answer is fairly simple.
If you are an existing subscriber to The Ann Arbor News, you will automatically be subscribed to the AnnArbor.com newspaper editions. Home delivery will begin on July 26, and will continue every Thursday & Sunday (or only on Sunday, if requested), unless you tell us otherwise.
If your account is paid beyond July 26, your money will be pro-rated and your deliveries of AnnArbor.com will be extended so that the value of your pre-payment is retained.
New subscribers can contact us at (734) 926-4555 or (888) 922-2472, or by emailing us at subscriberservices@annarbor.com. Existing customers will be able to manage their accounts online at annarbor.com/subscriptions beginning July 26.
The subscription cost for AnnArbor.com is $9.00 per month for your choice of Thursday & Sunday or Sunday only delivery. The direct debit, EZpay automatic payment subscription rate is only $8.25 per month (the equivalent of one month free each year when compared to the regular home delivery prices).
We are looking forward for the e-version.
So if I want Sunday only, I still pay the same rate as for Sunday & Thursday?
It's the other way around. The cost of the Sunday paper is $9 per month (or $8.25 per month if you use direct deposit or EZpay). If you want the Thursday and Sunday paper, you get both for the same price as the Sunday paper.
I hope that proof reading does not end with the end of The News.. you might want to read what you are posting before you hit enter.
Speaking of proof reading, the letter mailed by the Circulation Director to my home about the new e-services was laden with typos and mistakes. This is disgraceful for a journalistic enterprise. AnnArbor.com better do better or it will look amateurish and damage its credibility right out of the gate!
I was embarrassed by that letter and I apologize for it. Most subscribers received a letter that was properly edited, but in the process of sending it out, there was a technological glitch, which someone tried to work around by retyping the letter, unfortunately adding a number of mistakes in the process. That retyped letter should have been proofed again, but wasn't. The letter reflected poorly on us as an organization, and we will work very hard to make sure something like that doesn't happen again.
Your proof reading has be an on-going issue for years why would be think it would change with an online news paper. Yes mistakes happen but you have not improved in years. Maybe you should hire several people who read everything several times before it is put online. Hard copy is best for that. Just a thought.
Tony, you wrote "The letter reflected poorly on us an an organization, and we will work very hard to make sure something like that doesn't happen again." I have heard this line many times before. As I am sure others have.
I will miss the paper but not that much.
I would refer anyone interested in a history of proofreading (or proof-reading; the style varies) to this 1898 book on the topic by Francis Horace Teall
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZIT3lNBdCTwC
Title Proof-reading: A Series of Essays for Readers and Their Employers, and for Authors and Editors
Author Francis Horace Teall
Publisher The Inland printer company, 1898
Teall worked on the Century and Standard dictionaries, and he writes with the authority of someone who sees the challenge of setting lead type from hand written manuscripts.
you certainly are not customer friendly. Why make it so difficult to get the paper?