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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).

Thanks for visiting our site today. AnnArbor.com is getting ready to go live this week, and we now expect to launch our Web site on Friday.

The spirit is willing but the Web site is not quite ready.

So we've decided to move our launch from Monday to a week from today.

AnnArbor.com will now debut on Friday, July 24.

Matt Kraner, our CEO, announced the change this afternoon, saying we need four additional days to finish testing of the site to make sure it can handle the volume of traffic we expect when we launch.

So far, the testing has identified bugs that need to be fixed, and we've run out of time to make those fixes and complete additional testing in time to launch Monday.

"As we were moving towards launch day and were going through all the various site testing protocols, we uncovered a problem that could cause some readers to have an experience that in my mind is unacceptable. I decided that in order to provide the people of Ann Arbor with the best user experience on launch, the site would need a few extra days of refinement," Kraner said in a statement released today. "I realize that this change will inconvenience readers and marketing partners who were looking forward to the site's launch on Monday, and for that I apologize. While we don't expect perfection on day one, there is a minimum standard that our readers and marketing partners deserve."

He added that we remain excited and optimistic about our launch next week.

Our staffing is in place, we have a substantial number of advertisers on board, and our reporters are already out working on stories in anticipation of the site's debut. We also have more than 75 people in the community who will be contributing content on topics ranging from food and books to neighborhood concerns and parenting.

AnnArbor.com also will publish a newspaper twice a week, on Thursdays and Sunday. The first print edition will be on Sunday, July 26.

At AnnArbor.com, we're committed to cultivating an online community where real conversations take place on local issues. We built our news and information site to be interactive and intuitive. You'll find lots of places within AnnArbor.com to talk to us and each other.

As such, we're fully aware moderation of the comments and public posts on our site has to be strong. And if there's one thing we've heard loud and clear from the Ann Arbor area community, it's that people want us to moderate conversations on AnnArbor.com.