Dear
BC Reader,
Beginning
this week and continuing for the next few weeks, you’ll be seeing
some changes in BC. The content will remain,
as always:
This
week, we introduce our new BC Subscription plans,
with several different subscription lengths and payment options
from which to choose. We must return to subscription-based publishing
in order to keep BC alive, although we also intend
to continue Complimentary BC Subscriptions
for low income readers, so that access to BlackCommentator.com
remains available to everyone. BC Subscription
prices range from a low $39.95 one-time payment (or $3.95 over
twelve payments) for a full year (at least 40 issues) to $4.95
for a one-month subscription. The Sign-Up Page gives all the details
and BC Subscription plans.
For
those of you who have continued your financial support through
contributions to BC, we would be happy to create
a BC Subscription for you at no additional charge.
Please click here
to let us know if you would like to convert your contributions
to a BC Subscription.
Beginning
this week, you may notice that you need to sign-in to view certain
pages of BlackCommentator.com. By next week, to read most of BC
you will need to sign-in.
Very
soon, you will also see new website menus to make navigating easier.
We have listened to BC reader suggestions and
are nearly finished re-designing the site navigation. Do you have
suggestions? Please click here
to make sure they reach Nancy Littlefield.
We
understand that paying for a subscription in tough times is not
easy for everyone. Neither is publishing an online magazine, without
income. And yet, especially with so many important issues facing
us all today, the work of BC is more relevant
and necessary than ever. We want to be there when you go to BlackCommentator.com,
and by asking everyone to pitch in, we will be.
Thank
you for your past and future support, both financial and through
your reader comments to us and to your friends and colleagues.
Peter
Gamble Bill Fletcher Nancy Littlefield
Publisher Executive Editor
Managing Editor