A Quick Update on Ebook Access

Here’s a quick update on how ebook access works for paid subscribers.

Until now, I’ve offered the ebook to annual subscribers and to monthly subscribers. How it worked with monthly subscribers wasn’t exactly clear, and this is my fault. Earlier this week I instituted a rule where monthly subs could get the book once they’d been subscribed for at least four months.

That worked (very painfully), but it’s far more complicated than it needs to be. Substack doesn’t offer an easy way to triage various subscriber segments for this purpose. Plus, once the book is published, the book needs to be competitively priced across platforms.

Effective immediately:

• Annual paid subscribers get the ebook as part of their subscription.
• Founding subscribers get the ebook as part of their subscription.
• Monthly subscribers (after September 26 at 11:59 p.m. MT) will no longer be automatically eligible for the ebook.

If you’re already a monthly subscriber and have already qualified for or received the ebook, nothing changes for you. If you’re a monthly subscriber and haven’t received the ebook, message me, and I’ll make it right, since I wasn’t clear about everything. Sorry for the confusion, and I'll eat the cost because of my lack of clarity.

Going forward, I’m moving toward a simpler membership model: monthly subscriptions are for the ongoing Substack publication, while annual subscriptions will include a growing library of additional resources.

That will eventually include more ebooks, on-demand courses, and other material I’m publishing.

The goal is to make the distinction between monthly and annual membership much clearer:

Monthly = ongoing writing and subscriber content, office hours, community events. Expect a LOT more content and events now that this book is done.

Annual = everything above, plus ebooks, on-demand courses (coming this Fall), and special annual subscriber deals (workshop deals, etc.).

If you’ve been considering switching to annual, you can do that from your Substack account settings. Again, due to my lack of clarity, if you have an ongoing monthly subscription, you’ll be grandfathered in for the on-demand courses I promised you. But you should consider an annual subscription. Especially with subscription price increases coming this Fall, switching to an annual subscription will be much more cost-effective.

Finally, if you enjoy the Mixed Model Arts ebook, please help spread the word. A social media post, an Amazon review, word-of-mouth praise - all of these go a long way to get the book into the hands of people who can benefit from it.

Sorry again for the confusion, and thanks for your support.

Joe Reis