If we subscribe now (and through this link), will we still get the first issue? Or will it end up being the second issue?

Good question, Sean, but I don’t know the exact answer. Two gut checks:

1. It’s quarterly, so I suspect the fulfillment would start well before a second ish would even be available
2. Most every magazine I’ve ever subscribed to, for better worse, sent the previous (or earlier) issue as the first part of the subscription. Usually much to my annoyance, I confess. :)

I’m happy to try and get an answer for you though. Check back here. Thanks.

Here’s one answer:

Once you’ve placed an order, it takes one to two weeks for your subscription to be received and scheduled by the publisher. Your subscription is then added to the publisher’s next production cycle and shipped via standard mail. For example, if your monthly subscription was ordered and received by the publisher in November, and the December issue has already shipped, your order may be added to the January mailing.

I’ll contact Customer Service and try to learn more

Yeah, same here, so it’s what I figured. I just want to avoid waiting to see if #1 or #2 ends up in my mailbox before going out and getting #1 from the news stand.

Thanks for the help!

Sean: Bad-ish news. See the update.

The great news is I’m assured that you can still subscribe direct from O’Reilly and get issue #1 included. Yay.

Thanks so much for asking about this—I uncritically assumed that the Amazon subscription would start with issue #1. Apparently I know more about guessing than I do about the periodical game. :-)

I do sincerely apologize for the mixup.

I have been invited to step in a (hopefully) clarify a few things.

First, through a special arrangement with Amazon, single-copy sales of MAKE are available exclusively through Amazon until March 16th. Thereafter, please ask for it at your favorite neighborhood bookstore or news stand.

Here’s Amazon’s link for single-copy MAKE sales:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596009224/qid%3D1107992308/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-0548141-0996648

You can order a one-year subscription to MAKE (starting with the next quarterly issue) from Amazon at:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007RNI5K/103-0548141-0996648

Or you can always subscribe to MAKE directly through O’Reilly at:

http://www.makezine.com/

If you subscribe directly from O’Reilly through April, we will start your subscription with the first issue. If you subscribe after April, but you’d still like to start with the first issue, no problem. Simply call our our MAKE customer service number 866-289-8847 (US + Canada), or 818-487-2037 (all other countries). We’ll bend over backwards to work it out for you.

Cheers,

Dan Woods

Associate Publisher, MAKE

Thanks, Dan! You’re a class act.

That work for everybody?

It sure works for me! Thanks!

Will we Brits be able to buy Make in bookshops or subscribe in the UK?

-Jakob

If you do get it through O’Reilly, use promotional code “M5ZXML” to get 5 issues at the same subscription price as 4 issues.