We can read your mind. You've thought of subscribing to the weekly 114 times...now is your big chance! Dear Fellow Traveller:
I know how it is. I'm a Salon.com reader -- Arianna Huffington is one of my favorite columnists ever. I send her love notes all the time. I get her column free. But Salon.com pays her salary. One day it occurred to me. I got out my credit card and ordered a premium subscription to Salon, and began pondering who else would benefit from one. I just felt like sending a little of my miraculously-earned cash their way. It was easy and I felt really good. I read the editor's pitch about how rare independently-owned media is. I agreed with every word -- he was just reminding me of the philosophy behind Planet Waves.
I mean, I could be working for a really hot ad agency in New York, or tromping around Kuwait embedded with the 101st Airborne, instead of sitting here in the middle of the night coming up with highly innovative sales material for my humble, lovable, troublemaking astrology newsletter. But really...could you imagine such a thing?
If you haven't subscribed to Planet Waves Weekly, you've missed nearly 30 weeks of what many people say is their favorite horoscope anywhere. And all those essays, on all kinds of current affairs and current planets and even a special edition on currant pancakes. Not only that, the weirder the world gets, the more I want to write about it.
But for those who want the horoscope only, we now have a new option available -- the horoscope only. Actually, it's tthe horoscope and the mysterious birthday report. The programming on the secured side of the server is not done, so you have to sign up for that by phone order. It's $25 for a year for all 12 signs, plus the birthday bit each week.
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We have three more options to offer you. Two are for people who are doing better than usual these days, and remembering how many hours they've spent swimming through the endless world of Planet Waves: the Supporter Level, which is a one-year subscription for $100, and the Sustainer Level, which is one year for $250. If you can do that, thank you. Know that you're supporting an on-the-ground, honest-to-goodness cybercottage enterprise. To become a Supporter or Sustainer, please call Chelsea at (206) 463-7827 during business hours Pacific Time.
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Very truly yours,
Eric Francis
on behalf of the Planet Waves staff
