Your say

Thank you to everyone who replied to the questionnaire sent out with issue No. 88 and posted on Inside Indonesia’s website. A total of 151 subscribers returned the questionnaire. Below are the results of the questionnaire, and some of the comments we received.

Do you prefer your Inside Indonesia as print or on-line?
• print: 112
• on-line: 26
• no preference: 12
• no answer: 1

How much extra would you pay for a print magazine subscription?
• A$10 annually: 115
• A$5 annually: 25
• no answer: 11

Would you be happy donate the rest of your magazine subscription to the on-line version, if Inside Indonesia went on-line?
• willing: 115
• unwilling: 23
• no answer: 13

Would you be willing to donate to the on-line version?
• annual: 49 (total A$3538)
• one-off: 19 (total A$1485)

Would you be happy to give a donation to the print magazine?
• annual: 42 (total A$3765)
• one-off: 25 (total A$2090)

Twelve people gave offers of voluntary labour.

Comments in favour of the print magazine

• I enjoy reading the magazine in bed, on the beach, anywhere but on the computer screen.

• I work on-screen all day and it’s the last thing I want to carry over into my off-time.

• Two other publications I subscribe to have done this and I find that I now read neither as thoroughly or as often as I used to. My aging eyes will not support prolonged reading at a PC screen! However Inside Indonesia is so valuable I’ll support it whichever way you go.

• I’ve subscribed almost from the beginning of production and have kept all copies, which are often re-read and loaned to others. I’ve also used them as a teaching resource. As it’s extremely difficult to access material on-line in many schools which have limited computer access, I’ve been grateful for my own copies which have been readily available. The lack of hard copy will necessarily mean that far fewer teachers will be able to use this wonderful material.

• What a great loss! I carry Inside Indonesia in my bag to read at leisure, whether it be on the train or during my lunch break at work. Downloaded pages from the internet, stapled together, would greatly detract from the quality of Inside Indonesia.

Comments in favour of an on-line magazine

• My preference is probably for the electronic version (PDF format), as long as it remains citeable and able to be archived as a publication by research workers.

• The on-line magazine could have a section where people leave comments about articles to create live debate, or have set times when the authors/experts are on-line to answer questions.

• Why not charge a subscription fee rather than ask for donations? Perhaps part of the magazine could be free but with a ‘subscribers only’ part. I would feel better about paying for access, than giving donations so others can access free!