I like it!  Looks like info that will be very informative and useful. I'm looking forward to it.  Best of luck to you for the ongoing success of your venture!

Hello Joe;

You might consider a download list with instructions as a last resort method.  I would not put it on the download page but rather on a troubleshooting page and well noted as a last resort.  I am on Mac Intel 10.5 and do not know if the Adobe rich option will even work for me considering their Flash problems on Mac Intel.  That said it may well be an excellent option for most people.    I still think the Zip Folder download is the most universal.  However, you might consider offering a .dmg for Mac users.  And maybe even an image file that would be burnable as is for every one, I for one and some others I am sure can even "play" or mount the image file as if it were a disk.

Sorry for the long make-work comment,

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When I attempt to download the demo sample issue, I get a dialog box that states " corrupted or invalid file"

There were additional updates that I had to download for Adobe 9. I also saved the Zip file to a folder then unzipped it, then viewed with the reader. I tryed to view the zipped file directly, Duh! I'll learn someday. I look forward to your premiere issue. 

Glad to hear you got it working ... thanks for the details of the issue and solution. That will help others who may be having a problem.

We've decided to provide the magazine in both zip and pdf form, so you can take your pick. The PDF approach will let you begin reading it online almost immediately, and it will download as you go. The zip version will have to be completely downloaded and then unzipped to be read.

The first issue is shaping up nicely, and we've also got some cool material in the works for issues 2 and beyond as well!

#1 is that the file opens just fine.

#2 is the interactive parts show up blank or black in 'Preview'

#3 download the latest 'Adobe Reader' and it works just fine

#4 NICE MAG

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It is beautiful work Joe and I can't wait until January to see the full "enchilada". I enjoyed what I read and found it easy to navigate.....BTW, I'm running FF3.2 with Adobe 8 in Ubuntu and I had no problems whatsoever.

Great effort Joe. Thanks for sharing your talents and railroad. I am looking forward to the full version in January

Downloaded without a hitch, though I did notice that FF3 (Windows XP Media) could not determine the file size. Played fine in Acrobat 8.1 even though I got warning messages saying it wouldn't! Like others, I cannot wait to see the first issue even though I don't have any particular interest in US outline modelling (I do German Ep1 thru 4).

Best of luck with the magazine, may it go from strength to strength.

Chris.