This post replaces the one I put up on July 30; it
corrects a few mistakes and includes new information. I have removed the
previous post to avoid confusion.
I’ve just started a new blog on Substack called
“Tom Alrich’s blog, too”. Until August 11, all my new posts will appear there,
as well as here in Blogspot. After August 11, my new posts will only
occasionally appear in this blog, but they will be available to paid
subscribers on Substack. The 1200+ posts I’ve written on Blogspot since 2013
will remain available for free here; they are also now available to paid subscribers
on Substack.
A subscription to the Substack blog costs $30 per year (or
$5 per month); anyone who can’t pay that should email me. These are the minimum
amounts I can charge on Substack; note that the entire subscription fee is
passed on to me. There is also a Founders subscription plan at $100 for the
first year. I hope you’ll consider signing up for that if you have appreciated
my posts so far. After August 11, people who have chosen the free signup option
on Substack won’t be able to read my new posts, unless they upgrade to a paid
subscription.
I made this move for two main reasons. First, as you may
know, Substack has become the premier blogging platform (not just for textual
blogging like I do, but video and audio posts as well). It provides me an amazing
amount of information on how my posts are being received and options for
delivering the posts, as well as other capabilities like a community
chat that is available for all subscribers (paid and free). I hope
that chat will become a lively forum for discussing topics related to what I
write about in my posts. Any subscriber to the blog can post questions to the
whole group.
The other reason why I made this move is because I decided I
can’t continue to produce new posts without either charging for access or
including advertising - and I really don’t want to have advertising.
To make a long story short, if you wish to continue to read
my posts after August 11, whether on the web or in the Substack app, please sign up for a paid
subscription in Substack at this link.
I hope you’ll stay with me!
P.S. If you currently subscribe to the Blogspot blog through
Follow.It, your subscription will remain in effect, since I will continue to publish
occasional posts on Blogspot. However, tomorrow you will also be enrolled as a
free subscriber in Substack. That will get you free access to all new posts
until August 11.
If you want to continue to receive my posts after that
date, as well as get access to the 1200+ “legacy” posts in Substack, you need
to upgrade to a paid subscription. If you don’t want to upgrade but still want
to keep access to the community chat and occasional new posts, you don’t have
to do anything. And if you don’t even want to continue access to the occasional
free posts, you should unsubscribe.
Note: If you normally read my posts by clicking on the link I post in LinkedIn, I believe you will still be able to do that after August 11, although you will need a paid subscription to the Substack blog. If that doesn’t work properly, please email me.
If you would like to comment on
what you have read here, I would love to hear from you. Please email me
at tom@tomalrich.com,
or even better, sign up as a free
subscriber to the Substack community chat for my subscribers, and make your
comment there.
