COVID-19 - and
getting your copy of
silicon chip
As Nicholas Vinen reports in his Editorial Viewpoint in this issue, despite the impact of COVID-19,
SILICON CHIP is still in production, albeit with staff working from home. We aim to bring out each
issue on time and with all the usual features and technical articles you’ve come to expect. But where
does that leave you, our readers, in getting their hands on a copy each month when many readers
can’t, or don’t wish to, leave home; many newsagents are closed or on reduced hours and so on?
You basically have three options:
(a) The best choice, by far, is to subscribe to SILICON CHIP.
This will ensure your copy will reach your mailbox at the
earliest possible date – and we have been assured that postal
services will continue.
Even if you don’t want to take out a full 12-month or
24-month subscription, you could opt for a 6-month term,
which hopefully will take us past the end of the current crisis.
You’ll save money over the single-copy, over-the-counter price. And, of course, we pick up the postage charges.
(b) Your second choice is, of course, to continue to buy
SILICON CHIP over-the-counter. If you (or someone for you)
can get out, you can buy your copy of SILICON CHIP just as
you’ve always done.
Don’t forget, SILICON CHIP is available from many retail
outlets:
(i) Better newsagents (if they don’t stock it, ask for it!)
(ii) Your local electronics/components supplier, including
Jaycar Electronics stores, Altronics stores and even at many
Coles supermarkets (125 around Australia!).
How do you subscribe?
(c) Our Special Anti-Covid-19 deal:
Subscribing is simple, and easiest done online (www.
siliconchip.com.au/Shop/Subscribe). Simply enter your details (including credit card details) and your next issue will
be sent direct to you.
You can also email us (silicon<at>siliconchip.com.au) or
even mail us (Silicon Chip, PO Box 139, Collaroy NSW 2097)
– again with your details – length of subscription, name,
address, contact number and credit card number, type and
expiry date – and we’ll look after the details.
You can subscribe by phone – (02) 9939 3295. With staff
working from home, we’ll generally answer the phone as
soon as possible.
But there may be some times when the office is closed
early or we simply can’t answer the phone. So it is better to
subscribe via the website.
As a service to readers who are finding it difficult to obtain their copies (and we wouldn’t want you to miss out!) we
have a special one-off puchase deal for the next 6 months.
It works just like a one-month subscription:
For just $10.00 per issue* (that’s just 5c more than the
normal $9.95 cover price) we will post you the current issue just as soon as you order it.
Again, we’ll pick up the vast majority of the postage charge
so it will cost you no more to use this method (OK, it will
cost you 5c more!!!).
How do take advantage of this offer? Exactly the same as
if you subscribe – via the web, email, mail and phone as detailed at left.
* Australia only – New Zealand postage is also discounted
to AU$4.50 – a $3.00 saving
WE WON’T LET YOU MISS OUT ON ANY COPY OF YOUR FAVOURITE ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE!
siliconchip.com.au
Australia’s electronics magazine
May 2020 35
