Our new PassPorter's Club is now open! Just what is the PassPorter's Club?
In essence, it is an enhanced access subscription club for PassPorter's e-books, e-worksheets, and server-intensive message board privileges. There's also a 35% discount code and early access to special offers, like our $1 book sales. There's even the option to commission a custom e-worksheet! The price is extremely reasonable -- the monthly price is the
same as just one of our e-books in the store ($4.95), and the annual price is even less (25% less). Read a
much more detailed description, along with the
Club FAQ and Agreement. You can read both in the Club's public forum, the
Gallery.
Read the long list of
Club Benefits here.
How do you get to the PassPorter's Club?
You can check out the PassPorter's Club now by clicking the lavendar "PassPorter's Club" tab at the top of any message board page. Or simply go to
PassPorter's Club - PassPorter Community - Message Boards and Forums Why the low price?
E-books and e-worksheets have proved more popular than we ever anticipated -- by making them easily available to passholders in the Club, we get more e-books out to them and in turn can create more e-books. It's a group share concept. We'll be adding to our e-book and e-worksheet collection as our Club grows -- there'll always be something new in the pipeline.
Why are you charging for it at all?
E-books require intensive effort on the part of the author, editor, and publisher to research, format, and distribute. Our e-books are professional publications, able to sit on any bookstore's shelves but in e-book format due to their scope and appeal. Additionally, the costs to maintain our message board is growing, but we want to keep our community freely open to all -- so this is a way to offset the high costs of servers, software, and support.
Is this a social group or clique? Will I feel like an outsider if I don't join?
No and no!
The Club is first and foremost an information repository -- a sort of online library or electronic book club. Everyone can join, but it is optional. Our community members are highly valued, passholder or not. No privileges are being removed from our community members' accounts. Think of it this way -- plenty of our community members do not have a copy of a PassPorter guidebook, but we welcome them here with open arms regardless -- this community is for all like-minded travelers, whether or not they have a PassPorter guidebook or Club Pass.
PassPorter's Club is an add-on -- Club Passholders receive NEW access on top of what's already available freely to anyone. The new access on the message boards mostly involves things that are server-intensive and thus cost us extra money, such as increased allowances for private messages, longer signatures, larger image sizes, unlimited file uploads, and so on. Club Passholders also receive the ability to change their board layout style and have a custom member title below their names.
What if I just want to show support for the community but don't need the access?
Easy -- get a pass and don't use the extra access. It's perfectly acceptable to show your support this way.
What if I don't want it at all?
Also easy -- just don't get a pass. Nothing about your message board account will be changed if you don't get a pass, and you can expect the same level of maintenance, features, service, information, and friendliness you've come to love here! The Club is just a cherry on the top.
So how do I get a pass to the PassPorter's Club?
Here are the full details:
How to Get a Pass to the PassPorter's Club
... when you're ready, you can subscribe here:
http://www.passporterboards.com/forums/payments.php
Any and all feedback is welcome! You can reply to this post, or PM/e-mail me and our Club Goddess, Belle* (Sara Varney).