The masthead says single print issues are $5. You can get a year (4 issues) on the web for $7 to see whether you want the print version.

Phil

I don't know who runs that

That's answered in their FAQ. It's run by brian_d_foy.

Now I'll go see if there is an email address I can make the same queries at

The contact page, perhaps?

Does anyone here subscribe and is it a good resource?

I subscribe and I think it's an excellent resource. It's work every penny (er... cent) that I pay for it.

The information you need to contact me is on our Contact page. I'd be happy to sell you a single issue if you like, but for only $2 more you can get a web only subscription and find out for yourself. I can't sell you a single issue for a dollar or two, though, because a single copy costs me a little over $4 to produce and mail.

I also understand and appreciate your comments about free articles and author information. Free articles for the public aren't going to happen without someone paying for it. Typically that means some advertiser or sponsor. As most internet businesses now realize, that's not enough revenue to cover the costs. No one gets paid for any work on The Perl Review. It's not advertiser driven, so most of the revenue is subscriptions. Without subscriptions I can't make the magazine, and there won't be any articles, free or otherwise. I'm content to make the magazine while it pays its bills, but I'm not going to lose money on it. :)

Besides that, there's only one of me. I have a long list of things I'd like to do with the website and I'm slowly working on them. Besides all the stuff that I normally do for the community, my last year was taken up writing Mastering Perl, so I was just getting the magazine out and letting the website just keep going. This next year looks better. However, I do give out the first page of each article for free, along with the table of contents. The next big thing for me is to translate everything to HTML so the subscribers can see it without the PDF. Part of that will be author pages that everyone can see.

Some conferences and user groups get copies through various deals, so you might be ablel to pick up a gratis copy that way. :)