A... er... 'friend' of mine emailed customer services at TPJ to find out what the official story was on its future. Here's the response I, er, he got. Dave... ----- Forwarded message from Brian Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: Brian Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Mike Brown'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: New Perl Journal Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:32:42 -0700 As of Dec 26 2000, EarthWeb has announced a strategic reorganization of its businesses. Essentially, EarthWeb will focus on Career Solutions, and will shed its content business. At this moment, the status for ITKnowledge and The Perl Journal is unclear so all new orders and current customer payment processes are on hold. We will however, keep your information and in the event that the product is sold, we will pass your information on to the new owners. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. Brian Todd Customer Support Team Lead EarthWeb Knowledge Products [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Mike Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 6:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New Perl Journal Hello, I was expecting a new issue of the Perl Journal to be released about now, but none of the shops that I normally buy it from have copies and your web site is still giving details of the old issue. Can you tell me when the new issue will be out. Thanks, Mike. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- http://www.dave.org.uk | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] <plug>Data Munging with Perl <http://www.manning.com/cross/></plug>