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Zero Zeros
I’m having a tough time tracking down a Raspberry
Pi Zero. I know in your article about the development
of the Raspberry Pi Zero that Eben [Upton] said they
were doing only so many to start with – are there
going to be any more on the way, so more people can
get one? I do already have one from the magazine,
but I have many project ideas I want to use them
with. Thanks.
Alice C
Demand for the Raspberry Pi Zero has been
unprecedented – boards are being made as fast as they
can, but it’s apparently not quite enough to keep up with
demand. For the time being, it’s best to keep an eye on
the various social channels for the Raspberry Pi, such as
Twitter and Facebook, so that you can get updates when
stock is known to be available.
If your preferred website has a way of sending an
email notification when stock returns, try that as well.
Above We’ll
be doing more
Essentials books
on a variety of
different subjects
Essential reading
When you first released The MagPi Essentials series, I
thought you would just be covering the same sort of
topics, like the command line. It didn’t even occur to
me they might all be different, even when the Python
one came out. I guess I thought they’d be parallel
series to showcase different parts of the command line
and Python. With the release of the Sense HAT book,
though, I’m happy to see it’s a cool mixture of things.
Will you ever go back to stuff like Python or the
command line?
Timothy N
The plan is to have a great selection of essential books
for a lot of different subjects, so that anyone can pick up
one and do something fun or educational. Due to how
important and widespread Python is, we’ll absolutely be
doing more Python Essentials down the line, so watch
this space. Or at least watch our online space, where you
can more readily see what we’re putting out!
Himbeere Pi
I’ve been looking everywhere I can to try and
find a copy of The MagPi in Germany, but I’ve
been a bit out of luck. Whereabouts do you sell
here? Do you sell in Europe at all?
If you don’t sell it in Germany, is there still
any way I can get a copy?
Nathan
We’re currently not in sale in Germany. In
Europe we mainly sell in the UK and Ireland;
however, we’re looking into being in more
countries this year, as there seems to be a
demand. If you feel there’s a newsagent or shop
we should be in, let them know and they might
start asking us for copies to sell.
For the moment, though, there are two main
ways you can get the magazine. First, we always
sell on the Swag Shop (swag.raspberrypi.org)
when a new issue comes out – it’s the normal
UK price of £5.99, with shipping charged on
top of that.
The cheaper and faster way to do it, though,
is via a subscription (magpi.cc/Subs1). This
way you’re guaranteed a copy, as one is always
reserved for you when we print them out, and is
sent out very quickly.
92 February 2016
raspberrypi.org/magpi