Yes! I'll make sure subscribers with subscription until the final issue stay active at least for few more months. Drop me an email cheng.soon at hackermonthly dot com and I'll reactivate your account to download the back issues.

You still buy individual issues from the website. I'm thinking of offering a bundle of every back issues for sale.

Update: Now you can get all the back issues here https://gum.co/hm-back-issues

Thanks! Bought. :-)

Thanks, Patrick. Now I finally have the time to get my hands on Stockfighter!

As other comments have pointed out, not having the subscribers list is my non-negotiable terms if someone wants to take over. In fact, after I refunded everyone, I'll reset my server and remove all my DB backups so I won't even have a copy of it.

I know it doesn't make business sense for someone to buy a business without any customers. That's why I never explore the option of selling it.

That's an interesting choice. I'm sorry, I scanned the blog and didn't see this mentioned. It certainly creates a higher hurdle for a sale.

I'm sure you've considered all the options, but may I ask why you didn't choose to offer current subscribers an 'opt-in' option for being contacted by a new publisher? That way those who were interested in continuing with a new owner would be able to, and those who were only interested in your product wouldn't be bothered. (Again, I wasn't able to find the blog post where you mentioned being approached by possible owners, so if you answered this question there, I apologize.)

But if you open source everything (as mentioned in another one of your comments), that'd be great too.

Thank you so much. That meant a lot to me.

Thanks Kale, and your kind support over the years.

And Yes everyone, Hacker Newsletter is excellent and I wholeheartedly recommend it.

Thanks Jacques!

I'm thinking of "open sourcing" Hacker Monthly. The process of making it, the InDesign template I use (and optimized throughout the years), the resources etc. That way, anyone can start their own "Best of HN" magazine or really, any "Best of" magazine.

Wow... I'm just sad I found out about this while it's shutting down. Those layouts are beautiful, and a condensed version of HN is probably just what the doctor ordered. I'm sure you'll find something inspiring to do next with talents like this! Good luck. :)

I think that's the best possible outcome here. I'd be a little worried about having too many options, causing readership of any one to be low, but at the same time, a quality best of HN will most likely float to the top, and if it doesn't, at least there will be choices.

Thats nice. Will be helpful for others to start from where you left.

That would be really cool, let us know if you do please.

Man, that would be super awesome!

This is one of the reasons I didn't put Hacker Monthly up for sale when I've decided to shut it down.

Our subscribers (a little over 10k) trusted us enough to provide us their contact information (and mailing address for print delivery). Turning them over to 3rd party (even after due diligence) just didn't seem right.

I'm not sure there's a specific reason. 5 years is a long time (for internet years). I guess I just wanted to shut it down before it wither and die. I also wanted to explore other options (e.g work on new, different things).

Haha, I went for the wither-and-die approach myself.. end result is the same, and inexplicably it's still sending "sufficient" funds my way. Major props, next time I shouldn't miss my Penang flight.. Phil ;)

Thanks. Certainly more than I expected. And I definitely wouldn't expect people to subscribe to a service that's shutting down soon. (also didn't expect this to get on front page)