For 10 guineas, each eager subscriber would get a personal demonstration of the techniques described in the manuscript from Ann Provis, who was a painter herself.
What's more, ads tucked into every printable corner weren't necessary because magazines had eager paying subscribers and newsstand buyers.
Instead of drawing hordes of eager potential subscribers to the new service, called Gmail, the company's announcement attracted skeptics, from privacy advocates to consumers who had already seen companies play fast and loose with the personal information they put online.
Mr. Mead said Verizon had added enough capacity to serve the needs of subscribers eager to begin using the iPhone as soon as possible.
Though this procedure will make the process more complex, it could swell the numbers of subscribers eager to untether themselves from conventional phones.
Eager to attract subscribers quickly, DSL carriers signed resale deals with hundreds of regional ISPs.
So did news organizations like The New York Times that are eager to entice new paying subscribers.
Cable companies have spent about $85 billion since 1996 to upgrade networks to deliver high-definition programs and other digital services, and they are eager to sign up new subscribers to recoup those investments.
It has the money and the data and the expertise it needs to make quality shows that subscribers will be eager to watch.
