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I was sent a message from Nature offering a free electronic version of the 1 April 2004 issue that could be downloaded. Although I carefully followed the instructions I was not able to get access to it online. When I tried again I was refused access because only one copy was allowed and it had a record of my previous abortive attempt. When I reported this to the Nature customer-support staff I was informed that the free issue was no longer available. Was the free copy ever available? Or was it all an April Fool joke?
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The 1 April issue of Nature , available for a limited time as a digital edition, was downloaded by almost 6,000 people from Newsstand, the third-party provider. However, a small number of people encountered some technical problems, which are being addressed by Newsstand (enquiries to support@newsstand.com). Nature apologizes for any inconvenience —Publisher, Nature
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Heather, M. No joke when a technical fault fools readers. Nature 430, 15 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/430015d
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