Re: MR track plans

On Fri, 27 May 2011 13:00:48 -0700, Lobby Dosser wrote:

"Twibil" <nowayjose6@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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On May 26, 7:52 pm, None <joeschm...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


And for this tome they want $17.95. I have to wonder who buys it.

Newbies. People like me who a year ago decided it would be fun to build
a model RR.

Over the past year I've come to see how they remarket their articles as
books. And why not? There is virtually no competition. In fairness I've
learned a lot from these books even with all their flaws. Yet, I
wouldn;t be surprised to see them offer a book on a rat's rump if they
thought they could get a return on their meager investment.

All print media are currently struggling to survive in a world where
publishing/delivery costs have gone through the proverbial roof and
readership has severely dropped off. Some of this is due to the amount
of stuff becoming available on line, but there's also the fact that more
and more people -particularly younger people- are simply getting out
of the habit of reading hard-copy books and magazines.

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I read a lot of stuff online. I think Model Railroad Hobbyist, which is
only available online and is Free, is one of the best model railroad
magazines published, http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/ . I read it
regularly. I also Subscribe to and read the online edition of 'Coral'
magazine. I would like to see many more magazines offer digital editions
at a reduced subscription rate to account for savings in postage, paper
and other cost savings. I also buy single digital issues of some
magazines when I want a specific issue but do not want to subscribe -
'National Geographic', for example.

Nice resource - thanks for the link.


What got me going digital was the book 'Swarm'. I was trying to read the
hard bound edition in bed and holding all 1400 or so pages was getting
tiresome. Looked around and bought a Sony reader and the digital edition
of Swarm. I now have more than five dozen or so books plus magazines,
individual articles on PC, the Sony reader and a Barnes & Noble reader I
got dirt cheap and hacked into an Android device that also gives me
wi-fi. Then there are the tens of thousands of FREE books through Google
...

Take a look at Zinio for some examples of online magazines.
http://www.zinio.com/

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