Digital copies of MEW on disc

Indexes are separate, information here:

www.model-engineer.co.uk/news/article/indexes-to-model-engineers-workshop/19778

Neil

Think about it, a subscription has to be renewed, a disk costs a one off. Which way is an accountant going to jump.

Regards Ian.

Yet no doubt folks will want to pay a similar amount for both... don't undermine my case for MTM producing a DVD...

Neil

Perhaps a DVD could be in a slightly different format say large multi-issue projects, the Stepperhead Lathe springs to mind on one dvd. Possibly 10 best QCTP to make or all of the one man and his lathe articles. A selection of bench tools or a collection of lathe projects. Electronics in the workshop or a gathering of all the CNC articles.

Might be more interesting/saleable than just a rehash of isuue 1 to 20; 21 to 30 etc. Of course it probably entails a good deal more work for someone! How many issues fit on one DVD?

John

We could put the lot on a single DVD.

Would people be prepared to pay around £50 if it was nicely presented (proper case, colour inserts and cellophane wrap), and included some sort of index?

Neil

i do like that idea easier to look for certain bits,

The inclusion of a searchable index that took you straight to the article would certainly make the product more attractive. Not quite sure about the £50 but they would make nice Christmas gifts, maybe next year

Pity there isn't an effective "Search" Neil MBAS were offered FREE assistance yonks ago with this and scanning. I reiterate, which way will an accountant jump????

Regards Ian.

If I were an accountant I would prefer 1000 sales at £20 as opposed to 100 at £50, be careful you don't make many potential customers think twice, particularly those who might already own hard copies.

Mark.

It's interesting that the German Maschines im Modellbau (equivalent to ME) who always used to do a DVD of each years mags has now stopped doing that and you can now only get it digitally. These where properly boxed and sleeved DVD and quality was a lot better than many of the old MEWs that are available online in the archive

Sorry Neil, looks like the cat is on scraps for dinner

Hi Everybody.Can I just raise one point if it hasnt already been coverd.

DVDs like CDs dont last for ever.

They can get scratched broken or even deteiorate due to UV light.

Can you backup these DVDs or copy them to a backup drive etc.

Leave the backup copy in the workshop the origonal in the house.

Even microsoft sugest one backup of there install discs in case of problems

Cheers

Neil G6UWI

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Edited By Neil Bradshaw on 23/10/2016 18:26:34

But don't forget, "Archive quality" discs last longer.

Regards Ian.

The (my) ideal would be an online archive as normal web pages with the whole thing accessable to Google and other search engines for indexing. No losses no DVD failure searchable 24/7 and read in a standard web browser on any platform you like, anywhere you want. Just log in to access, better than the peculiar PocetMags thing although the mags are quite readable just not searchable, saveable or particularly printable.

Cheers, John

John, I hope I didn't misunderstand your previous question. When I said you lose access when your subscription runs out, I was talking specifically about access to the digital copies on the ME website .... which is everything back to issue-1

But if you were talking about access to your subscription copies that you downloaded via PocketMags, you are supposed to retain access to those issues after your subscription expires even if you don't renew it. Personally I wouldn't stake my life on it - I've found PocketMags to be pretty flakey quite often.

Bandersnatch, thanks for clearing that up. Yes I,ve only been using PocketMags for a day and I think it's a bit odd, still I will get used to it. Managed to download a copy on my tablet but don't seem to be able to download on the PC which would be more useful as I have a couple of terrabytes of hard drive to fill up!

Cheers, John

For everything back to Issue-1? For perspective that's about the same (slightly less) than the current 1-year ROW subscription.

Depends how it's presented though. For a DVD (limited lifetime) containing decent quality pdf's of the issues, I'd be prepared to pay that, sure. But if they are encrypted files of so-so quality that I can't back up and that must be viewed from the DVD with a special, user-hostile viewer ... then no, I wouldn't.

I would if the DVD contained all issues from number one to the present.

Roger

I lost all the issues from a previous subscription (they just disappeared) and couldn't re-download them. I had to get the PM tech-support to re-instate them (which they did).

Also, now, when I try to by a single issue of ME I can't use PayPal. It simply fails every time and I have to use a credit card instead. I suspect (but don't know) that they are trying to pass my PM email address to PayPal in the transaction and that email is different from the one PayPal knows so it fails. Other vendors don't do that - they just pass you over to PayPal and let you do a complete login there - including the email that PayPal recognises.

Hi are you sure about not getting acces to purchased magazines, I think you do through pocket mags, as I have cancelled a garden mag subscription but all my purchased ones are still available.

Don't know what would happen if pocket mags goes down the tubes, might have to think of a back up system