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johnallg wrote:I'd contact the magazine direct. When my articles were published, the publisher sent me copies gratis, one for each article.

Some publishers do and some don't. Sometimes it's up to the edit team to distribute those.

I know when I was a magazine editor I had the ability to send off issues to folks if I chose to.

johnallg wrote:I'd contact the magazine direct. When my articles were published, the publisher sent me copies gratis, one for each article.

You're right--when my woodie was in Playboy, I got 100 copies sent to me...

If anyone has difficulty I have some contact numbers.
Editor in chief;
Nick Wells
[email protected]
Features editor;
Joel McIvor
[email protected]
These guys will sort you a copy out for sure.
Distributors are;
COMAG Specialist
Tavistock Works
Tavistock Road
West Drayton,
Middlesex,UB7 7QX
England
Tel;01895-433800 ask for Conrad Cornelius
Sounds like something from a James Bond story!
I know how hard it is getting magazines if they are out of date and theres stuff in them thats important to you.
If I spot a few copies in W.H.Smith I will grab them.
I cant wait to see the thing myself.

I'm not connected with this magazine at all, but I would implore you all to reconsider "scanning" and posting the contents of any copyrighted publication on this website . . . or any website for that matter. As a retired magazine editor I can relate to the rampant "electronic distribution" of someone's hard work that results in no compensation for its creators. I know there is an inherent expectation among many internet users that you can get stuff for free here, but this ends up being nothing better than theft. So please respect the print media. We can all see the same photos of the bass in Paul's "Curmudgeon" department for "free," so let's not expose the RRF to potential legal trouble.

Which issue is it?

http://www.bassguitarmagazine.com/index ... &Itemid=64

Isuue #45, August '09. I have been a subscriber for years now.

bassduke49 wrote:I'm not connected with this magazine at all, but I would implore you all to reconsider "scanning" and posting the contents of any copyrighted publication on this website . . . or any website for that matter. As a retired magazine editor I can relate to the rampant "electronic distribution" of someone's hard work that results in no compensation for its creators. I know there is an inherent expectation among many internet users that you can get stuff for free here, but this ends up being nothing better than theft. So please respect the print media. We can all see the same photos of the bass in Paul's "Curmudgeon" department for "free," so let's not expose the RRF to potential legal trouble.

I agree with this to an extent.

In some circles, print media is rapidly dying. It is inevitable for this to happen. Some print media is time sensitive on how valuable the information is (obviously newspapers bear this out). I worked for a computer magazine and was forever pushing to have our content put online, even if it was delayed by a month after the product shipped.

It was a better way to distribute to people who would otherwise not know about your product to begin with unless it was picked up at the narrow newsstand which is always increasingly filling up with hundreds of other magazines in competition for the best space.

My publisher and EIC disagreed. The magazine faltered after I left but is still around and is still trying to find the right market for itself.

Fortunately, they've come to their senses and you can find a lot of the issues in PDF form on their site now.

And while I think it's perfectly valid for some print media to go online and remain online, it is perfectly valid for some print media to stay offline or put delayed online content out there. Media which isn't time sensitive, like Bass Player, are a perfect example of this.

I can see where just a picture scanned from this article might be a great thing to have on the site, but even that is part of the print article and thus, IMO, shouldn't be scanned without the express consent of the publisher.

jingle_jangle wrote:

johnallg wrote:I'd contact the magazine direct. When my articles were published, the publisher sent me copies gratis, one for each article.

You're right--when my woodie was in Playboy, I got 100 copies sent to me...

DOH!!!!

I agree in that whilst the magazine is in print its only fair that if copies are available then guys should buy them.
Maybe out of courtesey ask for permission to scan?

Wouldnt you know it?
My local W.H.Smith have the next issue but missed out the one here!
Looks like I need those numbers..............

jingle_jangle wrote:

johnallg wrote:I'd contact the magazine direct. When my articles were published, the publisher sent me copies gratis, one for each article.

You're right--when my woodie was in Playboy, I got 100 copies sent to me...

Paul. I um. Um. I. Um. Nevermind.

Not gonna take that bait, huh?

johnallg wrote:I'd contact the magazine direct. When my articles were published, the publisher sent me copies gratis, one for each article.

When were your articles published and what were they about???

Paul, Sawyers News here in Santa Rosa on Fourth Street carreis the Bass Player UK magazine, but alas they only have July's issue right now. I'm assuming that your handiwork must be in the August issue?

Bighouse wrote:Paul, Sawyers News here in Santa Rosa on Fourth Street carreis the Bass Player UK magazine, but alas they only have July's issue right now. I'm assuming that your handiwork must be in the August issue?

Um......see above post of mine.

jps wrote:

Bighouse wrote:Paul, Sawyers News here in Santa Rosa on Fourth Street carreis the Bass Player UK magazine, but alas they only have July's issue right now. I'm assuming that your handiwork must be in the August issue?

Um......see above post of mine.

I can't read your posts- your avatar scares me.