And it couldn't be that someone just missed an email?No need. The lack of a response is very telling, and what it tells could be almost anything, and none of it is good.
And it couldn't be that someone just missed an email?No need. The lack of a response is very telling, and what it tells could be almost anything, and none of it is good.
So now they're not being unprofessional, they're just incompetent. Got it.And it couldn't be that someone just missed an email?
I disagree. In my view, the main purpose of any periodical is to publish what's new, and occasionally retrospectives. That can be news of events or competitions, someone's new build, new emerging techniques and technologies, etc. Even the occasional retrospective is in the form of a new view of history.Sure, more pictures of rockets being launched are nice, but the meat of such a publication is in the "How-To" article.
Although not “dual deploy” did you read Fred Traverni’s absolutely fascinating article describing in detail how he did his electronics for the five stage rocket he launched? It’s in the latest High Power that just came out. It’s the kind of article that made HPR magazine so good in the first place.Sport Rocketry thru NAR and High Power thru Tripoli should STRONGLY consider re-publishing already printed "How-Tos" in their magazines. Sure, they have printed how to set up a dual deploy rocket before, but there are many out there that have no clue whatsoever on how to do it. Sure, more pictures of rockets being launched are nice, but the meat of such a publication is in the "How-To" article. There is absolutely no need for another rocketry publication. Just my 2 cents, carry on.
But seeing a picture of a rocket launching is not new. A how-to article is more likely to be "new" in that there will be readers haven't seen it or aren't aware of what's being discussed.I disagree. In my view, the main purpose of any periodical is to publish what's new, and occasionally retrospectives.
So now they're not being unprofessional, they're just incompetent. Got it.
Then all the more reason not to write for them. It's also evidence that they're not as eager to find new articles as they say they are.No, I think they probably are ignoring you.
That's one interpretation.So now they're not being unprofessional, they're just incompetent. Got it.
As someone who receives a lot of email and has missed some either due to the sheer number of emails or because they end up a spam bin or because the people who address them have made an innocent mistake, I would urge you to suck up your ire and try again, maybe double checking the address.Then all the more reason not to write for them. It's also evidence that they're not as eager to find new articles as they say they are.
You're just proving my point. Assuming you're right, then that means they're not as eager to find new articles as they claim.That's one interpretation.
Another is that they're... human. And emails get missed. Around the world. Daily.
No, I'm good. You're probably right...my email simply fell through the cracks; it happens, I get it. And it annoys me, but that's my problem.As someone who receives a lot of email and has missed some either due to the sheer number of emails or because they end up a spam bin or because the people who address them have made an innocent mistake, I would urge you to suck up your ire and try again, maybe double checking the address.
That's fair, but that's your opinion (and probably the majority one).I don't see how one failed attempt leads to "they don't want articles as badly as it might seem"
I've never seen a photo in Sport Rocketry of a 3 or 4FNC launching without some context that makes it something new. Reports from major regional or national events. Competition flights. Something novel inside even though the exterior shot appears mundane. Things like that. While most of those photos interest me personally little if at all, they do fall into the category of news for the hobby, and they are mainly decoration for an article which may or may not interest me more. Which is a big part of what, imo, a magazine is for.But seeing a picture of a rocket launching is not new... Maybe it's me, but I find videos and pictures of a basic rocket launch to be incredibly boring. Unless it's a rocket that's different in some way (oddroc, cato, using a new type of motor mount, blah blah blah), who cares.
That's one interpretation...
As someone who receives a lot of email and has missed some...
C'mon guys, just drop it.I think you are giving up too easily / painting them as 'wrong' too quickly...
First, you’ll need at least 10,000 subscribersHello Everyone!
I would first off like to say that this is strictly an idea that just came to mind recently. I've been on the search for magazine subscriptions recently involving rocketry.
I plan on selling the magazines for roughly $7-$10 based on the cost of printing, shipping, and handling. If you have any ideas, please feel free to suggest anything. Feedback is needed. Thank you all!
based on the cost of printing, shipping, and handling
"June 13, 2022 ... And it’s not just anecdotal. In the most recent PRINTING United Alliance/NAPCO Research State of the Industry (SOI) Panel, while 64.3% of respondents actually expect to see an increase in sales for the year, just 37.5% expect that to translate to an increase in profitability, as the costs of paper and other substrates — when they can get them — continue to skyrocket. Even worse, 47.6% expect to see costs continue to rise as fast as their sales growth through at least mid-year, if not longer.
and,Unfortunately, most panelists see no end to the troubles in sight. And 93% expect shortages to continue through the end of 2022, and likely into next year, and 85.5% expect to see additional increases in paper costs during the next few months. This is on top of other inflation-related costs going up, such as labor, transportation, ink and toner, and energy.
...Sep 12, 2022 The print paper shortage and its resulting increase in costs for the publishing industry represents only a portion of the general supply chain malaise that is affecting the US and the world today. However, it’s one that keeps publishers awake at night, with every indication that the problem will not be resolved easily or quickly.
What do we do about it ?
It’s useful to divide the measures that we can take into short term actions, and those that will take a little longer to accomplish but which will have possibly more impact for the industry. Let’s start with the latter.
The most obvious thing that publishers can do is to continue the move to content and delivery digitalization that the pandemic has already accelerated. Publishers must do this with caution as there appears to be a cyclical backlash to digital readership and a move back to paper in places. Digital-first or even mobile-first are good watchwords in some sectors. The deployment of Print-on-Demand processes will help improve efficient use of paper, lower waste, and by printing locally, will aid in the industry’s Sustainable Development Goals. “Think Globally, Print Locally” is a helpful mantra here.
And for the long term, publishers will need to make some tough decisions about the wide varieties of trim sizes, colors and shapes that they have used in the past. Managing the relationship with paper suppliers will be critical for the long and the short term, and the use of flexible planning and forecasting systems for paper consumption will be important for buyer and seller.
On the subject of systems, the most common method of costing in the past was to focus on unit costs, which of course became lower as more books were printed. A more efficient approach using the vast amounts of data that are now available to publishers, is to look at the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of each title, ...
This and your earlier post made me think about magazines and what purpose they serve, particularly now with the internet. As an old person, I grew up with only printed media and for whatever reason I still prefer reading a printed book or magazine. But this thread made me think about it some and in particular Sport Rocketry vs High Power. I read them the same way i.e. flip through mostly, but stopping for things that catch my eye. While I like receiving the printed Sport Rocketry magazines, do I really "need" it to be printed? No I don't. I'm perfectly happy consuming the information in the online High Power magazine. Maybe because High Power has page layout like a printed magazine. And the page count isn't high enough that the keyboard/screen interface is annoying.I've never seen a photo in Sport Rocketry of a 3 or 4FNC launching without some context that makes it something new. Reports from major regional or national events. Competition flights. Something novel inside even though the exterior shot appears mundane. Things like that. While most of those photos interest me personally little if at all, they do fall into the category of news for the hobby, and they are mainly decoration for an article which may or may not interest me more. Which is a big part of what, imo, a magazine is for.
It's like newspapers, news magazines, or web sites showing pictures of some old white guy in a suit standing at a podium. Who cares, right? But if it's a picture of someone in an important public role, talking about an important topic, the the picture goes along with the article, which is news. A 3FNC going whoosh is like the old white guy in the suit; it's the context that makes it worth publishing.
New or "rediscovered" how-to techniques are also a sort of stuff to put in a periodical. Still, I stand by the position that the tried and true methods which some folks have yet to learn belong in books. You won't find Newton's laws of motion in any physics journal; you find them in every freshman physics textbook.
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