PHILIPRISING Posted March 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 1 hour ago, waiheke1 said: Tony: any chance of Retro speedway producing a digital version Phillip: any chsnce of digitalizing the speedway star back catalogue? SS digital back catalogue? Unlikely but it might be possible to go back a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPNY Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 I get the Star Subscription through iTunes. (Hope you get a decent cut Phil!) Can do weekly, 6 months or 1 year, very easy way to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten2502 Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 I've just taken a 13 week subscription out - so no need to venture out now only on a Thursday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted March 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, kitten2502 said: I've just taken a 13 week subscription out - so no need to venture out now only on a Thursday! THANK you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukes Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 17 minutes ago, kitten2502 said: I've just taken a 13 week subscription out - so no need to venture out now only on a Thursday! Decided to follow suit, seems a wise move. Will I receive delivery this week Phil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted March 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 1 minute ago, dukes said: Decided to follow suit, seems a wise move. Will I receive delivery this week Phil? 1 minute ago, dukes said: Decided to follow suit, seems a wise move. Will I receive delivery this week Phil? WHEN did you ask for it to start? If in doubt call 020-83351113 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, waiheke1 said: Tony: any chance of Retro speedway producing a digital version Phillip: any chsnce of digitalizing the speedway star back catalogue? The Exact Editions digital subscription includes back issues dating back to 2013. Agree over Retro Speedway. I'm sure if it was practical Tony would have taken it up though. He has started putting some of his books on online download as e-editions however. Edited March 25, 2020 by RobMcCaffery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten2502 Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 2 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said: WHEN did you ask for it to start? If in doubt call 020-83351113 I asked for w/e 28.03. 2020 start - did I do correctly for this weeks edition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted March 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 2 hours ago, kitten2502 said: I asked for w/e 28.03. 2020 start - did I do correctly for this weeks edition? YES 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, RobMcCaffery said: The Exact Editions digital subscription includes back issues dating back to 2013. Agree over Retro Speedway. I'm sure if it was practical Tony would have taken it up though. He has started putting some of his books on online download as e-editions however. Yeah, was thinking more 70s/80s/90s . Cost to digitalize wouldnt be huge, and i reckon there would be a matket... As a southern hemisphere based speedway fan, obviously a digital version would be preferred, but understand the need to be commercially viable. Have bought Tonys books in both forms. For a minor sport, it is fortunate to have two magazines of such quality, as well as an array of good books. Edited March 25, 2020 by waiheke1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False dawn Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, waiheke1 said: Yeah, was thinking more 70s/80s/90s . Cost to digitalize wouldnt be huge, and i reckon there would be a matket... As a southern hemisphere based speedway fan, obviously a digital version would be preferred, but understand the need to be commercially viable. Have bought Tonys books in both forms. For a minor sport, it is fortunate to have two magazines of such quality, as well as an array of good books. I'm reminded of these astronomical projects that get people to use their home PCs / laptops to search through vast amounts of data. Couldn't we distribute the scanning activity? Get 100 fans to do a bit each and we'll reading about Peter Collins winning the WC before you know it. I know there is the logistical problem of getting the copies to people to do the scanning (especially in the C-19 times) but there must be a solution to create this perpetual archive, surely? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 2 hours ago, waiheke1 said: Yeah, was thinking more 70s/80s/90s . Cost to digitalize wouldnt be huge, and i reckon there would be a matket... As a southern hemisphere based speedway fan, obviously a digital version would be preferred, but understand the need to be commercially viable. Have bought Tonys books in both forms. For a minor sport, it is fortunate to have two magazines of such quality, as well as an array of good books. Yes we are lucky to have Pinegen and Retro - people who love the sport. The main thing with digitising magazines, apart from the initial capital cost is the labour to have the magazine physically scanned. I have a friend who is archiving photo collections and it's arduous and a full-time job for him. I understand that being based in NZ digital is ideal. The only consolation is that matters have never been better for getting publications from around the world. I suspect that survival is the key matter for both publishers right now but it would be interesting to hear from Philip and Tony what the prospects might be in calmer times. I'd certainly appreciate digital versions of Retro's work, and especially more e-books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted March 26, 2020 Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 1 hour ago, RobMcCaffery said: I suspect that survival is the key matter for both publishers right now but it would be interesting to hear from Philip and Tony what the prospects might be in calmer times. I'd certainly appreciate digital versions of Retro's work, and especially more e-books. I would much prefer electronic versions these days as I'm rarely in one place and I usually end-up with a pile of Backtracks when I do eventually get back to where they're delivered. But perhaps more pertinently for Retro Speedway, my subscription may expire in the meantime without me remembering, so there's a possible loss of cashflow because of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted March 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 16 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said: YES JUST to clarify, copies for subscriptions that started this week were mailed out this morning direct from our office. For the duration of the subscription, copies will be mailed direct from printers on a Wednesday. WE realise that with no actual speedway taking place our editorial team have to work extra hard to provide content that is worthy of your money. We will do our best to weather what is undoubtedly the biggest storm Speedway Star has ever faced. Thank you ... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawks 1975 Posted March 26, 2020 Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 Just received this week's edition Philip and full marks to the editorial staff already for producing such a great read. I can only say to anyone not already subscribing, the mag is superbly put together and great value. As to content, perhaps ask the readers for ideas? I actually emailed Andrew earlier this year a suggestion around getting a rider like Scott Nicholls to give us his views on each of the tracks in the top two divisions. My thought was that many fans never get to see a track at the other end of the country and would be interested in hearing a rider comparing tracks. How about transcribing a conference call between 3 or 4 riders getting their opinions on a different subject every few weeks? One thing I think the Star did miss out on was a suitable tribute to Andreas Jonsson when he announced his retirement. Bjarne Pedersen even got a front cover - I am sure a lot of Coventry and Lakeside fans in particular would love to see AJ treated similarly. A true racer and great guy for both tracks. Finally, a shout out to Jeff Davies again for his covers - they are works of art! Crumpie in all his glory this week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted March 26, 2020 Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, hawks 1975 said: Just received this week's edition Philip and full marks to the editorial staff already for producing such a great read. I can only say to anyone not already subscribing, the mag is superbly put together and great value. As to content, perhaps ask the readers for ideas? I actually emailed Andrew earlier this year a suggestion around getting a rider like Scott Nicholls to give us his views on each of the tracks in the top two divisions. My thought was that many fans never get to see a track at the other end of the country and would be interested in hearing a rider comparing tracks. How about transcribing a conference call between 3 or 4 riders getting their opinions on a different subject every few weeks? One thing I think the Star did miss out on was a suitable tribute to Andreas Jonsson when he announced his retirement. Bjarne Pedersen even got a front cover - I am sure a lot of Coventry and Lakeside fans in particular would love to see AJ treated similarly. A true racer and great guy for both tracks. Finally, a shout out to Jeff Davies again for his covers - they are works of art! Crumpie in all his glory this week. Some good ideas, unsung heroes of tracks (volunteers), ex riders stories, fans stories, fan photos (amateurs), many have been done but just kicking a few ideas around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted March 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 31 minutes ago, hawks 1975 said: Just received this week's edition Philip and full marks to the editorial staff already for producing such a great read. I can only say to anyone not already subscribing, the mag is superbly put together and great value. As to content, perhaps ask the readers for ideas? I actually emailed Andrew earlier this year a suggestion around getting a rider like Scott Nicholls to give us his views on each of the tracks in the top two divisions. My thought was that many fans never get to see a track at the other end of the country and would be interested in hearing a rider comparing tracks. How about transcribing a conference call between 3 or 4 riders getting their opinions on a different subject every few weeks? One thing I think the Star did miss out on was a suitable tribute to Andreas Jonsson when he announced his retirement. Bjarne Pedersen even got a front cover - I am sure a lot of Coventry and Lakeside fans in particular would love to see AJ treated similarly. A true racer and great guy for both tracks. Finally, a shout out to Jeff Davies again for his covers - they are works of art! Crumpie in all his glory this week. WE were planning to get hold of Andreas Jonsson for an in-depth ‘farewell’ piece looking back on his career but we deliberately decided to delay it so that we could also get him to go through this year’s SGP field for the season preview issue, tying the two together. The farewell piece would have been in today’s edition, and Jonsson’s SGP preview would have been next week in the season preview. Obviously, present circumstances have totally wrecked our best paid plans! We can still do the farewell piece in the coming weeks though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted March 26, 2020 Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 21 hours ago, Humphrey Appleby said: I would much prefer electronic versions these days as I'm rarely in one place and I usually end-up with a pile of Backtracks when I do eventually get back to where they're delivered. But perhaps more pertinently for Retro Speedway, my subscription may expire in the meantime without me remembering, so there's a possible loss of cashflow because of that A recurring direct debit helps to keep absent-minded subscribers in check ;-) I've noticed many magazines outside the sport encouraging this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedtiger Posted March 26, 2020 Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 11 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said: JUST to clarify, copies for subscriptions that started this week were mailed out this morning direct from our office. For the duration of the subscription, copies will be mailed direct from printers on a Wednesday. WE realise that with no actual speedway taking place our editorial team have to work extra hard to provide content that is worthy of your money. We will do our best to weather what is undoubtedly the biggest storm Speedway Star has ever faced. Thank you ... Phil, Thanks to you and to your editorial staff, for the efforts in keeping going at this extremely challenging time. The sport needs the Speedway Star to survive and we should support and help them to weather this serious storm. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted March 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 1 minute ago, Speedtiger said: Phil, Thanks to you and to your editorial staff, for the efforts in keeping going at this extremely challenging time. The sport needs the Speedway Star to survive and we should support and help them to weather this serious storm. THANKS, much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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