Tommy Riddle and I tried to do that cat herding over 35 years ago. We had some limited success but it was a struggle. It was a looseleaf catalog plan but getting many of the manufacturers to send stuff in and keep it current (like a lot of web sites today) was very frustrating. I think Hoquat's first catalog gave us a good excuse to drop it as I recall? Anyway, Roy, every little bit helps.
Chuck Porter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 6:47 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: MRN S-Curves column > Ed, > > Thanks for the comments. I often have had to resort to > re-announcements when the new products were too thin. As good as the > latest Dispatch was, I was sad to note the dearth of new product > announcements. I had a dialog with a new managing editor at MRN about > the need for change in the column. I pretty much said the same thing > you did about the duplication with similar news in the Dispatch and > SG, etc. He still encouraged me to do it and when I gave it some > further thought I agreed to try it. First of all, the MRN is a great > way to reach the non-S audience. Because of that, I have deliberately > wrote the column with an underlying theme of promotion while trying to > inform the S scale readership. Most of the product announcements were > pretty old anyway by the time they were published due to the > every-other-month schedule of the column. But in just getting S > products in print whether old or new, I hoped to convey the idea that > S indeed had them available. I don't know how well this tack has > succeeded, but that's what I've been up to these 6 years. > > There are other reasons for the paradigm switch. MRN actually > initiated the dialog due to various legal and quality (the pics) > issues. I hope everything works out OK, because I believe that > S-Curves is the only regular S-only column that's in a non-S magazine > and we can only benefit from such exposure. > > I like your last suggestion. If the manufacturers had a central > "agency" handling their product annoucements it would be a boon to S. > Perhaps CD's like SHS produces could be put out. But, getting all the > manufacturers on the same page is as someone once said, "Like herding > cats". > > Roy > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
