I have a friend who used to be (fairly recently) the Editor in Chief of CGW. I believe he is still with ZD in the web arena. If you want to compose a message to him, I can be sure to pass it along.
One conern for ZD would be if they decide to ever publish a DVD-ROM with every issue. Dragon Magazine did this, and it is really a nice reference. Lot's of classic game ads, by the way. Stephane, do you happen to have the mini-reproduction of CGW issue #!? I beleive it came with CGW #200. That might be worth putting on your site, even though it is more recent. Hugh -----Original Message----- From: Stephane Racle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mar 17, 2004 1:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Announcing the CGW Museum Hehe. You may be willing to cut up my magazines, but I'm not! Well, I'd cut up duplicate issues. It probably wouldn't be too difficult for issues 25 and up, but the earlier ones can be difficult to find. I guess the options are... Stick to covers/ToC - ZD is probably less likely to notice and may not care all that much. But then, you don't get all the interesting articles! Contact ZD - High (?) chance of getting rejected, but potentially permission to scan the articles. The question is... how much does ZD care about these older magazines? Would they be willing to let someone scan/display them for free? The way I see it, this only generates interest for the magazine. However, ZD may want to make people pay. Any thoughts? Anybody know anyone at ZD? :-) Some of these early articles are extremely interesting and very well written. It really would be great to have them available. Stephane Jim Leonard wrote: > Regardless of how it turns out, please make sure to provide text or > text-aware file formats, like PDF that has been OCR'd, or DjVu (no > OCR'd text, but separates text and background graphics and compresses > each with separate algorithm for better compression, also supports > progressive downloading and localized decoding which is great for > modem users (they can look at a section of the page without > downloading the whole thing)). > > As for approaching it the right way, tell ZD about your project and > ask that you are willing to host the pages, do all the scanning, tell > them you'll offer pages in multiple formats, etc. and that all you ask > in return is permission from the company to do so. To help sweeten > the deal, tell them you're willing to cut up the magazines for the > best scan. Seriously. Crappy 300 DPI JPG scans that are warped > because the magazine binding is still intact won't impress anyone :) > > However, you run a big risk of getting a cease and desist letter in > return. But since you already run the risk of that, you might as well > contact them right now instead of running the site for two years, > building it up, and THEN getting the cease and desist letter. > > I wish the best of luck, I personally would love to read some of those > older reviews. If/When contacting ZD, make sure you actually call > people on the phone; email inquiries to generic addresses rarely get > to the *right* person. > > Feldhamer, Stuart wrote: > >> Hey, if you approach it the right way, they might even pay you to do >> it... >> >> Stuart >> >> -----Original Message----- >> *From:* Stephane Racle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 17, 2004 11:49 AM >> *To:* swcollect >> *Subject:* Re: [SWCollect] Announcing the CGW Museum >> >> Doubtful I could do that without incurring the wrath of ZD... >> >> BL wrote: >> >>> Great job man, looks awesome. If your ultimate plan is to have the >>> entire >>> mags scanned, I can't wait! >>> >>> Brad >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> >>> From: "Stephane Racle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "swcollect" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 3:01 AM >>> Subject: [SWCollect] Announcing the CGW Museum >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> I'm pleased to announce that my web site, the Computer Gaming World >>>> (CGW) Museum, is finally on-line! The Museum is dedicated to the >>>> preservation and presentation of all CGW items related to the time >>>> period covered by the first 100 issues of Computer Gaming World >>>> magazine. Currently there is not a whole lot of textual information >>>> available, but you will find scans of the covers of most of the first >>>> 100 issues, among other things. The goal is, of course, to expand as >>>> time allows, and all suggestions/constructive criticism/comments are >>>> welcome! >>>> >>>> Anyhow, you are all welcome to take a look! I am hoping that this will >>>> prove to be a useful resource for the vintage gaming community, as >>>> I do >>>> not believe that the information provided by the Museum is available >>>> elsewhere on the web. >>>> >>>> You will find the museum at cgw.vintagegaming.org. Many, many >>>> thanks to >>>> Freddie Bingham for hosting! >>>> >>>> Oh, and never mind the March 20th date on the news page. Amazingly, >>>> we're 3 days early... :-) >>>> >>>> Stephane >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to >>>> the swcollect mailing list. 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