Virtual end of magazines

By far the best magazine on the market in my opinion is Collectible Automobile followed by Hemmings Classic Car and Antique Automobile by the AACA. They can keep the rest, except of course The Restorer and Model A News. I hope those continue and John, keep those Model A Times coming.
 
Folks always purchased books, newspapers, and magazines for information and intertainment. In this day and age, you can get more information on the internet in a couple of days than you could get for an entire year from your favorite magazines. Pictures used to be photosensitive paper and now its digital to fit a digital world. The cost of printing and distribution are getting way out there and most stuff can be found on line now in one form or another.

I think printed books will always be around but periodicals will slowly disappear due to cost of operation.

Kerby
 
Both of the local antique car clubs I belong to are going paperless for the monthly newsletter. Not only do I see it as a pain because I can't hold it in my hand I miss having the newsletter around as a quick reference on the kitchen table and source of easy registration forms I can fill out and drop in the mail.

Every morning seven days a week my wonderful old dog used to beat the door down as soon as the Times Picayune Newspaper hit the pavement. It was his job and he did it proudly. Katrina blew in and shut down the paper for a few months and business never recovered enough to resume home delivery. It put the old dog out of a job.

Now what are you supposed to cover the table with when you eat crawfish?
 
ivoryjohn said:
Both of the local antique car clubs I belong to are going paperless for the monthly newsletter...
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Our local AACA chapter does both. I get the eCopy, and then a couple of days later I get the printed copy. I suppose that if I really wanted the printed copy, I could just print it out, thereby keeping HP in the ink business.:D
 
Jeff/Illinois said:
AS one after another quit the ink and paper business, and I see in the news that SI will be doing so soon.......

Model A News is going to cheaper and thinner paper for the cover and content.

I don't care for all of it but I guess that is the way it is. The Model A publications that you get in the mail and can hold in your hand are still preffered at least at my house. They are the main reason for belonging to the Natl. Clubs. Outside of the bi-monthly mag the common guy doesn't really benefit that much from belonging.

Guess I'll just hang onto my issues and keep re-reading them like I do Ford Life. 50 plus years of The Restorer makes a heck of a lot of good reading. If it goes to too cheap of paper or on-line only I will have to quit the clubs. Sorry.
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Hi Jeff,
The Model A News has gone to the same thickness as the AACA Magazine.
This provides 2 benefits for club members. First of all it lowers the mailing costs of the magazine. This savings in costs and mailing will allow for an increase in the number of pages so there will be more technical articles in the Model A News. If you ask members of the difference they have not even noticed the change as the paper thickness is hardly noticeable,
I hope everyone is enjoying the Model A News as I know a lot of club members put a lot of effort into it,
Ken:D
 
Anyone remember when we used to subscribe to Hemmings Motor News, and if it didn't arrive on the 23rd go totally nuts? Think I quit that about 20 years ago, but still have all the old issues in the attic starting with April 1963. I should explan to the young guys that back in the early '60's you had to know someone in the hobby to get a peak at an issue of Hemmings, newsstands were Hot Rod, Car Craft, Motor Trend, and Car & Driver pluss all those "Little Page" car magazines. Only subscription I have is AACA (NO I'm NOT a ----ing Yuppie) and a buy two car magazines a month off the rack. I find the daily website visits far more educational, and intertaining than most print matter.
 
As far as online news goes, sources like Yahoo, MSN, etc. are a big joke! Sloppy writing, little regard for accuracy, poorly researched, about like living on nothing but Cheese Puffs! Plus, if you want to watch a video clip of some news item, you have to suffer through their commercials. At least with a newspaper you can skip over and not read the ads if you so desire, and on TV you can channel surf during the commercials; you're not a captive audience. Besides, nothing beats curling up in your favorite chair with a good book/magazine on a cold winter's night or rainy afternoon. Ever tried to curl up with a good PC monitor?! Just not the same.
 
Seems to me that we're getting to be very vulnerable to the possibility of electro magnetic pulse warfare. No communication, no transportation, no electricity, no official records, no anything that wasn't here in 1900. Think about nothing electrical.
 
40 Deluxe said:
As far as online news goes, sources like Yahoo, MSN, etc. are a big joke! Sloppy writing, little regard for accuracy, poorly researched, about like living on nothing but Cheese Puffs! Plus, if you want to watch a video clip of some news item, you have to suffer through their commercials. At least with a newspaper you can skip over and not read the ads if you so desire, and on TV you can channel surf during the commercials; you're not a captive audience. Besides, nothing beats curling up in your favorite chair with a good book/magazine on a cold winter's night or rainy afternoon. Ever tried to curl up with a good PC monitor?! Just not the same.
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Ahhh but you can use the ipad like a book. It's thin and you browse with your fingers. Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Apple?v=FJWfReUwMSg&feature=pyv&ad=6552733756&kw=iPad


You can even get the iphone and have the internet in your pocket.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Apple?v...56&kw=iPad#p/c/0749B42423816052/0/wq2HalPB28s
 
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In the case of an electromagnetic pulse or an extreme solar flare, our Model As (with point ignition) may be among the few cars on the road.
 
Roadster62 said:
Anyone remember when we used to subscribe to Hemmings Motor News, and if it didn't arrive on the 23rd go totally nuts? Think I quit that about 20 years ago, but still have all the old issues in the attic starting with April 1963. I should explan to the young guys that back in the early '60's you had to know someone in the hobby to get a peak at an issue of Hemmings, newsstands were Hot Rod, Car Craft, Motor Trend, and Car & Driver pluss all those "Little Page" car magazines. Only subscription I have is AACA (NO I'm NOT a ----ing Yuppie) and a buy two car magazines a month off the rack. I find the daily website visits far more educational, and intertaining than most print matter.
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Roadster62 .................
You say that you have all "Hemmings" issues back to April 1963. I hate to show my age, but my picture is on the cover of the June 1963 issue. That's not my 1931 Cabriolet, but the photographer put me in the driver's seat and the owner in the rumble seat.
MIKE :)
 
Guess I'm in the minority on this discussion, but I really like the electronic version of magazines. They are much easier to store, search and retrieve. I bought a flatbed scanner for the primary purpose of scanning articles I want to save from Model “A” News and The Restorer. When I’m planning a project, all I do is type “carburetor” (for instance) in the Windows search box and all the relevant articles are at my fingertips (pun is intentional). I wish MAFCA would make their “Tiny Tips” book available electronically. There’s a volume that begs to be in a searchable format.

John
 
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