Is it true that our access to the digital archive going to disappear?

[Gone AwayParticipant @goneaway]

Posted by Diane Carney on 10/07/2013 19:50:29:

· We have now fixed the issue with printing pages through the Pocket Mags offline reader – thank you for flagging this up. There should now be a small printer image in the bottom left hand corner of the screen in the offline reader. Click this, then select the page you want to print, and that should be it!

Nothing has actually changed for me, Diane – I still don't see the printer icon. When you say "We have now fixed …" does that mean it's fixed in the newest release of the (beta) reader software and that I need to download such newer version?

[Gray62Participant @gray62]

So, having downloaded the pocketmags offline reader, how do I link my existing subscriptions for ME and MEW to the 'mypocketmags account' ?

Graeme

[Gone AwayParticipant @goneaway]

Graeme, it's explained here.

[Gray62Participant @gray62]

Thanks Sid, That's exactly what I did but I get a message that the subscription is not active! – which I know it is! Guess its gonna be an email to pocketmags

[Gone AwayParticipant @goneaway]

Posted by Sid Herbage on 10/07/2013 21:31:22:

Nothing has actually changed for me, Diane – I still don't see the printer icon.

Never mind, I've got it. In Library mode there is a "Refresh" button at top right. Clicked on that, then when I open a magazine, the Print icon is there.

[Gone AwayParticipant @goneaway]

Posted by CoalBurner on 10/07/2013 22:50:17:

Thanks Sid, That's exactly what I did but I get a message that the subscription is not active! – which I know it is! Guess its gonna be an email to pocketmags

Must be another one of those subscription glitches that seem to happen with monotonous regularity around here. It worked fine for me when I did it 5 or 6 days ago.

I did (to be safe) go into "My Details" and cut/paste the subscription numbers. There was some confusion at one time over whether leading zero's, if any, were needed in various boxes and I never could remember the outcome.

[John CoatesParticipant @johncoates48577]

Posted by Diane Carney on 10/07/2013 19:50:29:

Please note that although we will honour existing subscribers’ access to the digital archive until July 2014, these subscribers will not have access to the downloadable digital editions unless they chose to upgrade their subscription to a Print + Digital Subscription.

Does this mean that if I continue with my DD for the paper magazine after July 2014 but don't upgrade I can still access the full digital archive but just won't be able to download the new editions?

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi John, you should find your answer here **LINK**

Regards Nick.

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

Hi There

I don't monitor the website much any more.

I don't know what is happening with the archive.

Please refer any queries to Diane.

regards David

Edited By David Clark 1 on 11/07/2013 07:26:04

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Robbo, its going to cost an extra 27p an issue or approx £6.50 a year for Print + Digital according to the flyer.

I do hope that now more people will be paying for access to the digital archive that the odd missing issues will be added, always seems to have fallen on deaf ears before.

J

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

· As mentioned above, the new digital editions can currently be downloaded and kept (to read offline if you wish) on a PC or on an iPad, iPhone, Android or Kindle Fire device. To be more specific for PC users, the supported operating systems are: Windows 7, Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3. If subscribers would like further advice on whether the reader/app will work on their computer/device we recommend that they email help@pocketmags.com. Apple desktop computers (iMac etc) are not currently supported but should be by the end of the year. This is not, of course, within our control.

Thanks for the clarification Dianne.

Am I right to assume that the above para. refers only to the new reader application?

At present the mags can be read using any system with a browser that has Flash Player installed. So they can be read on a PC running Windows or Linux and on a Mac, but not on Android as there is no flash player available. Will this continue to be the case or will Linux and Mac users be left in the cold?

Russell.

[Diane CarneyModerator @dianecarney30678]

As far as I understand, accesing the archive (the old way) will continue to be available to all platforms as before.

I have a Mac desktop but no hand-held device of any kind.

Does this help?

Diane

[Gone AwayParticipant @goneaway]

Posted by Diane Carney on 11/07/2013 12:41:41:

As far as I understand, accesing the archive (the old way) will continue to be available to all platforms as before.

The question that's being begged, for me at least, is: does the archive now become a static resource or what? That is , when a new magazine edition is published is it added to the archive:

– immediately (as now)?

– sometime later (e.g. 6 months)?

– never?

If it's the first of course, then the new reader is an addition to what we have now and will address some peoples' stated concerns. If it's the last, then it replaces what we have now.

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Posted by Diane Carney on 11/07/2013 12:41:41:

I have a Mac desktop but no hand-held device of any kind.

Does this help?

Diane

I'll hold your hand Diane

[Diane CarneyModerator @dianecarney30678]

We’re carrying on adding to the Archive as we always have – new issues will continue to be added as they are published.

Diane

('John S' – such a devine device )

[Roger VaneParticipant @rogervane67137]

Some more questions, just to add to the general confusion ….

If I were to subscribe to the 'print + digital edition' I may well download / store / print these using my PC. If I then subsequently cancel my subscription (for whatever reason), will I still be able to access those editions that I've already downloaded? Is there any means by which the pocket mag reader checks that my subscription is still current, and ceases to function if it isn't?

The latest posts that I'm reading suggest that the digital archive will be added to and accessible just as at present – so why go down the new route, or am I missing the point?

[Gone AwayParticipant @goneaway]

Posted by Roger Vane on 11/07/2013 14:49:16:

The latest posts that I'm reading suggest that the digital archive will be added to and accessible just as at present – so why go down the new route, or am I missing the point?

Some people, in earlier threads, have expressed a wish to be able to read the mag offline on various devices. Say on a plane/train/bus for example. The new reader will allow that.

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

Posted by Sid Herbage on 11/07/2013 15:41:25:

Posted by Roger Vane on 11/07/2013 14:49:16:

The latest posts that I'm reading suggest that the digital archive will be added to and accessible just as at present – so why go down the new route, or am I missing the point?

Some people, in earlier threads, have expressed a wish to be able to read the mag offline on various devices. Say on a plane/train/bus for example. The new reader will allow that.

What about hovercraft, or more pertinent to the readership, steam locomotives?!

Ian P

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Posted by Diane Carney on 11/07/2013 12:41:41:

As far as I understand, accesing the archive (the old way) will continue to be available to all platforms as before.

I have a Mac desktop but no hand-held device of any kind.

Does this help?

Diane

 

Hi Diane, this post has made the water cloudyer to my mind, because there is no memtion of the print issue allowing access to the online achive in the FAQ under the general subscription queries tab **LINK** and the flyer says it will no longer be available with print only from July 2014. If it is continued to all platforms as before, then as Rodger Vain says, why would one want to upgrade if you don't need to download and read off line etc.

By the way, the flyer that I recieved is only related to ME and there dosn't seem to be any mention of a print + digital for MEW in the subscibe tab at the top of this page, so will the MEW online archive not be avilable unless one subscribes to the MEW digital?.

Can this be clarified for definite?

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 11/07/2013 16:49:18

[Danny M2ZParticipant @dannym2z]

G'day all.

I was just about to subscribe to MEW. Even here down-under without the free gifts the digital archives seemed attractive ( I get my copies from the newsagent). But from reading this thread it appears that the magazine owners are getting greedy. That's what happens when the bean counters get creative. Hence NO subscription from this little bunny!

For limeric fans " There once was a man from Australia. Etc"

Regards from the land of the kangaroo

Cu Later * Danny M *

[Diane CarneyModerator @dianecarney30678]

Hi Nick

To go back to my very long post:

· The digital archive will still be available, but it will be available as part of a new Print + Digital Subscription package and a new Digital Subscription package.

So – if you want to subscribe to print only, that's all you get – the paper magazine only. No online access to old issues.

If you want to continue to access the archive you will have to subscribe to the Print + Digital or Digital only which now has the added benefit of the longed for ability to download and read off-line.

The way I see it is that the emphasis is now definitely shifting towards Digital consumption – as is the way with so many publications. However – this is Model Engineer – and I suspect that old habits (printed magazines) will die hard. But we'll see….

I hope this helps.

Diane

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi Diane, thanks for your reply, you have confermed exactly as I have read it and I hope it clarifies it for others as well.

Regards Nick.

[Diane CarneyModerator @dianecarney30678]

Just a little more information from our Subscription manager:

If you subscribe to the print + digital edition and then cancel your subscription, then you will still be able to read those issues that you have already downloaded. You will not, however, be able to download any more issues, and you will no longer have access to the digital archive.

The archive will continue to be added to as we want to keep this resource growing and as complete as it can be. The point of the new editions is that they allow subscribers to download and keep the magazine issues beyond the term of their subscription (please note you only get the issues to which you have subscribed – you cannot download the whole archive!). It also allows subscribers to read issues of the magazine without an internet connection. So if you have a mobile device or laptop, you can download the issues you are subscribed to, and have the choice to read them wherever you like (for example in a workshop that doesn’t have an internet connection).

Hope that helps!

[Gone AwayParticipant @goneaway]

Posted by Ian Phillips on 11/07/2013 15:52:49:

Say on a plane/train/bus for example. The new reader will allow that.

What about hovercraft, or more pertinent to the readership, steam locomotives?!

Train = steam locomotive doesn't it? ….. unless they've invented other kinds, I haven't been watching.

I must admit I hadn't considered hovercraft – mea culpa.

[SteambuffParticipant @steambuff]

Diane … another question for your Subscription manager …

I have just renewed ME (June) …

If I upgraded to the New Print and Digital (i.e ability to download and read current issues offline) –

a/ What would it cost me?

b/ Would I be able to download and keep all issues since the start of my current subscription period, (i.e the June/July issues) or only those after the upgrade?

Thanks

Dave

Edited By Steambuff on 11/07/2013 19:03:46

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