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[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Does not look like you can do it through Mortons at the moment and looking at their other titles they have a different setup where if you take out a digital or print plus digital you only get archive access if you pay an additional amount. That is why I said hang on until things have settled down.

Should have said you only get archive access at present if it's a digital or print plus subscription not the print only.

[John PParticipant @johnp77052]

Posted by Neil Wyatt 26/04/2022 11:53:38

Posted by John P on 26/04/2022 11:08:06:
I know how difficult it can be to write a long construction article,to get the
sequencing for machining operations do all the drawings etc ,unfortunately
magazines don't seem to be interested in publishing these any more .

Hi John,

When I came to MEW, the commonest gripe from readers was that there were two very long
ongoing series occupying a significant part of each issue. Naturally, I responded by going the
other way.
Since then, I have relaxed a bit, using some medium-length constructional series in three to
four parts, or asking authors to split longer topics into shorter instalments. When I have exceeded
the three to four instalment length, I generally receive negative comments.

As I explained, the article you submitted to me last year would have run to around 170 pages.
At eight pages per issue, that would be about 21 issues.

Could I justify about 20% of the contributor content of each issue being occupied by the
same author and project for nearly two years? I think the majority of readers would prefer
to see greater variety.

My advice was that the article, which was very well written and presented, would best be
published as a book.

Model Engineer, with its two issues a month, can split ongoing series into alternating
issues and its readership seems more content with series lasting over several years.

Neil

Hi Neil

Just to put the record straight on some of the points that you have made above.

1/ I have never directly offered you the article for the Universal grinding machine,
the proposed article was offered to Diane around 11/09/2013 at the time
of her first posting on the above thread ,about 6 months before you were editor of MEW ,
it was submitted to Model Engineer on the 19th September 2014 and
then again resent to Martin Evans in the middle of October 2019 after
he said that he had no record of it.
I don't know it it was offered to you at some point via Model Engineer.

2/ The last article that i had published in MEW was in year 2017 /18
mew 257 . I have not written or submitted an article since before that date .

The balancing machine that you were interested in i never bothered to
write up as the page length you required was far too short, however
one forum member benefited from this as i sent him the drawings and an
explanation of the operation of this unit ,i must say i received some useful
feedback from him and friend on this , but of course every one else has
missed out on this.

I was writing up the second half of this Universal grinding machine but have given
up now as there seems little likelihood of it ever being published and
less so if the page rate has been cut.

John

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Well as it looks like the three current editors don't want the article in it's current format why not just put it on the website as a form of build thread, just host the drawings somewhere and link to them as I have done on several engine builds in the past. That way anyone interested benefits, nobody misses out and those that don't want to read it won't feel they have spent money on something not of interest.

Half measure may be to do as I have done on my published builds and Luker has followed suit is to reduce the content of the published article and post what you cut out on the forum, I tend to only use about 2/3rds of the photos I take for publication but put the rest into the thread. Would work for all as I seem to remember complaints about bulking out articles with gratuitous photos in the past.

[John PParticipant @johnp77052]

Posted by JasonB 26/04/2022 14:07:43

Well as it looks like the three current editors don't want the article in it's current format why no
just put it on the website as a form of build thread, just host the drawings somewhere and link
to them as I have done on several engine builds in the past. That way anyone interested benefits,
nobody misses out and those that don't want to read it won't feel they have spent money on
something not of interest.

Half measure may be to do as I have done on my published builds and Luker has followed
suit is to reduce the content of the published article and post what you cut out on the forum,
I tend to only use about 2/3rds of the photos I take for publication but put the rest into the
thread. Would work for all as I seem to remember complaints about bulking out articles
with gratuitous photos in the past.
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Strangely enough i though i was posting to correct Neil's previous errors ,since you seem to
have decided no one is interested in this you have the satisfaction of knowing there will
be plenty of room for some of these regurgitated type of articles ,but what do i know
i'm not the expert on these.

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Posted by Neil Wyatt 26/04/2022 11:41:41

David,

I'm sure with your past experience you will be well aware I can't leave up posts with potentially
commercially sensitive information in.
I understand you have an axe to grind and that your approach to editing MEW was
different to mine. Can you just accept that and move on, I'd rather not have to endure petty sniping.

Neil
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Seems almost a waste of time trying to hide this sort of thing when by typing in this here
brings up the entire history.

Mortons Media Group Ltd companies house ( Net Worth: £3,420,879.00)

My time media companies house ( Net Worth: £1,624,550.00)

John

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Posted by John P on 26/04/2022 16:45:16:

Strangely enough i though i was posting to correct Neil's previous errors ,since you seem to
have decided no one is interested in this you have the satisfaction of knowing there will
be plenty of room for some of these regurgitated type of articles ,but what do i know
i'm not the expert on these.

I did not say that. I said it seemed none of the current editors seemed interested in it's current format

From her post several years ago Diane obviously did not seem happy with publishing a long series. I assume Martin has passed it on to Neil as he too is not keen on a long series or feels it is more suited to MEW as many posts in that old thread seemed to feel it was. Neil has stated why he feels it is not for the mag in it's current form.

All the things I have had in the mags I have enquired with the Editor first to see if it is something they would publish, worth doing to save wasting time and effort producing something that is unlikely to get published.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by John P on 26/04/2022 13:44:59:

Hi Neil

Just to put the record straight on some of the points that you have made above.

1/ I have never directly offered you the article for the Universal grinding machine,
the proposed article was offered to Diane around 11/09/2013 at the time
of her first posting on the above thread ,about 6 months before you were editor of MEW ,
it was submitted to Model Engineer on the 19th September 2014 and
then again resent to Martin Evans in the middle of October 2019 after
he said that he had no record of it.
I don't know it it was offered to you at some point via Model Engineer.

2/ The last article that i had published in MEW was in year 2017 /18
mew 257 . I have not written or submitted an article since before that date .

The balancing machine that you were interested in i never bothered to
write up as the page length you required was far too short, however
one forum member benefited from this as i sent him the drawings and an
explanation of the operation of this unit ,i must say i received some useful
feedback from him and friend on this , but of course every one else has
missed out on this.

I was writing up the second half of this Universal grinding machine but have given
up now as there seems little likelihood of it ever being published and
less so if the page rate has been cut.

John

Hi John,

My apologies, you are correct, Martin Evans sent me the Cylindrical Grinder article in April 2021, as he felt it might better suit MEW, it didn't come direct from you.

Even at £45 a page, the author fee would have been a considerable investment for the magazine, given the article would have to sustain the interest of most readers for the best part of two years. Two thirds of it is drawings, which will mostly interest the few willing and able to take on a challenging, specialist project.

I can suggest alternative routes to publication, but I think those would be best discussed by email.

Neil

[Anonymous]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 26/04/2022 11:53:38:

Model Engineer, with its two issues a month, can split ongoing series into alternating issues and its readership seems more content with series lasting over several years.

Of course they're (relatively) content or they wouldn't be "the readership".

OTOH I always hated the l-o-o-o-o-ng drawn out series in ME and therefore never subscribed.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

There's a hefty overlap in readership, but there are many readers who prefer one or the other.

Horses for courses.

Neil

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Hello folks,

Just reactivated my PC after a short holiday (mostly Colne Blues Festival), to see that my old email address at MyTimewMedia has now been disconnected.

I have done my best to make sure everyone's email was moved to my address book and that all submissions sent to the old address were saved and logged.

No doubt with hundreds of contacts, something will have gone astray.

If you have a query, please use the email below:

meweditor@mortons.co.uk

Thanks,

Neil

[Engine BuilderParticipant @enginebuilder]

I hope things are better now.

A previous editor was asking for articles for the magazines.

I sent 2 and was told they would be published. After a few months i enquired about the progress and was told he had lost them and could i send them again, which I did.

A further few months passed and stil not published so i asked again.

He had lost them again and asked for me to send for a 3rd time. I replied only if you publish soon as i had another magazine interested, which was true. This time they wer published.

Some years earlier with a different editor, I sent an article for a tool and it was published but the plans were shrunk so the atricle did not use as many pages and the plans were then added to the plans service for which i got not no further payment.

Is it worth the effort? Iwon't be bothering again.

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