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Exciting new announcement - and a call for articles!
ANNOUNCEMENT!
As of issue 5 (Jan 2010), Model Railroad Hobbyist is going to every other month! That means 50% more issues per year!
WE NEED YOUR HELP - SEND US YOUR ARTICLES!
The more issues we produce, the more the appetite for articles increases! We can't just manufacture magazine content out of thin air - and most of our staff is already producing 1-2 articles per issue (a column and often another submission).
Here's what we need the most of:
- N scale articles
- S scale articles
- Scenery, structure, and layout finishing articles
- Loco and rolling stock detailing articles - especially western prototypes
- Steam-to-diesel transition era articles
Remember, we do pay for articles, and we pay upon acceptance. It can take a month or more sometimes for us to review your article, but once we have reviewed it and accepted it, we'll forward you your payment! You don't have to wait 6-12 months (or more) for it to be published before you see your payment.
Here's how we pay:
- We pay $10 per page of text (400 words constitutes a page)
- We pay $10 per image or diagram.
- We pay $20 per animation (as in 3D click n spins - they're easy to do, just ask us how)
- We pay $10 per minute of video (please keep to less than 10 minutes of video maximum, with 5 minutes or less preferred).
A typical article that's 6 pages of text, 12 images, a click n spin animation, and 5 minutes of video will net a payment of $250. Just think, your hobby can help pay its own way.
A feature article that's 20 pages of text, 40 images, 5 animations and 5 minutes of video will net a payment of $750 - not bad!
If you happen to get the cover, that's $100 - and $50 for a table of contents photo.
Just go here and submit your article query today!
I'm curious to know what the legal requirements are for a publisher to assure articles submitted by third parties don't violate the copyrights of others as well as what MRH's policies are in this regard.
Mark Pierce
I believe a publisher is required to make sure articles and advertisements do not contain any infringing content, otherwise they could be held liable for publishing copyrighted material.
As an example, at a yellow page company my wife used to work, A "Company A" was suing the yellow page company because they published an Ad for "Company B" in one of their phonebooks that contained a phrase that was copyright owned by "Company A".
Shaun
http://www.upmodelrailroad.com
The publisher is not the infringing party, but as the public outlet of the information, they are often involved in making amends. Most publishers will do what they can to issue a statement, issue an ammended edition, etc to help repair the damage.
But ultimately, the lawsuit would be against the author of the content if the publisher didn't do anything obviously questionable.
Joe Fugate
Publisher, Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine
I'm in N scale. The layout isn't really far along, but there is one area where the benchwork is in, and the trackwork laid, that I intend to model after a real place. I've never done most of the things I will need to do it, but maybe writing about it from that perspective, and taking lots of pics along the way would help to show that "anyone can do it". And maybe it will get me the motivation to get out in the garage and get busy! Hmmmm.....
Jeff - Vail and Southwestern Railroad
I just thought about something.
How will this effect advertisers?
Josh
http://rr.blockchoice.com
I never thought about that...
Regards,
blue
Not staff but here everyday all the same.
Model Railroading in HO Scale
Our general thinking is we will be more attractive to advertisers if we come out more frequently.
Businesses know that the more often you remind people you're there and that you have cool stuff they might be interested in, the more it improves your sales (within reason of course - you don't want to make a pest out of yourself).
Quarterly is long enough to completely forget about MRH and our advertisers. Every other month is far better. Monthly would be ideal but for lots of reasons we're not ready to make that leap yet.
So long story short, we expect advertisers will like it better since it will probably translate into more frequent reminders that they're out there and should mean more clicks on their ads. We also expect an uptick in readership by being more frequent - and of course more readers will mean more clicks on ads, too.
Joe Fugate
Publisher, Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine
So, will the cost per issue stay the same? So a yearly commitment would add two more issues to pay for? Just asking so I know what I'll be spending...
Josh
http://rr.blockchoice.com
Cost per issue is the same - with two more issues per year to pay for if you opt for the year-long plan. Your options for discounts are now: 2X 3X and 6X. Of course, 3X is the 6-month plan now, where 2X was the 6-month plan before. The year-long ad placement plan is now 6X and it's the same discount as the 4X ad placement was before - and like before, you pay as you go when each issue is released.
I don't like the idea of paying in advance for ads (especially since we're new) - you reserve the space ahead of time, and that gives you the basic discount. Then we bill you one issue at a time.
Joe Fugate
Publisher, Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine
Thanks Joe, answered my question!
Josh
http://rr.blockchoice.com