I was looking at the Nook today.  My wife and I are planning a trip to the Maui in October and she usually takes a few books along to read on long flights.  With the current carry-on restrictions and what I would consider extra charges for luggage that border on extortion, she has been looking at the Kindle and loading one with a few books to carry on the plane.  She has an Ipod touch, but is not impressed with the selection of books offered by Apple, and aparently the Amazon downloads for the Kindle won't work on the Ipod. 

If E-publishing is the future of publishing and MRH is successful in leading the way, how does a magazine publisher switch over?  At first glance it appears to be easy.  Model Railroader could simply be converted into a free e-zine.  Their advertising base would support the magazine for a smooth transition without loss of revenue, BUT there is a huge "fly in the ointment".  How do you deal with thousands of subscribers who have paid for subscriptions in advance for a magazine that is now free?  They could offer the mag online for a price, but with so much

All; I was wondering, under the rules as I understand them, the NMRA AP would classify MRH articles as electronic publishing, or would it?  Since the magazine(E-Zine) has a publisher and an editor would it count as a circulated magazine? The rules are changing and I don't believe the AP rules have been re-written in response. After all it was a bit easier when we had 5 or more national model railroad magazine to submit to. 

I'm working on another article that I want to submit to MRH for appraisal and I need to do some illustrations for it.  I am wondering which good, free applications folks are using for this sort of thing.

Joe, what does MRH use for doing diagrams etc.?

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks.