FYI
N'spirations11 is now complete and has gone off to the printers. It usually takes around a
month for turnaround before I can put them up for sale on ebay. The plan is to have them
available at the N Gauge Society AGM expo on 1st June at Poynton and supply the usual
stockists (including the NGS shop and stand) then.
(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2946/11coverw.jpg)
I've already started work on issue #12 which, if things go to plan, I hope to have available
and be able to launch at TINGS in September.
H.
It's arrived back and is now available for sale on ebay.
However, if it is sold out by the time you check on ebay don't worry - there will be another batch along shortly.
H.
purchased :thumbsup:
Just bought, thanks for continuing the good work Grahame.
Yay, order placed. :claphappy:
Do you take subscriptions for this magazine?
If not, a thought -
those you sell via subscription would be guaranteed sales for a year at a time and you won't have any Ebay or Paypal fees on those sales.
(If you already do so, my apologies, I'm not trying to interfere)
Copy Purchased :D
Ollie
Thanks for the Heads Up on this, issue 11 duly ordered one eBay.
:claphappy:
Trev's idea of a subscription system seems agood one, although it might have to be for a set number of issues rather than a set period of time, as you don't appear to publish to a rigidly set timescale.
But keep up the good work, Grahame!
Ray
Far too much extra admin to offer subscriptions, plus;
* The publication dates are irregular and occasional (read page two of each and every copy)
* Prepaid monies have to be separately, securely and responsibly accounted for.
* No account for any post and/or printing cost increases during the period.
* Difficult to increase/reduce page count.
* etc
H.
Understood.
Ray
I can't find it anyone got the link? ???
I just keyed in N'spirations 11 in the eBay search box and up it came.
Ray
Link please
Quote from: REGP on April 29, 2013, 08:42:20 PM
I just keyed in N'spirations 11 in the eBay search box and up it came.
Ray
I typed that in and it came up with 0 results.
Me too no results
Quote from: spurno on April 29, 2013, 08:59:19 PM
Quote from: REGP on April 29, 2013, 08:42:20 PM
I just keyed in N'spirations 11 in the eBay search box and up it came.
Ray
I typed that in and it came up with 0 results.
Hi
That's because they have all sold in this batch. Do a search for N'spirations with the completed listing flag set and you will see the two batches already sold. You could then add Grahame's seller Id to your ebay favourite sellers then look it the items for sale.
Cheers
Paul
All 25 copies listed are sold that may be the reason for no result to your search.
They were listed under the heading:
N'spirations11 - (1:148) N gauge booklet/magazine - [B2]
Saving the sellers name in your favourites may beof help inthe future.
Ray
Here's Graham's username on ebay for future / current copies of N'spirations
http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/grahamehedges&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2533 (http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/grahamehedges&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2533)
Surely a search should still come up even if they're sold out.I've tried all variations of search and having Grahame as a saved seller doesn't work either.Very difficult to find and as i've got every one including the yearbook i don't want to miss out on this one.
Quote from: upnick on April 29, 2013, 09:23:58 PM
Here's Graham's username on ebay for future / current copies of N'spirations
http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/grahamehedges&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2533 (http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/grahamehedges&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2533)
Hi Nick,tried that also,basically it went to a feedback screen.Obviously something ebay needs to address.
Quote from: spurno on April 29, 2013, 09:24:18 PM
Surely a search should still come up even if they're sold out.I've tried all variations of search and having Grahame as a saved seller doesn't work either.Very difficult to find and as i've got every one including the yearbook i don't want to miss out on this one.
Hi
It does but only if you selected completed listings from the options on the left.
Cheers
Paul
Quote from: spurno on April 29, 2013, 09:29:43 PM
Quote from: upnick on April 29, 2013, 09:23:58 PM
Here's Graham's username on ebay for future / current copies of N'spirations
http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/grahamehedges&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2533 (http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/grahamehedges&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2533)
Hi Nick,tried that also,basically it went to a feedback screen.Obviously something ebay needs to address.
Hi Alan,
Going to the link i posted gives you a page with Grahames user profile click on items for sale on the left & it will show what he's selling as i write he hasnt a batch of N'spirations for sale but i'm sure it will change later tonight or tomorrow ;)
(http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii377/upnick/107f4272-4403-46c9-a086-ba50311b7892_zps1d334ad9.jpg) (http://s549.photobucket.com/user/upnick/media/107f4272-4403-46c9-a086-ba50311b7892_zps1d334ad9.jpg.html)
Thanks Paul,i'm obviously not up to speed with ebay's inner workings.Have done that now by the way.
I'll be adding more batches for sale on ebay but probably not until Wednesday now. Tomorrow I'm out all day at the coroners court for an inquest hearing in to my mothers death. That takes priority for me.
H.
Hope tomorrow isn't too harrowing H. Hope it goes ok.
Quote from: Mustermark on April 30, 2013, 12:46:33 AM
Hope tomorrow isn't too harrowing H. Hope it goes ok.
Same from me too
My sincerest sympathies, and best wishes. Hope things go ok.
Quote from: pape_timmo on April 30, 2013, 07:55:31 AM
My sincerest sympathies, and best wishes. Hope things go ok.
y
And from me to.
Ray
Ditto; best wishes.
Create a "saved search" for items for sale from Grahame, that way ebay will email you when he has new items listed for sale.
Please accept my deepest sympathies & thoughts Grahame at this sad time
Ordered today.Thank you for listing Grahame although i didn't expect it today.Under the circumstances i hope it went well for you and my heartfelt condolances to you and your family.
Ordered abot three hours ago and already marked as despatced!! usual first class service
Sympathy to you and yours is the main point, however.
John K.
Back from the court this afternoon with a narrative verdict - not exactly conclusive. I had also been called as a witness and was cross questioned for some time. A coroners court is not about apportioning or deciding guilt or blame, but yet during that time it felt like I was on trial.
Anyway a batch is on ebay although I've got to go shopping tomorrow for envelopes and stamps before more can be listed.
I hope that those who order and receive N'spirations11 enjoy it. It felt like a good edition when putting it together, although some feedback would be nice. Progress is already underway with the next issue but comment can help shape and tailor content.
H.
Hopefully the horrid part is over.
My dad died two weeks ago so know how hard it can be
Sympathies to you and yours.
Dave G
Quote from: James C on April 30, 2013, 10:47:05 AM
Create a "saved search" for items for sale from Grahame, that way ebay will email you when he has new items listed for sale.
As I found out today this doesn't work if everyone else gets there first before ebay can actually get around to sending the daily email out :doh:
Just purchased at 1500 hours 01/05/2013. Can't yuo let tipe proper?
Even with a personal tragedy, Grahame still manages to get them posted out on the day of purchase :NGaugersRule:
Ordered one here thanks very much, and so sorry for your loss.
Take care.
My copy has just arrived - it's excellent (as expected!). Chock-full of fascinating N-gauge goodness.
First class publication. I just loved reading this.
This was the first edition I have bought but so long as they keep coming it certainly will not be the last.
Can't believe how quickly it came either.
Thanks very much, especially due to your tragic loss.
My deepest sympathy and with thanks for this great read.
Steve
:thumbsup:
I, too, have received this very informative book which is beautifully presented -- Thanks Grahame, I look forward to the next issue!
Many thanks for the complementary comments.
The next issue is not scheduled until TINGS (early September) although I'm well progressed with it. However, I do need to allow time for copies of the current issue to be sold, especially over the summer 'closed modelling season' when there is less opportunity for stockists at exhibitions.
There are still copies available for sale on ebay, from the usual stockists, and they will be available at the NGS AGM at the end of this month in Poynton.
H.
I'm loving the few copies of N'spirations I've been able to find, and I'm definitely looking forward to the next edition, even if it's as far away as September. I've read some of the articles more than once already, and have picked up some useful tips.
With my working hat on, though, I find myself cringing at some of the grammatical typos. Part of my professional life is taken up by running a very small translation agency and with handling UK English proofreading personally, and the use of 'it's' instead of 'its' almost drives me to tears. Please don't take offence. I just want to see the best possible publication out there for followers of N Gauge, so if you could do with some proofreading assistance, I'll be happy to help. To you, guv, no charge ;)
Best wishes
Peter
http://www.kessler-associates.net (http://www.kessler-associates.net)
Thank you for the feedback and kind offer - and no offence taken. Unfortunately, adding in an extra outsourced process is just too difficult and time consuming to contemplate at this stage and, although I'm fully aware of the difference and correct use of it's and its, sometimes mistakes slip through, as with even with the most prestigious publications. But hopefully it's the modelling and content that counts. Besides, I'd prefer 'I love' rather than 'I'm loving'. ;)
H.
Doesn't that depend on what he meant by "I'm loving"... :angel: :laugh3:
Quote from: Pete33 on June 03, 2013, 07:44:25 PM
the use of 'it's' instead of 'its' almost drives me to tears.
Its annoying eh? ;)
Could be worse, you could be reading about what new items Grahame
brought from his local shop or Ebay! :D
Paul
Dunno if you've got the same MacDonalds billboards and TV ads over in the UK that say "I'm loving it" Heck.... I haven't even bought one yet (and probably won't)! :sick2:
Yep we have them too ;)
Must admit I do like an occasional Maccy Dee's, although tend to go more for breakfast than burgers these days :food:
Paul
Yeah... in reality I'm a closet Macca's consumer.... but I guess I'm not any more, am I?! :doh: But like you, these days it's mostly brekkies. Talking of which, it's 8.05 here and I'm just about to take Mrs Bealman to work.... all this talk may mean making a detour under the golden arches on the way home! :laugh:
Quote from: Karyn on June 03, 2013, 09:17:35 PM
Doesn't that depend on what he meant by "I'm loving"... :angel: :laugh3:
:o LOL (I actually did LOL). Good job I'd finished my coffee.
Quote from: H on June 03, 2013, 08:33:57 PM
But hopefully it's the modelling and content that counts.
It is indeed. And the good quality photography. :thumbsup:
Quote from: H on June 03, 2013, 08:33:57 PM
Thank you for the feedback and kind offer - and no offence taken. Unfortunately, adding in an extra outsourced process is just too difficult and time consuming to contemplate at this stage and, although I'm fully aware of the difference and correct use of it's and its, sometimes mistakes slip through, as with even with the most prestigious publications. But hopefully it's the modelling and content that counts. Besides, I'd prefer 'I love' rather than 'I'm loving'. ;)
H.
When I edited the N Gauge Journal in the 1990s the printers would typeset the cover. One edition proudly proclaimed "Andy Calvert wins Railway Meddler Cup!" Andy had a great sense of humour so saw the funny side :)
Michael
:laughabovepost:
Paul
Hi pete33,
I totally concur with your comments concerning the use of the apostrophe -- you see it all the time even on 'professionally' produced billboards.
It is a sad reflection upon our education system that students are not properly schooled nowadays. Even worse was the introduction of 'text-speak' and 'Americanisms' which ensures that users will forget how to spell eventually, of course, assuming they were ever taught.
I am a time-served compositor (now retired) so I also cringe at some the typos but thought I was the only one concerned about that which I read on this forum. Terms like dipthong, solidus and ligatures are now extinct!
Even in this posting the spell-checker is telling me that I have mis-spelled dipthong -- there, it did it again!
Alan (AJB)
Ah, I am glad to see that I am not alone - there are fellow-dinosaurs here, who also cringe at the mere mention of mis-placed apostrophe's (sic). I hate 'txtspk' too - my (rapidly becoming obsolete, alas) mobile has a 'slide-out' QWERTY keyboard, with punctuation, which I use. Happily, my son, aged 17 (going on 47), is almost as pedantic - not surprising really, as his greatest loves, in the academic sense, are classical Greek and Latin. My wife and daughter though - let us not think about them in this regard.
There is hope for the English language.
My 17 year old daughter is pedantic too.
She has a T shirt that says something along the lines of "In my head I'm correcting your English"
Michael
Picked up a copy at the NGS AGM and I've been glued to it ever since. I must say it's another great issue Grahame so many thanks for all your hardwork in putting it together.
With regard to apostrophes, it could be argued that it is actually incorrect to use them at all as they were adopted from the French and were not introduced into the English language until the 16th century.
Quote from: Chinahand on June 04, 2013, 09:53:41 AM
Picked up a copy at the NGS AGM and I've been glued to it ever since. I must say it's another great issue Grahame so many thanks for all your hardwork in putting it together.
With regard to apostrophes, it could be argued that it is actually incorrect to use them at all as they were adopted from the French and were not introduced into the English language until the 16th century.
Pedant! :bounce:
@AJB. I was taught diphthong!
Had a great surprise that my joint layout with free_debt_man is mentioned on page 25 ! :bounce:
Quote from: oscar on June 04, 2013, 09:56:30 AM
I was taught diphthong!
Did it hurt ? :confused1:
Quote from: AJB on June 04, 2013, 09:09:38 AM
Even in this posting the spell-checker is telling me that I have mis-spelled dipthong -- there, it did it again!
Alan (AJB)
That would be because it's "diphthong" from the Greek "diphthongos" you had a missing H ;)
This is excellent and thought-provoking discussion but I think it is important to remember that language is an active, on-going thing that we humans do, and it is CONSTANTLY changing. Personally, I find this great as it gives me an avenue to get out off past gaffs, and the possible opportunity to generate a new joke... :whistle:
Quote from: James C on June 04, 2013, 10:42:56 AM
you had a missing H
That's me. Am I lost? Probably. :D
H.
Hi, H
Get me PM? Oops....
George
Quote from: Chinahand on June 04, 2013, 09:53:41 AM
With regard to apostrophes, it could be argued that it is actually incorrect to use them at all as they were adopted from the French and were not introduced into the English language until the 16th century.
That would be the same century in which John Harington designed the precursor to the modern flush system toilet, so perhaps your argument would include its use as being incorrect? :D (Just kidding. No need to flush my response.)
Actually, all I was trying to do was N'spire and N'thuse the best levels of N Gauge [magazine] production :angel:
Quote from: Bealman on June 04, 2013, 11:44:17 AM
Get me PM? Oops....
Yep, many thanks. That sort of thing makes it all worthwhile.
H.
Hi Oscar, Ooops You are right of course. Just shows that even I am not perfect -- and I thought I was!
UPdate FYI - progress on N'spirations12 (grandma and speeling mistakes included free) is well advanced and well on target for it's scheduled launch at TINGS. I could probably even get it out a fair bit earlier, but there are still stocks of issue #11 unsold and some stockists didn't get their supplies until the weekend just gone. So until sales pick up a bit, I'll have to put it on hold;
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2772/coveredp.jpg)
H.
I like the deliberate 'it's', grandma :D
Personally I can't wait for the next issue. I've already devoured the four issues that I could get my hands on, and I need more hints and tips and reviews and so on.
Sometime's its a stugggle to work it's in to the sentense with the right tents. Aprntly if you leaf out letters or even tripe the rong word it can stil be red and make cents.
H.
I should have bought a copy at the AGM on Saturday but I didn't...
So I ordered one on Wednesday and received it on Thursday! Really excellent service Grahame :)
This is the first copy of N'spirations I have bought and it certainly lives up to it's name!
I'll admit to have lost most of my interest in N Gauge that after 30 years of membership of the N Gauge Society I had found myself questioning whether I should re-new my membership!
After seeing the layouts at the AGM, fiNetrax and reading N'spirations 11 last night my interest is returning :D
Michael
Hi Michael
Good to hear you're N Gauge interest is being regenerated. I'm sure H will be pleased that his excellent magazine has helped with that.
Let's hope it's a good start that continues and we get to see what you are modelling.
Dave G