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Re: Electronic TAG
I like Diana's suggestions. It will allow her to continue selling groups of
TAGs and also allow AGA to make the information available. Too time
consuming for her to find specific issues. Another idea to help her deplete
the stock of backissues and allow AGA to eventually move entirely to
electronic is to offer a good discount for an entire years worth or a few
years, or to allow people to customize their grab bag to focus on certain
years, recognizing that some individual issue numbers may be missing,etc.
(if this is workable and agreeable to Diana).
At 06:13 PM 3/15/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Erik,
>
> I completely agree with you about having an electronic version of ALL
>issues up to the end of volume 14. I will IMMEDIATELY concede that trying
>to "hunt and peck" for specific issues is not the way to go. That's the
>confusion I'm in right now.
> I would say that 5% of requests are for all issues v. Grab Bags.
>However, the "all issues" requests are an enormous drain on time and
>resources.
> My suggestions, which are subject to AGA input (as always), would be:
>
>1. When people ask about buying all issues, I'd like to tell them to buy
>the electronic version. This means that the remaining printed and precious
>back issues could be used for hobbyists that just want to get a good deal
>via the Grab Bag and Grab Bag/PAM combo.
>
>2. I wonder if $20 isn't too cheap for an electronic version of "all
>issues". Because it competes with Grab Bags, etc, I would charge $40 for
>it. After all, I imagine that it was a great deal of work for whoever put
>it together? If whoever buys it and wants to pirate it, just let them. I
>think most normal, ethical people like getting the printed Grab Bags along
>with the PAMs.
>
>3. Who has these CD ROMs of all back issues with author index that I can
>direct hobbyists requesting all back issues to? It sounds to good to be
>true!!!
>
>Diana
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
>To: <dwalstad@bellsouth.net>
>Cc: "Karen Randall" <krandall@world.std.com>
>Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 11:26 AM
>Subject: Re: Electronic TAG
>
>
>> Hi Diana,
>>
>> I had put together the TAG-on-a-disk proposal about a year or so back.
>> Because the disk is completely copyable and I was suggesting we sell it
>> for something small like $20, both you and Neil had showed concern that
>> having the CD-ROM available would significantly lessen the desire for
>> people to purchase back issues.
>>
>> At one point you had actually suggested a counter-proposal of making the
>> CD-ROM only available with the issues we had sold out, something I am not
>> particularly fond of: 1. we'd have to keep re-pressing the disk as more
>> issues went out of print. 2. part of the coolness of the TAG archive is
>> that it has a full cross-referenced author (and soon subject) index which
>> is of little value with only 1/2 the issues.
>>
>> I guess if we were to open this up for discussion again, I would propose
>> that it include all issues up to the end of volume 14 (that's a good
>> transition point). I'd want to know how much money we'd be "losing" by
>> doing this right away at the start of the discussion.
>>
>> I also wonder what percentage of the back-issue orders are for specific
>> issues vs. grab-bags vs. "everything, please". Ballpark OK.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> - Erik
>>
>> On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 dwalstad@bellsouth.net wrote:
>>
>> > Dear Erik and Karen,
>> >
>> > You mean that you have all TAG issues on a disk? This is great
>news!
>> > Even if it is not quite ready yet, this is a much better way to satisfy
>> > those that that want "all the TAG back issues". It is really a pain for
>me
>> > to dig out the 40 or so I still have. I also feel that these issues are
>put
>> > to better use by sending out 4 grab bags to 4 people that 40 to one
>person.
>> >
>> > Diana
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Karen Randall" <krandall@world.std.com>
>> > To: <dwalstad@bellsouth.net>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 10:20 PM
>> > Subject: Re: TAG going even faster
>> >
>> >
>> > > Sounds fine with me. Now that we have them stored electronically,
>there
>> > > isn't a compelling need to keep the paper issues around.
>> > >
>> > > Karen
>> > >
>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > From: <dwalstad@bellsouth.net>
>> > > To: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
>> > > Cc: "Karen Randall" <krandall@world.std.com>
>> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 9:43 PM
>> > > Subject: TAG going even faster
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > Dear Erik and Karen,
>> > > > Wow! Since I last wrote, two more issues are out of stock.
>Thus,
>> > > > please don't list individual issues anymore on website or in TAG. I
>> > > > strongly advise that we sell old TAGs as grab bags only until I
>clean
>> > out
>> > > > ALL the really old issues. I'd also like to see an announcement for
>a
>> > > > change in policy.
>> > > > We can always keep a few recent back issues for samples, but the
>> > > recent
>> > > > issues go so fast (Vol 13, no 1 is now out) that I can't guarantee
>one
>> > > > particular issue will be in stock. If we don't change the policy
>right
>> > > now,
>> > > > my nightmare will be to have people mailing checks for specific
>issues
>> > or
>> > > > all back issues assuming they'll get 40 or so in stock. As Karen
>said
>> > > > there's a lag time. Worse is the overseas money orders; any
>overseas
>> > > > refunds means a major hassle for me and the hobbyist.
>> > > > In summary, I'd advise announcing that for now back issues are
>only
>> > > > available as unspecified sample issues or grab bags. Erik feel free
>to
>> > > put
>> > > > this letter on MCM if you think it will be helpful.
>> > > >
>> > > > Diana
>> > >
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Erik Olson
>> erik at thekrib dot com
>>
>
>
>
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