I produced Talking Electronics magazine for the past 25 years and wrote 15 books on electronics.
I have a list of more than 250 kits and sold over 20,000 FM bug kits called "Ant," just to name one of the kits.
I wrote the course for the Australian Digital Electronics School and sold hundreds of courses.
Maybe you were not in the hobby market during your time when you were in electronics; otherwise you would have seen the magazine in the shops. We had over 1,200 shops selling the magazine.
As soon as I launched the magazine, Electronics Today International brought out an opposing magazine for a lower price and a higher print run. They lasted 6 months and rang me to say I had “won the day” They were pulling out and it cost them over $40,000. They also contacted all the advertisers and offered half-price advertising for 12 months. This prevented me getting any advertising what-so-ever.
On top of this they informed a reliable source that they will be reading my magazine and if any paragraph had been copied from any source, they would close me down.
I lasted 25 years. Hobby Electronics lasted 6 issues and Electronics Today International died some 12 years ago. Even Electronics Australia tried to screw me to the wall. I still have their original letter where they tried to sign me up with a clause where I would pay $7,500 fine for late delivery of copy. That’s over $20,000 in today’s money.
That’s how hard it is to conduct business.
I don’t know why you have not heard of me. Over 50,000 other hobbyists have. If you divide 750,000 by 50,000 it means each hobbyist has bought about 15 of my magazines and books. How many times have you bought more than one book from an author?
I have a list of more than 250 kits and sold over 20,000 FM bug kits called "Ant," just to name one of the kits.
I wrote the course for the Australian Digital Electronics School and sold hundreds of courses.
Maybe you were not in the hobby market during your time when you were in electronics; otherwise you would have seen the magazine in the shops. We had over 1,200 shops selling the magazine.
As soon as I launched the magazine, Electronics Today International brought out an opposing magazine for a lower price and a higher print run. They lasted 6 months and rang me to say I had “won the day” They were pulling out and it cost them over $40,000. They also contacted all the advertisers and offered half-price advertising for 12 months. This prevented me getting any advertising what-so-ever.
On top of this they informed a reliable source that they will be reading my magazine and if any paragraph had been copied from any source, they would close me down.
I lasted 25 years. Hobby Electronics lasted 6 issues and Electronics Today International died some 12 years ago. Even Electronics Australia tried to screw me to the wall. I still have their original letter where they tried to sign me up with a clause where I would pay $7,500 fine for late delivery of copy. That’s over $20,000 in today’s money.
That’s how hard it is to conduct business.
I don’t know why you have not heard of me. Over 50,000 other hobbyists have. If you divide 750,000 by 50,000 it means each hobbyist has bought about 15 of my magazines and books. How many times have you bought more than one book from an author?
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