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Practical Electronics | August | 2020
Volume 49. No. 8
August 2020
ISSN 2632 573X
Editorial
At last... back issue downloads!
Practical Electronics has a very long history – so long that we
published our golden anniversary issue back in 2014 (do read
Alan Winstanley’s excellent review at: www.epe-magazine.co.uk).
We therefore have an impressive back catalogue, and all of the last
20 or so years are available in PDF format on CD/DVD from our
online shop. Unfortunately, though, these CDs have never sold
particularly well.
The poor sales bothered me, because I knew the content was good,
but I always seemed too busy with the current issue to pay much
attention to this conundrum. However, a couple of recent orders
nudged me in the right direction, and I decided to try and fix the
problem once and for all.
First, a reader ordered a couple of CDs to cover a year from the
early 2000s, which worked out at around £33. Second, we had a
request for more early copies from a South African reader – ‘but’,
he asked, ‘is there a download system? The post from Britain
seems to take ages at the moment, thanks to Covid-19?’
Our South African reader was not the first to ask for this and now
seems to be the perfect time to launch such a service. Downloads
offer many advantages. It’s instantaneous – you pay and access
your issues immediately. There are no postage costs. If you
lose your disc then you may well lose your issues, but not with
downloads. If your PC dies or your hard disk becomes corrupted,
then you can always download again without charge.
Having decided to offer single issues it made perfect sense to offer
the same service for our popular 12-month, five-year and 15-year
bundles. Except now we have upgraded the 15-year bundle to 20
years. Also, if you’ve already purchased a 15-year bundle then you
can upgrade to the 20-year version for just under a tenner!
Last, but not least, we have slashed the cost of early years – from
£33 to just £6.95. We have stopped selling the 6-month CDs and
now you can download whole years and at a much cheaper price.
See the page opposite for details.
Incidentally, the two readers mentioned above have each been
given a 20-year bundle for providing the inspiration for these
innovations – thank you both.
So, that’s your summer reading sorted – just head on over to our
online shop and grab some real bargains.
Summer Sale
But wait, there’s more! Please see the ad on page 3 announcing
our Summer Sale. There are lots of PCB bargains for those of you
looking for summer projects.
Keep soldering, and do please keep well
Matt Pulzer
Publisher
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