Hi Tim, My wife and I have always enjoyed "IN THE GROOVE" and the service it has provided for the hobby. Any new efforts will always have a few rocks in the road. We remind ourselves that these people are volunteering their time unselfishly for our enjoyment and see NO reason to complain if a little late or past margins. Our only complaint would be if it stopped being produced!
Keep up the good work! -Scott & Denise Corbett -----Original Message----- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of Tim McCormick Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 8:02 PM To: 'Antique Phonograph List' Subject: [Phono-L] Notes on the April-May edition of In The Groove Folks, Michael Evans (our new graphic designer) attempted a design concept with a few images that normally work for flyers and brochures, but failed to be artistically communicated in our magazine. The most obvious use of this technique was on the Jerry Fabris' article. Artists like to use free space and openness. We antique lovers prefer the security of symmetry. Pages 42, 44, 45, 47 and 48 are filled with two huge images each. The upper most image appears to run off the top of the page as was intended by the graphic designer. Very little, if any, of the image is actually missing - the top of the page bleed completes the image border (you'll be able to see for yourself what I'm talking about when you get your copy). Unfortunately, the technique does not fit the topic. I'll be receiving a hundred E-Mails reporting this presumed mistake. Michael had to create this issue (his first ITG) from scratch which took him an enormous amount of time. The first .PDF proof I received from Michael was laid-out in signature format, so I could not detect where the bleed ended and had no idea of his artsy concept. He provided me the second proof in my preferred format, and only then did I discover what I assumed was an error. By then, we were so close to the "send-it-to-the-printer" date, and was told that he would have to shrink the images in order to maintain border symmetry, that I made the decision not to delay the issue an additional 3 days for delivery, and hoped the larger images would be beneficial to our readers after all. Well, now that I have the magazine in front of me, it looks like it was a printing mistake and not the intended artistic openness concept that Michael had hoped for. I have discussed this with Michael, and border symmetry will be followed in future issues. I just told you that I was concerned about getting this issue to the printer on time. WELL. We delivered this to Short Run on March 8th. The delivery date to Faris Mailing was scheduled for March 28th. On March 16th, the printer had massive equipment failure. Keep in mind, these folks own multi-million dollar State-Of-The-Art presses and binders. They finally delivered ITG to Faris Mailing last Friday, April 8th. It was mailed on Tuesday, April 12th. I received my copy on Thursday. Excluding all the challenges of production, this has been our most ambitious issue that I can recall. It is 52 pages in length and filled with fascinating works from some very impressive contributors. I highly recommend that you pick up a copy for yourself. Thanks, Tim Tim McCormick, President Michigan Antique Phonograph Society presid...@maps-itg.org www.MAPS-ITG.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org