Editorial
He! lo, and a very happy New Year to you all, I hope you 're all suitably refreshed after
the Christmas and New Year break. Having refreshed myself for a couple of weeks on
too much beer and too much food, I could now use a break! ....... Why do we do it?
Anyway, back to reality. I thought for this issue I really ought to make an effo1i to
write 'Moving Picture Machines, paii 2' as the BAC story had rather taken over the last
two issues. I had already done some research last year, but when I really got 'stuck into
it' a week or so ago, I'm afraid I got rather canied away. The result is that the finished
result takes up half the magazine, and I could have gone much further. As it stands, due
to space limitations I' ve written ve1y much from the B1itish perspective, and have not
been able to cover the American Mutoscope Co. in any great detail. Maybe some other
time. Many thanks to Bob Klepner, who once again has been most helpful in answering
some of my questions. I can reveal at this point, that Bob is cu1Tently writing a book on
mutoscopes , which I'm sure will be eagerly awaited by us all. The book is not yet ready
for publication , but you can be assured that I shall be keeping you all up to date on
Bob's progress.
Thanks also to Richard Goddard, who has written a series of a1iicles on how to
take better photographs of our machines. Pa1i one is included this month, and I'm sure
we'll all be able to pick up some useful tips, so thanks again Richard. And don ' t forget,
I really am desperate for more contributions from subscribers. It's been a while since
. we've had a 'How I started my collection', so give it a go. How long will it take - half
an hour? An hour? And if you email it as a WORD attachment, you won't even have to
pay for a stamp, (and I won't have to type it)!
And finally, some good and (not ve1y) bad news for the New Year. I had considered
raising the price of subscriptions this year, but have decided to leave it for another year.
However, I am now going to charge an extra £1 for UK subscriptions and renewals by
Paypal, so you'll now pay £23. I'm sorry to have to do this, but eve1y £22 I receive by
Paypal costs me 95p, which eats considerably into the meagre amount I make from the
magazine. International subsc1iptions won't change, as Paypal was already costed into
the subscription rate.
Until next time,
All the best
Jerry
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