https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:32:58 +0000 Sat, 13 Nov 2021 03:48:42 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9647 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59515&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59515 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 9647
Posted: 13 November 2021 at 3:48am

PopArchivist wrote: Will you put up a PDF DVD-R disc similar to what you did the last volumes for the 60's through 00's?

Not sure. We haven't discussed that yet.]]> Sat, 13 Nov 2021 03:48:42 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59515&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59515 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59513&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59513 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9647
Posted: 12 November 2021 at 8:13pm

Paul Haney wrote: jebsib wrote: Any updates on the 2010s chart book? THAT would need two volumes! We are slowly but surely scanning the charts. Yes, it will most likely be 2 volumes (due to Billboard expanding the Hot 100 to 2-3 pages).

Will you put up a PDF DVD-R disc similar to what you did the last volumes for the 60's through 00's?]]> Fri, 12 Nov 2021 20:13:33 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59513&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59513 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59511&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59511 Author: ptgraphics
Subject: 9647
Posted: 12 November 2021 at 9:32am

I want to add also that an online store also has the ability to update the
epub. So if you find mistakes or just want to add something the epub can be
re-downloaded. For Apple store they notify you that a new version is
available or at least they did when you open the epub. It’s been a few years
since I submitted epubs so stuff might have changed. ]]> Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:32:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59511&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59511 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59510&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59510 Author: ptgraphics
Subject: 9647
Posted: 12 November 2021 at 9:24am

You could sell a PDF of the book.

An ebook or epub could be made in 2 ways. Fixed and reflowable. Fixed
would be like a pdf where the text is the same and photos stay put.
Reflowable is the end user can adjust size of text but the photos move more
in response to text and page size.

I used to make epubs for my employer and they were given away on that
part of the iTunes Store. They were fixed epubs so it was just like a book.
You can sell them on the Apple and Amazon stores. The formats are
different though. ]]> Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:24:33 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59510&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59510 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59507&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59507 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 9647
Posted: 12 November 2021 at 2:51am

jebsib wrote: Any updates on the 2010s chart book? THAT would need two volumes!

We are slowly but surely scanning the charts. Yes, it
will most likely be 2 volumes (due to Billboard expanding
the Hot 100 to 2-3 pages).]]> Fri, 12 Nov 2021 02:51:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59507&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59507 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59505&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59505 Author: jebsib
Subject: 9647
Posted: 11 November 2021 at 11:46am

Any updates on the 2010s chart book?
THAT would need two volumes!]]> Thu, 11 Nov 2021 11:46:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59505&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59505 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59440&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59440 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 9647
Posted: 01 November 2021 at 1:02pm

The full-color version arrived today!

First orders going out this afternoon!

]]> Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:02:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59440&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59440 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59437&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59437 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 9647
Posted: 01 November 2021 at 2:58am

Yes, there are storage fees involved with the e-Books. Also, the books must still be put
together, and that takes time and resources as well. Another issue is that our customer base is
older. At age 55, I'm on the younger end of the scale. The proof is in the numbers. Right now,
the print books outsell the e-books by a huge margin, it's not even in the same ballpark.]]> Mon, 01 Nov 2021 02:58:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59437&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59437 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59435&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59435 Author: kingofskiffle
Subject: 9647
Posted: 01 November 2021 at 1:24am

I would dispute the idea that having E-Books does not cost (Your final
paragraph). I believe a hosting
fee is required if I am able to download the books at any point again, which is
how the Record Research books are set up. I agree completely that it is 'free'
if you go down the route of 'one download and then you have the file'. but I
believe that there is a fee to allow the user to keep re-downloading.

I would like E-Books as well, as I'm running out of space to store, but it could
be the way that the current E-Books are done is an issue. It's a little different
now to 10 years ago when E-Books first came out on the site, so might be
worth looking at different options than that which is currently on offer form
Record Research.

Edited by kingofskiffle]]> Mon, 01 Nov 2021 01:24:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59435&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59435 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59434&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59434 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9647
Posted: 31 October 2021 at 9:39pm

The cost of putting an E-Book out has many benefits Paul which Mr. Whitburn should consider. Not only that many books in the years have gone out of print.

Making e-books

1) Ensures that after the print editions have had their time the book is still accessible
2) Are far cheaper than keeping books in stock
3) Do not cost anything more to offer to people on the website for sale

I honestly get why physical books for the first year or two should not be E-Books Paul so that the books can turn a profit. To however sit here and say that it doesn't translate well ignores a market that maybe Mr. Whitburn just simply doesn't understand. As David Clark said, reference books in the e-format are just as useful in an IPAD-IPHONE world for reference.

If it doesn't sell well it takes a lot more to turn a profit for a physical book than an E-Book. That E-Book requires a lot less time to break even because every purchase does not require the effort, printing and shipping a physical book demands. It doesn't require anything but money being sent to Mr. Whitburn and that's that since you have the E-store set up. Just my two cents.

Edited by PopArchivist]]> Sun, 31 Oct 2021 21:39:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9647&PID=59434&title=top-pop-singles-vol-1-195589#59434