Frank S. Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Hi all, I bought the first two issues of the Hornby Magazine Yearbook, but dropped it when I realized that almost all the articles in the Annual were beiong printed AGAIN in the years issues of the magazines. However, now that I'm intertested in British Railway modelling again, I decided to relent and purchase the back issues I didn't buy. Then I came across another strange quirk of the publishers - apparently, they have lost the ability to count from 1 to 10 ! I know the standard of education has dropped abysmally in the 45 years since I emigrated to Australia, but surely it's not so low that whoever is in charge at Key Publications can't work out how many number '8's there are in the number series 1 to 10 ? I have the Hornby Magazine Yearbook No.8 - 2016 with the cover story " Miniature Marvel" - fine, OK it's advertised on their website as the current issue BUT there is also ANOTHER Hornby Magazine Yearbook No 8 - 2016 with the cover story " Scotland in Miniature" and, presumably different contents ! as someone famous once said "the mind boggles" ! CAn anyone please explain the logic (presumably there is one), in publishing annual yearbooks numbered 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. 8 and 8, 9 ??? Can't wait to find out - can we look fordwards to issues numbered 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,8,9,10,11,11,12,13,14,14 and 14??? perhaps. Cheers, FrankS in Tasmania Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I could be wrong but seem to recall they did both hardback and paperback versions this year and sounds like maybe they had different covers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted July 24, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24, 2016 No , soft and hardback usually have same covers. Not aware of the "Scotland in miniature" one. Maybe that's this years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold traction Posted July 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24, 2016 Very strange indeed. The both have the same publish date and ISBN number not sure if there is any difference in the content though. How very odd! Cheers Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Simple, One is the Collectors Edition and the other one is for modellers. Seriously though, I believe that the Scotland in Miniature one was a WH Smith special edition. It's on their website.http://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/Hornby-magazine-yearbook-no-8-no-8/9781910415313 Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold traction Posted July 28, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 28, 2016 I asked Mike Wild the editor, reply below:- The reason you have seen two covers for the Yearbook is that we have to provide a mock cover early, very early, in the process of creating the content for it. The Scotland in Miniature cover was a mock cover used for marketing purposes by book retailers - they should by now be showing the correct cover with a Class 25 crossing a river bridge in BR blue.My apologies for the confusion that this has created for you. There is only one version of Yearbook No. 8 with the Class 25. That should clear that up. Cheers Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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