new book series he’s written on doing prototype modeling by
example. Bob covers the thinking you need to go through if you
want to do a prototype-based railroad well, and then he provides
several layouts as examples, discussing the hows and whys of each
prototype-based layout.
Building an HO steam locomo-
tive in brass and styrene:
René
Gourley has an eBook he did on
scratchbuilding an HO steam
loco, and he’s updated it with
newmaterial and is having us
publish it. René goes step-by-step
through the construction process,
and we think you’ll find this book
to have many useful tips for any
steam loco construction project
you may wish to undertake.
Early wood frame and stone/
masonry structures:
Pat Harriman, an MMR and architect, has
developed 86 structure plans and made them available for
publication. We’ll be publishing them in an eBook series we’re
working on now. You can also find a layout visit with Pat on
TrainMasters TV at:
Other eBook titles coming:
The eBooks listed above should be com-
ing throughout the fall, with a number of other eBooks planned for
2015. The eBook titles planned for 2015 include:
All about the Railway Express Agency
by Victor Roseman
Make it run like a dream
(series) by Joe Fugate
Railroad Explorer #42, 43, and 44
edited by Mike Confalone
MRH staff notes - 3
We’re also talking with the Operations SIG about publishing one or
more books on operations – stay tuned on that front.
The MRH eBook difference: Digital first
While the other model railroading publishers are starting to explore
digital publishing, they’re not approaching digital eBook publishing
the same way we are. With us, we’re digital first, while the other
guys are very much print first.
What difference does that make, you ask? It makes a lot of differ-
ence, actually. In this case, a picture is worth a thousand words, so
let’s just
show you
the difference.
200% zoom: “other guys”
digital book, $10.95
200% zoom: MRH Store
digital book, $5.99
Digital First!
In short, good photographs matter to modelers, and we make
sure you can zoom into the digital images and study the details up
close. See the next couple pages for some full-spread examples.
The other guys see eBooks as a secondary add-on to their print-
first business, and they don’t really understand digital like we do.
As if that wasn’t enough, they’re also generally charging more for
what is a lower-quality product than what MRH gives you.
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