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| Subject: | The other AFV reference magazines |  |
| Date: | Jan 24, 2003 |
| From: | Peter Ong | |
Damon wrote...
>My dad and I were just talking about this the other day, wondering why when
we went to B&N there were so many plane >mags but nothing on armor. However,
you did mention there were others. What are they?
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There are no dedicated AFV magazines that I know of that one can buy from
the bookstore. Even JoMO went into naval and aviation instead of just being
an AFV magazine.
I hardly ever find JoMO in Barnes and Noble or Borders or hobby stores.
Ironically, I find JoMO at Tower Records/ Books and only a select few Towers
at that.
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I DO know that Pop. Sci and Pop. Mechanics want info mostly about NEW AFVs
so as such, writing about the M151 jeep or M60 or T-72 won't work. You have
to write about the Stryker, AAAV, T-90, or M1A2 for Pop. Sci---cutting edge
stuff. Pop. Mechanics also has a severe limit on the pages of text one can
submit, hence most of their AFV articles are mainly photo-based with a
minimum of text. I know because the super-short articles Scott Gourley
writes for Pop. Mechanics also appear in their full entirety in Jane's IDR.
Scott G. really tones down the "technical stuff" for Pop Mechanics's readers
but Scott G. writes technically for Jane's, meaning he really knows his
stuff---but you won't see such technical info in Pop. Mechanics nor will you
see Jane's IDR on the bookshelves.
Jane's IDR and the other defense magazines don't accept unsolicited articles
and if they did, they don't pay and you won't get credit. It's like a
donation to them.
Concord SOJs and their "Armored Assault" are a bit harder to submit because
they require five-six crisp color photos a page and six pages minimum. All
AFV photos MUST be taken during exercises, training, or actual combat---in
the field shots, not stationary shots. That is, no photos of depots, tank
parks, museums, or "Open House" although there are probably some exceptions.
FSM has a catch...no AFV submissions UNLESS it deals with modeling. That
is, if you write about the different types of M4 Sherman ammo, you can't
submit an article unless you model the ammo too. FSM is modeling based, not
research based so every article MUST have some connection with modeling. If
purely research based, the article is not considered. IMO, a pity since
that means people have to scramble for research info (and how many people
have access to real defense mags?).
JoMO doesn't pay for submissions but the benefit is JoMO accepts nearly
everything submitted to it....a real "people's magazine" if you will
although JoMO was hard to find. I had to buy a couple of issues for
modelers since they couldn't find it in their bookstores. The good news is
that the contributor does get some free issues to "show off" with his
article in it :-)! So that's good incentive. Can't guarantee that
incentive with the defense mags or other magazines.
As such, there's no real venue for the "common AFV folk" to submit to except
JoMO, now gone.
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As for the airplane magazines, many of those articles are just snip-its.
Anyone who has airplane shots on a tarmac will probably make and sell a book
instead of contributing to an aviation magazine. I emailed with Curtis
Knowles who did a few Signal/ Squadron "Walk Arounds."
Another catch is most magazines only accept 35mm photos, no digital or
scans. JoMO is the only publication that accepts scans, digital photos,
etc. In JoMO's mind, any photo is better info than rambling text.
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As for the reply from that AFV book writer, he said more people just have to
write AFV articles and reviews. But he's established...what he writes often
gets printed due to his reputation...and he writes a lot too.
So that's the scoop...
Pete |
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