The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Railway Chickens on January 19, 2011, 04:20:43 pm
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Hello,
Has anyone got a copy of the first issue of practical pigs magazine (November 2010) that they dont want? I missed the first issue and am struggling to get a copy!
Thanks very much,
Piers
:pig:
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Is this magazine available through the post? Could you post deails. Thanks
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I got mine (highly prized though, not for giving it away - sorry) along with all my BPA stuff, think it's included with the membership fees. I'm not sure if a one off copy can be purchased direct from the BPA ? If you join the conservation club the subscription is included (£25 per year)
HTH
Karen x
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I have a spare copy if you'd like it. Please email your address to [email protected]
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Got pigs and absolutley love them....but never heard of the magazine. Is it any good??! and worth getting?
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It all depends on your level of knowledge already;but having said that it is nice to see a mag dedicated to pigs and for a relative newcomer it's very helpful.
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There is a littel article about me and my pigs in the first edition! Im the one holding the little black KK piglet who is known as 'Madge' ;)
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Ah ha - it's always nice to have a face to put with a name :wave:
I was pleased to see the KK's getting a mention ;) :pig: :love: :pig: ;D ;D
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You can order it here:
http://www.kelsey.co.uk/magazines.php?mag=ppk (http://www.kelsey.co.uk/magazines.php?mag=ppk)
£14 delivered for UK.
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Wonderful thanks
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If you are a BPA member on a package i believe this magazine is included in your subscription.
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It is, but we're not ;)
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we are not on a package deal and we were sent this magazine(i am led to believe all bpa members were sent the magazine) for the first edition we thought it was very good if they can maintain this standard
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We were sent the first edition too, although I'm not at all clear as to why, we're not complaining :)
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It's being sent to all members because it is replacing the usual BPA newsletter. Instead of the newsletter, there are eight pages of BPA news inside the magazine. It's a way of saving costs for the BPA and, they hope, a way of getting more people to read their news, as it's now more attractively-presented.
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It's being sent to all members because it is replacing the usual BPA newsletter. Instead of the newsletter, there are eight pages of BPA news inside the magazine. It's a way of saving costs for the BPA and, they hope, a way of getting more people to read their news, as it's now more attractively-presented.
Yes, but we're not members so no idea why we got it.
We have also spied it on the shelves of WHS.
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i got it too, no idea why either !
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I am an International Member of the BPA - breeding Berkshires in France. I received the magazine. Great first edition especially as it featured the Berkshire. Will be circulating it around our small holders group here in SW France, many of them first time pig keepers.
Raindrops
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Maybe they targetted other people who have bought registered stock but aren't members, in the hope of recruiting more. Or maybe potential advertisers? Sorry, but don't know anything about either of you, so have no idea what pigs you have. Just a thought.
The other thought (purely cynical, but having worked as a journalist for almost 30 years, and knowing the way newspapers and magazines work), in order to be able to say they have a circulation or readership (two different things) of xx000, they have to actually distribute sufficient copies.
This is important when pitching to potential advertisers, e.g. if they were trying to get a big feed manufacturer on board, the big carrot to dangle would be saying that the magazine would reach xx000 potential customers. But, of course, just SAYING that would be dishonest, so some publications will distribute free copies (at a cost of pennies to them) in order to achieve the circulation/readership figures they want.
For what it's worth, I thought it was a pretty good stab at a first magazine - albeit a little basic for the more experienced BPA members. It's a difficult line to tread - choice between over-simplifying or talking over people's heads. Be interesting to see how it develops. Always good to see a new publication launched.
Enjoy your free magazines.
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Whilst we are on the subject of magazines, does any one know what ever happened to the "pig Farmer" magazine?
Been searching about to try and find it but had no joy!!!!!
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Not sure about the advertising - wanted to be in the Breeders Directory but the BPA said they were not accepting advertising from France. I also worked on magazines and we never turned away any potential revenue. I get a number of enquiries from other countries in the EU - which comes through the listing I have in the Berkshire Pig Breeders Club. So it would have been an additional opportunity to promote the breed. However I am still looking forward to the next issue.