tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043978288381320087.post6123351575842917916..comments2024-03-08T13:18:45.752+00:00Comments on Joyarna Knitblog: A Timeline of Events - KAL/All Craft MediaJoyunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452257932375803961noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043978288381320087.post-39748814846017930252012-05-04T14:31:30.942+01:002012-05-04T14:31:30.942+01:00One more event- ACM is now in liquidation :-P It s...One more event- ACM is now in liquidation :-P It sounds like it's being sold to her father (in law?) and they're shutting down the knit mags to focus on the sewing mags. I'm guessing that the sewing community isn't as aware of the problems... http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/friends-of-the-group-once-known-as/2132232/1-25Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10086293333256908911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043978288381320087.post-82889414918796914302012-03-19T21:25:56.366+00:002012-03-19T21:25:56.366+00:00I was the one who got the info to Abi Sutherland a...I was the one who got the info to Abi Sutherland at Making Light. I am so glad that the word is getting out about this beyond the knitting community.<br /><br />Thank-you for setting up this wonderful timeline and helping to spread the word!ArgentGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711841590847130831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043978288381320087.post-70019599616945224122012-03-19T21:07:29.086+00:002012-03-19T21:07:29.086+00:00I'm one of those unpaid designers. After seei...I'm one of those unpaid designers. After seeing the March 16th Ravelry post I sent the following email:<br /><br />"Hi Mandy,<br />I saw this post from a couple of days ago on Ravelry:<br /><br />(quoted the post about paying designers)<br /><br />I honestly do not know which group I fall into since my contract was with KAL but the pattern was actually published by ACM. Attached is yet another copy of the invoice. I am cautiously optimistic that this means I will actually get paid and I can put this whole thing behind me. <br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Theressa"<br /><br /><br />And got this in response:<br /><br />"Hi Theressa<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to email Mandy about this. I can confirm that your design was published by KAL Media and as such we are not able to pay you for this at this moment. We are revisiting our goodwill budget over the next couple of months and if there is any chance that we will be able to pay you for this we will get in touch straight away.<br /><br />Kind Regards<br />Kerrie"<br /><br />So in conclusion, there may be a new front person and a new name but it's still the same old Kerrie BS. In the meanwhile they continue to sell digital copies of the issue with my pattern in violation of copyright and they have ignored my requests to have the sample I knit for them returned.ArgentGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711841590847130831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043978288381320087.post-4845496832047562862012-03-07T12:03:41.942+00:002012-03-07T12:03:41.942+00:00Holy hell. Really, REALLY glad I burnt my bridge f...Holy hell. Really, REALLY glad I burnt my bridge following the Magknits stuff (in which I was directly involved).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043978288381320087.post-74670215646533405572012-03-05T21:04:27.457+00:002012-03-05T21:04:27.457+00:00Also, Abi, who posted the Making Light blog entry ...Also, Abi, who posted the Making Light blog entry you linked to, is having trouble commenting here. This is what she wanted to post (the rest of this is not my words):<br /><br />Thank you for the timeline; I'll link to it on the Making Light post.<br /><br />Also, please note that Absolute Write has a Bewares, Recommendations & Background Checks thread on KAL/ACM. Absolute Write is a writers' site. BR&BC is the area where publishers and agents are discussed, both by people who submit to them and by experts in the publishing industry. In this context, "writers" includes knitting designers.<br /><br />It's a good place to put warnings and bad experiences of presses people have submitted to. If anyone wants to join AW (it's just a free signup), they can start similar threads on other craft magazines publishers. The mods there will be happy to help out, and AW is used to dealing with publishers who behave badly when people complain.<br /><br />There's not much overlap between the community of knitting designers and the community of writers (although many writers I know are also avid knitters). But we in the writing community have a lot of resources that might be useful, if knitting designers wanted to take advantage of them.Naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081548030010658785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043978288381320087.post-81686718652082982572012-03-05T21:00:04.725+00:002012-03-05T21:00:04.725+00:00AbsoluteWrite is a website for writers; their foru...<a href="http://absolutewrite.com/" rel="nofollow">AbsoluteWrite</a> is a website for writers; <a href="http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/index.php" rel="nofollow">their forums</a> contain a section called <a href="http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=22" rel="nofollow">Bewares, Recommendations & Background Check</a>, which allows people to collect information about publishers/agents/etc. who are either scamming authors or are generally incompetent and to be avoided. They've been around for a long time and are familiar with both the benefits and the pitfalls of such conversations. <br /><br />As a result of this particular situation, they've extended an invitation to designers to have such conversations around craft publishers as necessary. <a href="http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=238475" rel="nofollow">Here's the thread for ACM/All Craft Media</a>.<br /><br />Note: Absolute Write has excellent Google juice, which makes them a good place to collect information; new designers will be likely to see them in search results. Their thread on ACM is the sixth result if I search for All Craft Media.Naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081548030010658785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043978288381320087.post-78012026447312363512012-03-04T07:39:06.389+00:002012-03-04T07:39:06.389+00:00I agree, Marie. YF sprang up at a time when there ...I agree, Marie. YF sprang up at a time when there were no other higher-level UK knitting mags on the market, and Inside Crochet is *still* the UK's only crochet-only mag. It would be a shame to lose them.Joyunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452257932375803961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043978288381320087.post-29793264169517788092012-03-04T02:56:41.648+00:002012-03-04T02:56:41.648+00:00Thanks for sharing the timeline. I was only aware...Thanks for sharing the timeline. I was only aware of the designer related issues (from personal experience! and then later from Ravelry), but it isn't surprising that this sort of behavior would impact all aspects of the business.<br /><br />I hope this is a true change because these magazines were actually valuable to the crochet and knitting community, and having them well run would be great.Marie/Underground Crafterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698493852757742648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043978288381320087.post-79394228969391225362012-03-04T01:04:20.499+00:002012-03-04T01:04:20.499+00:00Dang, that's a comprehensive look at this weir...Dang, that's a comprehensive look at this weirdness. BTW, that Canadian YF is my LYS! It's a small world.Natalie Servanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789415108003947828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043978288381320087.post-91884553795327070422012-03-03T15:37:18.301+00:002012-03-03T15:37:18.301+00:00If you can be bothered to trawl through all the po...If you can be bothered to trawl through all the posts, more info can be found in the Hipknits blog archives, here:<br />http://www.kerriesplace.co.uk/hipknits/<br />Someone might want to save that before it gets deleted!Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16103211359548168097noreply@blogger.com