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to collect the parts for a static, model aircraft; the total would be £620.25, many times higher than the cost of buying a standard model kit of the same aircraft outright. Examples of other models that cost over £400 to produce are cited, and some subscribers complain they have parts missing that they are unable to replace.
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Partworks, particularly those that contain parts for the production of a model or similar collectable items that are individually of little value, often draw criticism for the extremely high prices of their finished product. One example, released in the UK in 2009, required the purchase of 125 issues
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in 2003, partworks were the fourth-best selling magazine sector in the UK, after TV listing guides, women's weeklies and women's monthlies. A common inducement is a heavy discount for the first one or two issues. The same series can be sold worldwide in different languages and even in different
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was issued in three-penny installments in 1732. At the time, printing a book was a lengthy process, copies of each section of the book being printed in turn until the work was complete; the sections would then be collated and the print-run of books could then be sold. The alternative of selling
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individual sections as soon as they were printed would enable the printer could gain a steady income while the book was being produced, and potentially increase sales by selling to people who could not afford the upfront cost of a copy of the complete book.
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Partworks often include cover-mounted items with each issue that build into a complete set over time. For example, a partwork about art might include a small number of paints or pencils that build into a complete art-set; a partwork about
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Partwork series run for a determined length and have a finite life. Generally, partworks cover specific areas of interest, such as sports, hobbies, or children's interest and stories such as
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Conversely, the total cost of a partwork (often cited as in excess of £600) is used as a marketing tool by publishers and distributors seeking to encourage retailers to stock their items.
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In the mid-20th century, partwork serialized encyclopedias were issued. Publishers soon branched out to other topics, including cookery books and series on gardening and car maintenance.
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In addition, completed partworks have sometimes been used to create case-bound reference works and
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bones that build a complete model skeleton at the end of the series; a partwork about
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was used in European university cities. Books were divided into sections known as
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was first published in 88 weekly parts between April 1840 and November 1841.
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was first published in 19 parts, between 1836 and 1837. Likewise
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came into use by printers and publishers. Between 1728 and 1732,
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Cryptogem Partworks (previously known as partworks.co.uk)
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is a written publication released as a series of planned
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which was created with material first published in the
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Midsummer Books (including Bright Star Publications)
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Index

Partworks

James Stratford
magazine

Opel Admiral
Opel Kapitän
PC Ace
The Ancestral Trail
Marshall Cavendish
newsagents
television advertising
United Kingdom
dinosaurs
replica
films
DVD
Europe
diecast
James Bond Car Collection
encyclopedias
Periodical Publishers Association
Pecia System
Nicolas Tindal's
Paul de Rapin's
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
Charles Dickens
The Pickwick Papers
The Old Curiosity Shop
Amalgamated Press

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