{"id":479,"date":"2012-08-11T13:21:37","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T11:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/?p=479"},"modified":"2012-08-11T13:23:33","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T11:23:33","slug":"pinball-magazine-launches-august-18th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/?p=479","title":{"rendered":"Pinball Magazine launches August 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Pinball-Magazine-1-final-cover.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-449\" title=\"Pinball Magazine 1 final cover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Pinball-Magazine-1-final-cover-213x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Pinball-Magazine-1-final-cover-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Pinball-Magazine-1-final-cover-105x148.png 105w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Pinball-Magazine-1-final-cover-22x31.png 22w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Pinball-Magazine-1-final-cover-27x38.png 27w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Pinball-Magazine-1-final-cover-152x215.png 152w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Pinball-Magazine-1-final-cover.png 632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a>Pinball Magazine, the new glossy magazine for pinball operators, location owners and hobbyists will be launched on August 18<sup>th<\/sup> at the UK Pinball Party in Daventry.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first issue has 112 full color pages and uses large, high quality pictures and a clean, modern design.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The focus of the first issue is pinball industry veteran Roger Sharpe, who is also the issue&#8217;s Guest Editor. He has some valuable suggestions for professional pinball operators about how to make operating pinball on location more profitable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I was excited to hear Roger\u2019s ideas about how pinball on location could be marketed<\/em>\u201d, said Jonathan Joosten, Pinball Magazine&#8217;s editor. \u201c<em>Roger has proved that his ideas work and I\u2019m happy I can share them with others to help their businesses.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sharpe also explains how easy it can be for operators to generate publicity for pinball tournaments or other events.\u00a0 <em>\u201cAny pinball operator can benefit from those tips and tricks, making Pinball Magazine a must read for any pinball distributor, operator and location owner<\/em>\u201d, Joosten added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Roger Sharpe interview is comprehensive, and with involvement in so many aspects of the pinball industry Pinball Magazine is able to give this fascinating personality the space he deserves .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles in the first issue of Pinball Magazine include a look at popular online community Pinside, an introduction to the International Flipper Pinball Association, a visit to the Pacific Pinball Museum and much more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pinball Magazine will be launched on August 18<sup>th<\/sup> at the UK Pinball Party, where the first issue will be on sale. It can also be purchased online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/\">www.pinball-magazine.com<\/a>, priced at US$15 \/ Euros 12.50 \/ UK \u00a3 9.75 plus postage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pinball Magazine, the new glossy magazine for pinball operators, location owners and hobbyists will be launched on August 18th at the UK Pinball Party in Daventry. &nbsp; The first issue has 112 full color pages and uses large, high quality pictures and a clean, modern design. &nbsp; The focus of the first issue is pinball industry veteran Roger Sharpe, who is also the issue&#8217;s Guest Editor. He has some valuable suggestions for professional pinball operators about how to make operating pinball on location more profitable. &nbsp; \u201cI was excited to hear Roger\u2019s ideas about how pinball on location could be marketed\u201d, said Jonathan Joosten, Pinball Magazine&#8217;s editor. \u201cRoger has proved that his ideas work and I\u2019m happy I can share them with others to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[35,20,34,25,13,5,31,19,33],"class_list":["post-479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-distributor","tag-ifpa","tag-operator","tag-pacific-pinball-museum","tag-pinball","tag-pinball-magazine","tag-pinside","tag-roger-sharpe","tag-uk-pinball-party"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions\/482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}