SURVEY RESULTS: Are you an F1 fanatic?

Following a massive response to our recent survey on whether or not you would be interested in acquiring a full-set of Autocourse titles in a digitised format, Crash Media Group can confirm that we will now be digitising our 'Back Catalogue' of books.

Although the process of digitising will take some time, the wheels are now in motion - excuse the pun!

"First of all many thanks indeed to all of you who took time out to complete our eBook survey, a massive 16,000 users took the trouble to complete the survey and the results are fascinating and extremely encouraging for us here at CMG," said CMG managing director, Bryn Williams.

"The most important thing to communicate to you all is that we are not ceasing the publication of Autocourse/Motocourse, in fact we have exciting plans to publish more titles.

"The other important point to stress is that by digitising our archive it INCREASES the value of your collection, it will certainly not devalue them at all as we'll be introducing our titles to a much wider global audience who may not be aware of them at present. It will increase global awareness, increase the interest which encourages more to purchase and collect previous issues.

"We shall only be digitising our 'Back Catalogue' not current books, if we digitised titles which are currently on sale we would certainly damage the market and indeed our business, therefore rest assured this isn't the plan, only 'Out of Print' titles will be digitised.

"The pricing will be realistic and fair to all, the titles will be available in electronic (on screen) format as well as available to download as PDF's which can ultimately be bound and placed on the bookshelf next to your collection.

"We are also evaluating the introduction of our back catalogue titles on DVD which will be sold through retail book stores and online retailers such as Amazon in conventional DVD display cases with additional content. These will again include electronic as well as PDF versions of the books but will also contain video footage and interviews with relevant individuals from that particular year, once again we're looking at giving you our users/customers the opportunity to acquire bespoke and valuable content.

"In closing, I'd like to address the minute element of our respondents who naively suggest that our back catalogue content namely Autocourse and Motocourse should be available to download 'Free of Charge'.

"All I can say is that the next time you visit a book store, newsagent or other store/shop, try walking in and picking up a book/magazine/product then walking out without paying, the ensuing police activity may surprise you!

"Therefore if you take a moment to reflect on 'Real Life' you'll appreciate what a good deal the internet has and continues to be for millions of users, which actually includes our own totally free Crash.Net, ENJOY!!!!

"Thank you once again for your time."

The full results from the survey are as follows;

Would you be interested in downloading Autocourse/Motocourse to your desktop or viewing in electronic form?

Yes - 82 per cent
Maybe - 16 per cent
No - 2 per cent

How much would you be willing to pay for downloading Autocourse/Motocourse and other back catalogue titles?

Up to ?10/$20/EUR15? - 73 per cent
Between ?10/$20/EUR15 - ?20/$35/EUR30? - 22 per cent
Between ?20/$35/EUR30 - ?30/$50/EUR40? - 5 per cent

Would you prefer to pay Per Title or Annual Subscription?

Per Title - 74 per cent
Annual Subscription - 26 per cent