The Banknote Book Acquired By CDN Publishing

I agree too. But a lot of people are getting used to the subscription model in general and it's really not all that new of a concept. For example:

I have (or used to have) "The Lion King" on VHS (probably a "platinum" edition or something marketing suckered me with). Then I bought it on standard def DVD. Then Blu-Ray. Why? because I wanted it in the best format I could own so I could watch it whenever I wanted, forever, with the most up-to-date interviews, featurettes and whatnot.

Now, because techology marches on, I don't have any of that media (maybe the Blu-Ray somewhere), but I do have Disney+ which means I can watch it whenever I want... until I cancel the subscription. Either way it's paying more money for the same content (but possibly upgraded) over and over. How many of you bought the same album on wax, 8-track, cassette, and CD before switching to a subscription like Pandora or Prime? How many buy the physical Red Book annually or at least occasionally?

This seems to me to be very similar. Do I like it? Hell, no. I want the physical media (or at least PDF) that I can peruse any time I please and be able to touch it until *I* decide I'm ready to recyle it or take it to the local Half Price Books.

But do I think it will cause a loss of membership... maybe from folks like us.

- I think "CelticKnot" makes a couple of salient points re: this format as the next big thing. I remember first hearing about the arrival of TPG(Third Party Grading) like it was yesterday. I wasn't a big fan of getting my notes certified but I have since warmed up to it (even if there's a few ugly "mongrels" dressed up like pure bread show dogs). [I have even certified over 100 of my own collection since ]. When it comes to some of the more pricey notes, a certified note is like having insurance (that someone else verified it to be X grade). It has become commonplace when only about 10-15 years ago we were still grumbling about it. I'm still a bit "old school," I'll admit, & prefer my massive SCWPM hard copy (for now) but down the road I might like the convenience of looking up a note's BV online (of not carting around these 2 huge tomes).

If enough people buy into the CDN banknote subscription format & believe that their catalogue represents more accurate pricing/BV's than it could very well take off. After all, its target audience are dealers & collectors with deep pockets.

@currencyden:

Thanks for the update.
I will check this out later today.

I wrote an email. Didn't get a response so far.
However, I was able to DL chapters a few hours later. So, a response after all -- or they changed their business model without much telling. Anyway, happy to be able to DL again.
Having said that I did notice that some chapters have not yet been updated even though they are on the ''list of the revisions made to previously published chapters.''
Obviously, need to keep an eye on the situation.

I was an existing subscriber (Content Shelf) whose subscription was transferred to Greysheet.

Maybe they don't want my business. I jump in and out of the hobby... my last catalogs are from 2015, I certainly wouldn't consider taking a subscription but I would make one off purchases every few years.

I downloaded the revisions made since the switch from Content Shelf to Greysheet - there are 40. I saved these as pdf files - very clunky. If you choose save, the file is saved as file.pdf. You must type in the country & do this before you save another file, otherwise you will over-ride the file you just downloaded. I choose open with a pdf reader. I use Foxit Reader, free with some of the features of the full blown Adobe Acrobat. With this method, you browse to your BNB location & click the file to replace.