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From: tjj@ssc-vax.UUCP (T J Jardine)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Why magazine subscriptions arrive late
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Date: Wed, 1-Feb-84 15:35:08 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  1 15:35:08 1984
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It would seem that Andrew Klossner's analysis strikes right at the heart of
the magazine distribution problem.  However, when I consider that well over
half -- probably two thirds -- of Byte is advertising I begin to wonder if
being a success is all that great.  Seems to me that they ought to include
the advertising in a microfiche card inserted in a pocket inside the front
cover.  Then they could send it first class for less than they're paying
for second class now.  Maybe they really ought to ship the whole magazine
on a floppy diskette -- if they could find one to hold all of that info!
Videotex and Teletext where are you when we need you?  Surely there are
*better* ways of distributing information than what the publishing folks
are presently doing!!  Anybody got any other ideas?  Perhaps we could
get Sony to give us a volume discount on their wrist TV and have the
publishers transmit on presently unused channels?

Ted Jardine
TJ (with Amazing Grace) The Piper
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