Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!tektronix!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!tjj From: tjj@ssc-vax.UUCP (T J Jardine) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Why magazine subscriptions arrive late Message-ID: <797@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 1-Feb-84 15:35:08 EST Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.797 Posted: Wed Feb 1 15:35:08 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 02:15:42 EST References: <5018@uiucdcs.UUCP>, <509@orca.UUCP> Organization: Boeing Aerospace, Seattle Lines: 17 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 ...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!tjj