Al wrote in message
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>> Anyone else spotted it?
>>
>> [Actually, I counted two]
>
> Do you mean this months, the one that came 4 weeks ago but had an April
> date, or do you mean the April issue (which will have May on it), which
> will be delivered on Monday (should have come today - Grrr)?
>
> Rant: Some mags that I buy (no, not *those*) seem to 6 weeks ahead. I get
> the April issue in February. Which of course means they can stick an extra
> Xmas or New Year issue in, which just reprints a load of old stuff. Oh,
> and
> I notice that Guitar Techniques has started reusing old video clips now -
> What with the lack of transcriptions and terrible typos I reckon its not
> long for this world. And why dont they sub-title Total Guitar with
> something like Suitable for 12-14 year olds. Older readers may have their
> intelligence insulted. And lets lose all of the plugs for musicradar.
> And dont print threads from that fantastic site, just print a link. Or
> better still, dont print anything about it. And Slash. Overexposed or
> what?
>
> Thanks for listening ;-)
>
> Oh, ISTR the didgital slide was one of the April Fools, but it was so long
> ago that Ive forgotten anything else I might have spotted :-)
>
> Al.
I get most of the decent computer magazine subscriptions paid for by my
employer and they are just the same, weeks in advance. Someone once wrote in
to one of them and complained about it and asked why they do it.
I seem to remember the reply was along the lines;
We do it because the other mags do it. Once one mag issues their April mag
in March all the others have to follow suit.
Its all about circulation apparently, your average magazine buying Joe
wanders into WH Smith in his lunch break to get a mag and most of them say
March on the cover but theres one with April on it. It seems hes not going
to spend his hard earned on old and outdated magazines, hes going to want
the latest issue so spends his beer vouchers on the April one. Also it seems
that the advertisers get arsey too, people buying things want the *latest*
prices so will go for the most recent magazine.
It all seems like bollocks to me, I buy magazines based on their content, if
I want to read it I buy it, it doesnt matter what the date on the front
says.
The worlds gone mad, the bloody council should do something about it!
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Regards
Nick