Picked my issue up the other day. There are a few interesting one's that I plan on doing. Anyone else get theirs? What do you think? Which one is your favorite? I have a couple that I would really like to get done this y ear, one is "If You Don't Believe" by Sue Hillis Designs, and the other is "Make My Heart Your Manger" by DebBee's Designs. Now to work on Morning So ng so I can get the ornaments done by Christmas. :) (I don't like working on more than one project at a time).
I plan on doing. Anyone else get theirs? What do you think? Which one i s your favorite? I have a couple that I would really like to get done this year, one is "If You Don't Believe" by Sue Hillis Designs, and the other i s "Make My Heart Your Manger" by DebBee's Designs. Now to work on Morning Song so I can get the ornaments done by Christmas. :) (I don't like workin g on more than one project at a time).
Wow Joan. I would think those who get that through the mail would have it before it showed up in the stores. Hope it arrives soon.
It frequently happens that magazines (especially special issues) show up on newsstands/magazine racks before subscribers get their issues in the mail.
The mags leave the printer at the same time, some destined for retail distribution, others for mailing. The ones for retail have two or three stops before they reach the final distributor, and each stop is really just to break up the larger shipment into smaller amounts; and as the retail distributor has no interest in keeping track of a bundle (or four) of magazines so they don't go out "early", they go out to the stores as soon as they come in.
The ones for subscribers either have already been diverted at the printers to have mailing labels attached and then go into the labyrinthine bulk mailing process directly from the printer; or they have to go to the shipping distributor who bags them and puts mailing labels and *then* they go into bulk mailing. One of the things about bulk mail is that it gets processed when there is time, so sometimes bundles will sit around for a couple of days before they get split up and sent on.
The reason for subscribing is *not* to receive issues more quickly, it's so that you don't have to haunt newsstands looking for it, and it stabilizes the demand for the magazine. And if you live somewhere outside of a magazine's distribution area, it means you do get it (I once lived in an area that got maybe three issues of JCS a year on the racks, and it was never consistent -- two in a row, then not one for a year, then three in a row, none for 8 months, etc). (It also adds some profit -- even a discounted subscription price gets the publisher more profit than a magazine sold at retail.)
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