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Who's In August 2017's Writing Magazines?
Who's in August 2017's magazine? The magazines probably won’t be in the shops until 6th July so DON’T EXPECT THEM UNTIL THEN.
If you spot yourself, please let us know which magazine and WHICH PAGE; and the name the article appears under if it differs from your Talkback name. If you spot someone else, PLEASE LET THEM post the details here.
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It has a free paperback book with it.
*sighs*
Webbo, what do you think?
I only knew it had had one last month because a friend in a Facebook group complained about the price being more than previous issues, and wondered if that meant the book wasn't really 'free'.
Not sure enough of that is sufficent to subscribe.
*wants a book*
The reason I stopped subscribing was the articles in the mag seemed repetitive albeit by different writers. Saying that, WM is an excellent mag for new writers and those wanting a refresher.
I do think free entry to subscriber only comps is a good thing. Make the most of it subscribers and enter every month.
Also the great thing about receiving yr copy early is you get wind of markets and where to submit work before us non subscribers
Current mag price £5.99. Possibly well over priced. Plus was a book none of ulot need - Teach Yersen How to Craft a Story
See. Grass ain't always bogey greener.
It's improved a little and we've started to get it Wednesday- but not everyone, so there's no real advantage over non-subscribers at the moment.
But you do get free entry to subscriber only comps.
Plus opportunity to be in members news section.
As for the book: I know it seems like loyal subscribers lose out, but giving free gifts with shop bought magazines is a common device used to attract new readers. I don't take it personally.
Subscribers can get the same deal: the same book, for the difference in price, £2 to cover postage, here: https://www.writers-online.co.uk/store/reader-offers/
The very thing we're trying to avoid is rewarding non-subscribers ahead of subscribers.
Someone in a another Facebook group last month mentioned the price rise with the book, and wasn't happy.
Writing Magazine is the best writing mag there is. My other interest is dogs. There were two dog newspapers on a weekly basis until a couple of weeks ago. The best of those was Dog World. Sadly, as of a couple of weeks ago it went into administration. It is very difficult to maintain a print title in the face of reducing subscribers and advertisers. We live in a society that (in my opinion is in part due to the internet) want something for nothing. Our writing has been devalued by the amount of illegal sharing, expecting something for free etc. Quality content is worth paying for. Writing Magazine is quality content. What they have done in attempt to boost sales of having a book as part of that is great. It is a good initiative and of good value. It does not devalue our subscription as it is available to us too. Please, if you don't want to see the same happening as has happened in the dog press, then try to understand the economics and be supportive. We need them. They need us. It's a simple as that and it's a two way thing.
It's that loyalty and support that has kept many of us as subscribers when we were only getting our copy of the magazine the day it's out in the shops or days after.
Yes, the last two months have been an improvement, subscriber copies have arrived the day before (thank you Webbo), but most magazines manage to get their subscriber copies out at least five days before or longer.
The early delivery of the subscriber copy is not an unreasonable expectation.
If I'm being honest, I wouldn't reaslise it was late if it weren't for it being mentioned on here. But it's the principle!
Plenty of the recent subscription offers I've seen would also save a fair bit of money compared to buying it at your local WH Smiths.
In the end, though, I've held off subscribing as I'm indecisive and non-committal and I quite like walking into town to buy my copy. That said, I'll continue to drop hints to my family about a gift subscription nearer the end of the year, although none of them ever listen.
As for free (or not-so-free) books...
Times I've bought a magazine with a cover-mounted book: Several
Times I've actually got around to reading the cover-mounted book: Zero