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Old 06-08-2012, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by BobKat1 View Post
Our renewal notices come early too. The same with the other magazines we subscribe to. Magazines have to keep their circulation base high to appeal to their advertisers, and want to get renewals in the bank so to speak.

I've read a couple of articles saying a lot of magazines will offer nearly free, or really low subscription rates to keep the ciruculation numbers higher. They make more money from advertising than from subscriptions.
I think you are right on. We let subscriptions slide and not reup and still get the magazines. And in some cases haven't signed up and they stop coming and then they start coming again.
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