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Valerie Monroe's avatar

May I just say the book publishing industry often has its head up its a$$. Also, The Spread is exactly what the morphed magazine industry needs, finding sprinkles of gold in the piles of "content" laid thickly on our feed. Is this off yr topic? Not sure but I wanted you to know it. xo

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E. Jean Carroll's avatar

Agree 500 times, Val!

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Pam B's avatar

I've been a magazine girl since my Seventeen years. As a teen I subscribed to People AND US, back when US was a monthly. Premiere, Movieline, EW, O... I've read them all! Now, I just subscribe to a ton of Substacks and pay for a handful. I rotate a few magazines when I get a deal (Town and Country just expired, so I'm going back to Vogue. RealSimple didn't quite hit the same as it used to, so I'm taking a break). I would read a book about the magazine world, but tbh I'd probably request it from the library, as I do all my books.

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Laura Lippman's avatar

I bought a magazine today for a train ride and I was reminded that magazines hit a sweet spot between antic-jumpy-crazy-online and book-length works. I also subscribe to several magazines and had the pleasure of watching my teenage daughter crawl into my bed last Sunday with 7-8 copies of Vogue

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E. Jean Carroll's avatar

Egggzactly, Laura!

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Susan K's avatar

I still want and enjoy a magazine please!

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E. Jean Carroll's avatar

Totally!

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E. Jean Carroll's avatar

TURNING POINTE!!

MAGGIE! Such a wonderfully, wittily written piece!!!!

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Laura Neilson's avatar

"They informed us that books about the media biz do not sell—full stop. Quote: “Even if you like to read a magazine, you don’t want to read about that magazine.” Instead, we were encouraged to mine a corner of the lady-nonfiction landscape..." Pardon my lady mouth, but FUCK THAT SHIT. Give us good books to read and we'll read them.

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