Daniel Lawton said:I saw the 3rd issue entitled Focus at Barnes and Noble. Regardless of the personal feuds between the Focus staff and different individuals I find the magazine to be a worthwhile purchase and would place it in the top 3 that regularly read. Its obviously well above the run of the mill Petersens/Pop Photo type mags out there and thats a good thing.
George Losse said:Yes... I saw the second issue at Borders. I haven't seen the third issue on the newsstaands yet but I think it just went out to the subscribers last week.
c6h6o3 said:I've not seen either of the 1st two issues at either Borders or Barnes&Noble, and I've looked at both bookstores every week.
c6h6o3 said:I've not seen either of the 1st two issues at either Borders or Barnes&Noble, and I've looked at both bookstores every week.
PhotoManiac3000 said:Can you please update us on the situation? I was thinking about subscribing, but if no one receives magazines they pay for, then I won't.
ThomHarrop said:So far I have not received anything.
It may well be that Thom does not need either your advice or your money. I took out a 6-issue subscription a while back, was told this would start with issue #3, paid an extra $7 or so for a copy of issue #2 2 weeks ago and have also received nothing. The publisher indicated, I believe, in a recent posting that he had personal problems making demands on his time, but I too am beginning to wonder if I'll ever get any magazines! And I HAVE contacted the publisher several times privately about this!laz127 said:Then Please pick up the phone and call David, I will pay for the G.D. call. PM me the charges and I will pay you via Pay Pal!
David H. Bebbington said:It may well be that Thom does not need either your advice or your money.
ThomHarrop said:So far I have not received anything.
David H. Bebbington said:It may well be that Thom does not need either your advice or your money. I took out a 6-issue subscription a while back, was told this would start with issue #3, paid an extra $7 or so for a copy of issue #2 2 weeks ago and have also received nothing. The publisher indicated, I believe, in a recent posting that he had personal problems making demands on his time, but I too am beginning to wonder if I'll ever get any magazines! And I HAVE contacted the publisher several times privately about this!
Satinsnow said:Well as a person,
That started my own magazines, and understand how difficult it is.....I commend David for keeping with it,
And David and Thom, I will reimberse you the monies you feel you are out, just to give David a hand up, I would do the same for anyone trying to become independant..
Dave Parker
Satin Snow Ground Glass
c6h6o3 said:20878
Both the Barnes & Noble in Washington Center and the Borders in Gaithersburg Square carry B+W, Lenswork, Black & White, PDN, View Camera, Camera Arts, Aperture and BlindSpot. But no Focus or Inked, ever.
My office zip is 22030. There's a Borders about 1 mile from here. I haven't seen it there, either.
Satinsnow said:Not often do I feel this, and the owner of Focus and I have had our differences, but it seems as if a few that have the ability to post to the internet, seem to want to ridicule others who are trying to make a living, $37.50 to me is a bit of money, and if I feel I have lost it, I am darn sure I am going to make sure I know why, but as a small business man who relys on the various shipping companies in the US, I do understand that things can and do go wrong...many who want to complain, might want to at least give the benefit of the doubt and let the company at least try to work the situation out...
When someone emails me, and says, the glass never showed up, I have to 100% take them on their word that it did not, now I have no way of knowing they are telling me true or pushing the system, but know I have to send another, because something of this nature will crop up and the business person will never be the winner...and I am sure David feels the same, he is a small business owner, that is trying his best, and I can't expect anyone else to do any better.
Dave Parker
Satin Snow Ground Glass
Thanks for the response, David. Just a general point - in my experience, magazines DO charge extra for international subscriptions, and I certainly don't expect anyone to sell me a magazine below cost. It might be worthwhile offering faster more expensive mailing at least as an option, I for one would be glad to pay for this.DavidS said:David, I've sent you magazines via FedEx and paid royally through them. Also mind you that I did not charge you extra for an international subscription, something no magazine ever does.
DavidS said:Okay, it's an interesting thing with magazine distribution companies. I am using Speedimpex and Disticor as my ambassadors to Borders and Barnes & Noble. It's a new magazine and as much as I'd like for them to match number of copies and stores where B&W and LenseWork are, it just doesn't work like that. However if our 3rd and 4th issues do as well as our second issue did at bookstores, well, i think they'll put it in all the stores B&W and Lensework are. It's a fantastic market with a lot of very high quality publications.
Okay, so getting to your zip code. From zip code 20878 there is a Borders at 20926 FREDERICK RO, in Germantown. According to MapQuest it's 11 minutes from your zip code. You can call 301.528.0862 and ask them to hold a copy for you.
David H. Bebbington said:Thanks for the response, David. Just a general point - in my experience, magazines DO charge extra for international subscriptions, and I certainly don't expect anyone to sell me a magazine below cost. It might be worthwhile offering faster more expensive mailing at least as an option, I for one would be glad to pay for this.
Regards,
David Bebbington (at the last count, there were 39 certified misspellings of my surname!)
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