FourFourTwo - October

[Frutos]

Full page interview with Russell Slade in their 'Planet Football' section.

 

[Braders]

where did you buy it? I've searched everywhere for it these last couple of days?

 

[The Ringleader]

f***ing hell at last an interview or something about Brighton:yahoo: Been getting 4-4-2 about a year and theres be one interview with Carpenter and thats it

 

[Frutos]

where did you buy it? I've searched everywhere for it these last couple of days?

Not due on the shelves until tomorrow, but I subscribe and occasionally get it a day in advance.

 

[gjh1971]

I got mine in the post today, excellent article about Real/Barca, and the decline of Serie A. The Slade interview does mention a feel good factor sweeping through the club - the interview must be from July then

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Not due on the shelves until tomorrow, but I subscribe and occasionally get it a day in advance.

Why is the October issue due out on 2nd September?

 

[Northstander]

I got mine in the post today, excellent article about Real/Barca, and the decline of Serie A. The Slade interview does mention a feel good factor sweeping through the club - the interview must be from July then

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

Well co,e on Steve, write it up then

 

[Frutos]

Why is the October issue due out on 2nd September?

A lot of magazines work that way.

 

[Nottseagull]

Why is the October issue due out on 2nd September?

It's a way of defrauding unsuspecting buyers in the last days of the month by falsely claiming to be newly published. It's about time that the trades descriptions legislation was enforced in this respect.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

f***ing hell at last an interview or something about Brighton:yahoo: Been getting 4-4-2 about a year and theres be one interview with Carpenter and thats it

That is clearly bollocks. I've written at least four features / interviews on Brighton for them. And there was the superb 'Beautiful South' piece on our rivalry with Palace.

 

[8ace]

Can someone scan it in please?

 

[Normal Rob]

It's a way of defrauding unsuspecting buyers in the last days of the month by falsely claiming to be newly published. It's about time that the trades descriptions legislation was enforced in this respect.

so it something goes on sale in the middle of the month then for the last two weeks of it's on sale (assuming that it is a monthly title) then it looks out of date. How would that be fair to the publisher then? Your argument is senseless.

 

[sten_super]

so it something goes on sale in the middle of the month then for the last two weeks of it's on sale (assuming that it is a monthly title) then it looks out of date. How would that be fair to the publisher then? Your argument is senseless.

How does something look out of date if it is the October issue and actually available in October? If I went to the news agent today, I wouldn't buy a paper dated Thursday 3rd September would I? But surely I should, by your logic, as if I buy one with today's date on it it will be out of date?

 

[Normal Rob]

How does something look out of date if it is the October issue and actually available in October? QUOTE]


simple - the magazine is on sale for a month. If it goes on sale on the 15th September then it is still on sale up until 14th October. Therefore to have a cover date of September would potentially lose the publisher revenue, hence they don't do it (they are' after all, businesses). It's not defrauding the consumer - most of us, as you have pointed out, are able to make our own decisions because we have a modicum of intelligence.

 

[sten_super]

simple - the magazine is on sale for a month. If it goes on sale on the 15th September then it is still on sale up until 14th October. Therefore to have a cover date of September would potentially lose the publisher revenue, hence they don't do it (they are' after all, businesses). It's not defrauding the consumer - most of us, as you have pointed out, are able to make our own decisions because we have a modicum of intelligence. It's not rocket science.

Wait a minute - that's not what I posted. We are talking in this case about a magazine dated 'October', being on sale from 2nd September to the 1st October. The ONLY reason that they publish on the 2nd of the month is so that they can fulfull the necessary requirements to put 'October' on the front cover. Here's something controversial; why not publish the magazine on 1st September, with 'September' on the cover, and the next edition 1st October, with 'October' on the front?

 

[Normal Rob]

Wait a minute - that's not what I posted. We are talking in this case about a magazine dated 'October', being on sale from 2nd September to the 1st October. The ONLY reason that they publish on the 2nd of the month is so that they can fulfull the necessary requirements to put 'October' on the front cover. Here's something controversial; why not publish the magazine on 1st September, with 'September' on the cover, and the next edition 1st October, with 'October' on the front?

but you used the example of 442 to make a sweeping generalisation about all publishers. And do you seriously think that all magazines /publications should go on sale on the same day every month? I think that you would find that logistically implausible for numerous reasons.

For the record - most titles that are considered to be monthly are actually poblished on a rolling 4 weekly basis - hence the on sale moves progressively forward through the month as the year goes on. Therefore making accurate monthly descriptions nigh on impossible.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

A lot of magazines work that way.

Get typing Frutos, if you can hit 70wpm you could have the entire article on here by 3pm.

 

[sten_super]

but you used the example of 442 to make a sweeping generalisation about all publishers. And do you seriously think that all magazines /publications should go on sale on the same day every month? I think that you would find that logistically implausible for numerous reasons.

For the record - most titles that are considered to be monthly are actually poblished on a rolling 4 weekly basis - hence the on sale moves progressively forward through the month as the year goes on. Therefore making accurate monthly descriptions nigh on impossible.

I don't know if you are deliberately missing the point or not. I have no problem with a magazine being published with the publication date which represents the majority of the market for the magazine. What I do have a problem with is magazines taking the piss and attempting to appear 'ahead of the game' by printing entirely misleading publication dates on their magazines.

As a point of interest, the 'pre-season' edition was apparently published on 31st July The season starts here - FourFourTwos Inside Track - FourFourTwo
, yet carried the date 'September 2009' so they are hardly the unfortunate denizens of fate with father time working against them.