Sadly, Reptiles is a rather poor magazine. It doesn't offer serious hobbiests
the level of scientific information and testimonial expertice that Vivarium
offered, nor does it offer the photographic quality of the European magazines,
or Fauna. If the product being offered is not what the customer wants, it
doesn't sell. I hope that Reptiles sales slump to a point at which the top
brass there realize a need for a better quality reptile magazine. That is
capitalism
If you always aim for the lowest common denominator, sometimes you miss the
point. The average herper is not amongst the lowest common denomenator.
The magazine has the feel of an RC car magazine, all flash and
sensationalization, and no substance. Even an improvement in paper quality
would be a welcome improvement.
There are some decent articles. Unfortunately they are surrounded by hype and
fluff.
Preston
Jonathan Eglinton wrote:
> Well, you have Reptiles (which never was or never will be as good as
> Vivarium was). Other then that you have Reptilian and Reptilia, neither of
> which are published here in the US.
> It's strange, you would think that with the loss of Vivarium and Reptile &
> Amphibian magazines, that readership would have gone up for the TFH magazine
> just because there is less competition for them and less for us to read. Go
> figure.
>
> Jonathan E.
>
> > So how many herp-related magazines are out there now?
>
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