P.S. The 'new look' magazine is fine; even if a bit thinner it has not
lost any of its quality.
Thank you. I did some tests and it really feels thinner because of the
80g cover paper instead of the 160g. However, using 160g would mean:
losing more pages. Actually, the way it is, it was heavier than 100g
anyway... but as I sent it from Austria, it was affordable.
(the subscription price only works out by sending it from Austria...
or send a package to the UK and have most items sent from there).
>The font is still pretty large compared with
some magazines. I wonder if other European post offices have started
charging by size as well as weight like Royal Mail. If so, a thicker A5
format might work out cheaper to post than A4 for the same weight.
Well, it took Royal Mail a long time to catch up with Deutsche Post.
They started to charge by size many years ago (everything greater C-long
triples the price, no matter if it is 5g or 500g ... no matter if it is
A4 or A5 ... and then by thickness ... if thicker than 1cm, you go for
4 times the price).
This, however, does not apply to the Austrian post, luckily.
I will send the issues before Xmas from Austria, and mid of March as
well, so it is not a serious problem for the next two issues.
Also, adding 2 or 4 pages will not be a major problem either.
So send in your contributions as well, please :-))
I think we have done a fairly good decision as well, being able to
drop the price slightly (instead of having to raise it considerably,
as we skipped last year)... and considering that 13 years ago, when
QL Today started, 12 or 14 of the 56 pages or so were ads ... which
they aren't nowadays ...
Again, please send in your contributions, as Tony's next part of the
article won't fill a whole issue ... and we still want to have a good
mix, even with fewer pages.
Jochen
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