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RubberStampMadness
is celebrating our 30th Anniversary in 2009. While other stamping
magazines come and go, we are here to stay.
However, we are looking at a change. RSM will become a quarterly
magazine--four issues per year, instead of six. While we regret
dropping the number of issues, our main goals are not changing.
Each issue will be full of artwork, techniques, information,
inspiration and fun--everything you've come to expect and want
in a rubber stamping publication.
Looking
ahead, here's the schedule for the remainder of 2008 and
2009:
* RSM's next issue will cover a three-month period: Nov./Dec.
and Jan. If you have a subscription, your copy will arrive
in mid-to-late October. Copies will be available for sale through
this website in mid-October. If you purchase your copies at
a store, expect to find copies there in late October.
* Each issue after that will also cover a three-month period,
starting with SPRING 2009, followed by SUMMER, FALL and HOLIDAY
issues.
The reason for the change is the fact that the rubber stamp
industry has been adapting to lower sales for a while. At RSM
this has meant fewer advertising pages and, sadly, fewer subscribers.
Subscriptions are a big plus for magazines and keep us strong.
If you haven't subscribed already, please do.
In recent years, to make sure incoming revenue matched outgoing
revenue, we've not replaced staff who retire or leave; we moved
to a smaller office space and took other cost-saving measures.
Printing is the biggest expense in our budget. The way printing
costs are calculated, the most expensive work is done before
pages go on presses. (It's more cost-effective to do fewer
issues with more pages, rather than more issues with fewer
pages.) This change gives us plenty of time to produce a healthy,
informative, joyful magazine for all. Plus, we'll have time
to finish the work on our Scenic Stamping book and get that printed
for your viewing pleasure.
We welcome your comments and plan to continue to be stamping
along with you for many more years to come.
Sincerely and stampingly,
Roberta Sperling (aka Rubberta Stampling)
Editor
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