Few if any stories are reported with just the facts but rather arrogantly edited so the unintelligent masses might understand. It is impossible to get any unbiased political stories from any of the major news networks or television networks. The same news medias obsess and rant over a few major topics and don't report others. Most of that news has little effect on me personally. The news reported is more concentrated about the East coast and West Coast. Most media, internet, television, even the Weather Channel concentrate on the two coasts. I watch as our local newspaper established in 1892, struggles to keep publishing. Magazines aren't the only publishing products feeling the competition. I can read it in the comfort of my recliner or in my bed at night before I go to sleep and I can place it on the work bench by me for quick reference as I am trying to duplicate the process. Look at the number of people who state they gave up magazine subscriptions because they have access to woodworking blogs or websites like SMC and other websites. Today's world of the internet and television makes it much more difficult for publishing companies to be profitable. Bankrupt companies don't support any workers. To continue to producing a product that costs more to produce than the revenue it generates could cause the entire company to go bankrupt. If a product doesn't make a profit, companies will stop manufacturing that product. Profit isn't a profane word but a business reality. On the other hand, Edward is wrong stating greed wins out. ShopNotes #138 is the last issue that will be published. So it turns out Edward was right about ShopNotes ceasing publication. We plan to increase page count with the Feb/Mar issue of Woodsmith to make it an even better magazine. Obviously we hope that ShopNotes subscribers will want to continue with Woodsmith magazine, 35 yrs young and going strong. Our publisher is still working on the details regarding the end of ShopNotes and how it affects current subscribers. We got confirmation late yesterday from our publisher that the Dec issue #138 will be the last issue published. It is a business reality that we must cease publishing ShopNotes magazine. This morning I got a reply to my email from the Customer Service Manager at August Home: Oddly enough, even with with additional overhead due to overseas shipping and a cover price much higher than American titles, their presence seems to be expanding. As I've purchased some of the UK titles, I've found them to be well done with solid content. Oddly enough these magazines are rather expensive although seem to be doing a good job filling a void left by American titles slowly disappearing off the shelves. My local B&N's carries UK publications in several different venues, including automobiles, motorcycles, homes and woodworking. I'd like to see a focused section on a specific woodworker and his designs, something which would change with the issues.
This would help offset their lack of advertisement which I appreciate. I feel SN could survive by raising the price a bit, perhaps to $6.00 and add content by (5) pages or so. I enjoyed their format and built more projects from their articles than from any other publication. If "ShopNotes" is indeed now defunct, I'll certainly miss it. People at August Home Publishing Company have been laid off, or so I have been told. WoodSmith will be enlarged to include some of the material that used to be in Shop Notes. So that is the way it is: Shop Notes is dead. I again asked when my subscription would start, and I was told that Shop Notes was no longer being published. I explained why, and again asked when the subscription would start: the bill indicated an expiration of "AUG 15", which would be correct if I subscribed in August of this year. I was told that my account had yet to be paid. I explained to the woman who answered that I had a bill and no issues after more than two months.
Surprised, I found their phone number (80) and called it. This seems to be common practice - at least it has been the case for every other publication that I and my wife subscribe to.) (I hadn't paid up front - the ad said they'd bill me. Today I received a bill, noting that I had not paid for my subscription. I ordered it at the beginning of August, and have received no issues.
Yes, it is true, or that is the case according to the two people in the customer service department that I have just finished talking to.
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