jdsb@occrsh.ATT.COM (John_Babcock) (08/23/89)
I got a postcard back from MacWeek that I do not understand.
"Your MacWeek application has been processed and your name has been
added to the current waiting list to receive MacWeek."
Does this mean my application has been accepted? Why do they have
a waiting period? Do they have a set number of readers or do are they
waiting to increase production on the next issue? (Just for little 'ol
me? gosh! :-) I would appreciate anyone sheading some light. Thanks!
Please respond by mail if you think others are not interested.
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In article <855@occrsh.ATT.COM> jdsb@occrsh.ATT.COM (John_Babcock) writes: > > I got a postcard back from MacWeek that I do not understand. > >"Your MacWeek application has been processed and your name has been >added to the current waiting list to receive MacWeek." > > Does this mean my application has been accepted? Why do they have >a waiting period? Do they have a set number of readers or do are they >waiting to increase production on the next issue? (Just for little 'ol >me? gosh! :-) I would appreciate anyone sheading some light. Thanks! MacWeek is what's called a controlled circulation book. It's free. What it's paid by is ads. Advertising rates are partially determined by circulation. In other words, ads in a magazine with 200,000 subscribers cost more than ads in comparable magazines with 100,000 subscribers. And if a magazine's circulation goes up enough, they have to raise their rates. (I'm not sure why this is, but I got the impression that they really do *have* to.) Now. You have qualified for a subscription. But MacWeek is already fully subscribed to. Two things can happens: They can increase their circulation by n, in which case the next n people on the list get subscriptions. Or they can purge their circulation, in which they rank their subscribers by desired characteristics (such as how many Macs they buy) and then drop off the lowest n people, in which case again the next n people on the list get it. Hope this helps. -- "Goldfish are quiet, under the water. "Girls who keep goldfish are sometimes quite loud." -- The Jazz Butcher
David.Bolduc@f54.n382.z1.FIDONET.ORG (David Bolduc) (08/28/89)
I think it means that your application has been accepted. I got the same card, and the subscription started in a month or so. Probably takes time to put you on the mailing list. -- David Bolduc via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH UUCP: ...!osu-cis!n8emr!cmhgate!382!54!David.Bolduc INET: David.Bolduc@f54.n382.z1.FIDONET.ORG