tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post4679228147000660706..comments2024-03-27T22:06:35.339-10:00Comments on Dead Tree Edition: Can the Postal Service Still Afford Periodicals?D. Eadward Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-34125598685784182142009-08-10T10:08:09.702-10:002009-08-10T10:08:09.702-10:00The more relevant question is whether publishers o...The more relevant question is whether publishers of periodicals can still afford the postal service! <br /><br />Anyone who has purchased magazine subscriptions knows she is lucky if the post office delivers 25% of her paid-in-advance (on good faith and in contract with the publisher) annual subscription. To inflame the already aggregious situation, the subscriber will find the issues that do Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-44088057197350984652009-08-05T03:32:49.326-10:002009-08-05T03:32:49.326-10:00Your article on Periodicals makes some very valid ...Your article on Periodicals makes some very valid points. Here's one additional item that needs to be considered in the discussion:<br /><br />Periodicals generate mail in other, more profitable classes. If you subscribe to a magazine you receive invoices (first class mail), renewal notices (standard mail), and premiums (parcels). All of these pieces yeild substantial margins for the PostalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com