What happens to all those old magazines in book stores and supermarkets?

[Byte]

I mean they don't sell that many magazines, and they have to change them every month. What happens to all them back issues? I mean it's almost impossible to find back issues of some mags.

 

[woodly6]

They usually send them back to the publisher and you will find if you call them up they havea backorder magazine stash they usually sell for cheap.

 

[Flashram]

Depends on the bookstore. One store I used to work at (Books A Million) we pulled them off the shelf and sent them back to the distribuator. Another bookstore I worked at (Barnes and Noble) they ripped off the cover, saved it, and threw away the magazines or gave them to employees.

 

[TrueBlueLS]

We have a lady at the grocery store I work at that takes away the old ones and puts out new ones.

 

[chocobaR]

They recycle them to make new ones?

 

[Grunt03]

What happens to all those old magazines in book stores and supermarkets?

They give them to the really old people..........

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

1) Tear off cover 2) Return cover to publisher for credit. 3) Pitch the rest of the magazine.

 

[Jen]

i use them to keep warm


joke


Jen

 

[Byte]

shouldn't publishers have tons of back issues? Why are they usually so expensive?

 

[Mookow]

<< We have a lady at the grocery store I work at that takes away the old ones and puts out new ones. >>



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