Once a week, I highlight three new magazines on my web site www.mrmagazine.com. This week the three new magazines are First Home, Good Food and National Geographic Little Kids. Read here about these new launches. To be considered for review on my web site, please send a copy of your first issue to Samir “Mr. Magazine™” Husni, Department of Journalism, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677.
Archive for April 13th, 2007
Some stats on the new mags of 2006
April 13, 2007The latest edition of Samir Husni’s Guide to New Magazines (see cover here samir-husnis-07cover.pdf) will be out in four weeks. The book will be over 200 pages and will cover every category of new magazine launches from last year. It will have a picture of every new launch, stats about each category of new magazines from Art to Youth for the last decade, addresses and concepts for each magazine, and all the related information about frequency and price. The book this year will also include a special supplement on Launch Your Own Magazine: A Step by Step Guide to Succeeding in Today’s Marketplace, and a special section on the 30 most notable launches of the year. All at a price of $49.00. The book is published by The Nautilus publishing group.
For a little preview, here are some essential stats from the new book:
Total number new magazines: 901
Total number of pages in a new magazine: 112
Total number of ad pages in a new magazine: 14
Average cover price of a new magazine: $6.83
Average subscription price of a new magazine: $24.24
All these stats and how they compare to previous years will be in the 22nd edition of the Guide, coming soon to a bookshelf near you. Order your copy here.
