continental modeller price rise

[mervyn]

Just read in the editorial section of Continental Modeller, that the magazine price will be £7.45 from September ,looks  the August issue  will be the last  paper copy  I will be buying ......

[AY Mod]

All publishers have been trying to swallow rising costs for ages so it's a case of balancing the books. A snap decision makes it look like you wouldn't care if it's there in the future.

[4630]

9 minutes ago, mervyn said:

Just read in the editorial section of Continental Modeller, that the magazine price will be £7.45 from September ,looks  the August issue  will be the last  paper copy  I will be buying ......

 

I feel this actually reinforces the value to me of being a subscriber, be it of the print version or the online equivalent, of my favourite magazines.  

 

Particularly when also considering some of the other financial incentives that publishers offer to their subscribers.  Especially sometimes around renewal time.

 

Price rises are seldom welcome, but in the overall scheme of things, I value the intrinsic benefit of being able to enjoy reading a magazine and as such it's important to my health and wellbeing.

 

 

 

 

[Roy Langridge]

6 hours ago, AY Mod said:

All publishers have been trying to swallow rising costs for ages so it's a case of balancing the books. A snap decision makes it look like you wouldn't care if it's there in the future.

I think that the good intentions of the publishers also lead to part of the problem whereby when the price rise does come, it is larger than it appears it should be. 
 

Perhaps the rises would be more acceptable if they were smaller but more frequent?

 

Of course, it should also be pointed out than an annual subscription makes each copy a lot cheaper…

 

Roy

[AY Mod]

1 hour ago, Roy Langridge said:

Of course, it should also be pointed out than an annual subscription makes each copy a lot cheaper…

 

The benefits of that are to both the customer and the publisher without the margin for the retailer plus improved budgeting and cashflow. I wouldn't wish to deprive the smaller independent retailers of fair margin and reward but customers may be surprised at the ounce(s) of flesh larger chains and supermarkets lean on publishers for.

[ChrisG54]

Is the price of Railway Modeller also rising? Assuming costs are rising it would affect RM too, or are they run as independent entities. 
Checked when I was in Smiths and it seemed to be at the same price