Actual Magazine

[eaglerico]

Looking to subscribe to an actual magazine. Something to read when I don't have the Internet access. When I do a search for "pipe magazine" (other then this site) everything that comes up seems half shady.
What pipe related magazines are you all getting?

 

[sirbogglesworth]

Pipes and Tobacco Magazine is the only one I know of. I too would like to know of others, if there are any. ::

 

[pstlpkr]

I've never subscribed to a smoking related magazine.

But, I was given a copy of Pipes and Tobaccos, Spring 2011 edition because I was mentioned on page 40. :D
Edit: Oops... had to fix a typo.

 

[sirbogglesworth]

I'm going to have to look for that edition now Lawrence. Nice to see someone from this forum mentioned in a Pipe magazine :D

 

[admin]

Aside from Pipes & Tobaccos Magazine, there is also The Pipe Collector

 

[bootlegbonvivant]

Awesome, I was thinking about subscribing to Pipes & Tobacco Magazine and didn't even know about the other one.

 

[admin]

@bootlegbonvivant

Awesome, I was thinking about subscribing to Pipes & Tobacco Magazine and didn't even know about the other one.

Tell them PipesMagazine.com sent you!

 

[eaglerico]

Thanks guys.

 

[sjpipesmoker]

I think pipesmagazine.com should put a magazine out!!!

 

[pstlpkr]

Welcome SJpipesmoker,
Nice thought SJ, but Kevin has visited the idea before.

Print as a profitable media, is going the way of the Dodo bird.

Here we can update in real time and on a continual basis if needed.
Have you seen this section yet? Pipe Pictures

 

[admin]

@sjpipesmoker

I think pipesmagazine.com should put a magazine out!!!

I'd rather stick a needle in my eye!

 

[docgarr]

I would recommend joining the North American Society of Pipe Collectors. It's only $18 and they have an informative quarterly newsletter. It's not as fancy as P&T, but there's a lot of good reading. If you are not interested in the hard copy version of the newsletter, it costs only $10 for the emailed newsletter and membership.

 

[westcoastrich]

JUst renewed my membership, I had forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder. It really is a good news letter.

 

[mowens]

If you sign up for a membership with NASPC you get a newsletter in the mail about every month or two thats about 20 pages. It has some really good article in it. I reccomend it.
Edit - I didn't see that docgarr beat me to mentioning NASPC. +1 to his post.

 

[sjpipesmoker]

If no magazine...what about a calendar with the pipe babes!!??? (or maybe not) There all beautiful, and the pipes are nice!
I'l have to check out the North American Society of Pipe Collectors site...I figured that that was for collectors and me not being a collector (even thought I own about 40 pipes?) none are high grades or anything, I thought it would be over my head...
I've subscribed to Pipes and Tobacco magazine for about 4 years, but I can afford it any more so I let them go...18 bucks sounds more in my price range
Thanks guys!!!

 

[admin]

When I had my cigar site, I did a Cigar Babe calendar and sold less than 12 of them. Nice idea in theory, but I think most people feel calendars should be free. I'd rather spend my precious time on other endeavors.
Interestingly, I saw an article excerpt from The New York Times this morning reporting that Amazon now sells 105 ebooks for every 100 hard copy books. That's quite telling.
Personally, I'm a little more old fashioned, as 100% of my reading purchases are hard copy books and magazines. I enjoy them as a consumer, but do not as a business.

 

[eaglerico]

Kevin
As a participant of both virtual and print reading I def see the trend going towards the virtual world. However I have also seen another trend and that is the pre-order of print. A lot of big publishers take pre-orders of hard back versions of their book and do not print much more then what was pre-ordered. Generally leading to paperbacks coming out sooner.
Just a thought should you decide to venture into a print media again.

 

[adam12]

Personally I don't think I need any more physical magazines around. I have like 2,548 old musty copies of Cigar Aficionado that I have been carrying around thinking SOMEDAY they would be worth something, and of course, they aren't. The world needs less clutter and crapola. No offense to P&T, I love their rag, but I just don't do much beyond leafing through it at pipe shows and cigar lounges. Their writers are superb and the dudes who run it seem cool, but it's not interactive, which makes everything different and more communal (this is the philosophical portion of my post). This is, of course, sad. Because I still read The Drake (fishing rag) and occasionally Cigar Aficionado (I think I have the last few issues), but frankly I'm one of those who has traded in the fun of actually owning the artifact for something a little more fun. Different strokes and all that.