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DIAMOND COMICS DISTRIBUTOR BEGINS TO DROP SMALL PRESS MAGAZINES

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Scaremail		#141	[-]
(05/19/09 12:03 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Professor Fendash Gorp wrote: A cold wind blows through the deserted streets of Borders magazine section. Tumbleweeds roll and dance down the dusty aisles...past half empty comic racks where droopy issues of February's comics curl forlornly.....in the Entertainment section, the 69th issue of SCARY MONSTERS leers obscenely at me, and I fear I shall never see another new issue again . . . . Just a reminder that Diamond has nothing to do with SCARY MONSTERS distribution to real bookstores like BORDERS, BARNES AND NOBLE, HASTINGS etc. so copies should be in those stores and issue #70 was shipped to comic stores one last time and arrived many weeks ago. I just double-checked with one of my distributors to see if there were any problems getting copies into the Borders stores but the amount I shipped this time for issue 70 was the same as for issue 69. SCARY MONSTERS MAGAZINE continues to be the Only Real Monster Magazine that can be found in real bookstores and newsstands nationwide!
kevin g shinnick		#142	[-]
(05/31/09 6:52 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	How is it dealing with INGRAM ? I found them to be very problematic at best to deal with as well.
mmarquee		#143	[-]
(05/31/09 2:30 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	kevin g shinnick wrote: How is it dealing with INGRAM ? I found them to be very problematic at best to deal with as well. Kevin, Ingram almost put Midnight Marquee Press out of business. To shorten the sad tale, they order big at first, return most of the copies when the first check is due about five months later, then reorder the same books or mags they returned, and five months later do the same thing again. Pretty soon they tell the publisher that the publisher owes them money (and they can return books for years) and they finally told us we owe them $5,000, because the returns over the years added up to be more than the sales. If you are a magazine that can afford to print 10,000 copies and be happy to sell 3,000 (and take the hit on the 7,000 not sold or returned), then you should deal with Ingram. But if you print 2,000 and hope to sell 2,000, don't deal with Ingram. They are famous for putting little guys out of business. But then again, SCARY MONSTERS and VIDEO WATCHDOG must be doing well by them, but these two magazines are the exceptions, I am afraid.
Scaremail		#144	[-]
(05/31/09 6:53 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	mmarquee wrote: kevin g shinnick wrote: How is it dealing with INGRAM ? I found them to be very problematic at best to deal with as well. Kevin, Ingram almost put Midnight Marquee Press out of business. To shorten the sad tale, they order big at first, return most of the copies when the first check is due about five months later, then reorder the same books or mags they returned, and five months later do the same thing again. Pretty soon they tell the publisher that the publisher owes them money (and they can return books for years) and they finally told us we owe them $5,000, because the returns over the years added up to be more than the sales. If you are a magazine that can afford to print 10,000 copies and be happy to sell 3,000 (and take the hit on the 7,000 not sold or returned), then you should deal with Ingram. But if you print 2,000 and hope to sell 2,000, don't deal with Ingram. They are famous for putting little guys out of business. But then again, SCARY MONSTERS and VIDEO WATCHDOG must be doing well by them, but these two magazines are the exceptions, I am afraid. Actually we've never used Ingram because of the problems I've heard that MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT, MONSTERSCENE, MIDNIGHT MARQUEE and others have had with them over the years. I've had many similiar distributors over the years which we have dropped over the years or who have gone out of business and owned us tons of money but I've kept a few that at least send some kind of check on a fairly regular basis that service the stores and newsstands we want to be in. Unfortunately within the last few months one of my distributors lost their distribution to the HASTINGS books and record stores and I was forced to sign a contract with Ingram for distribution. Ingram acquired the exclusive distribution rights to HASTINGS so it was either lose all those stores or keep them in the stores. After about 2 or 3 contract changes to make sure their distribution was limited to only HASTINGS I signed a contract and sent them copies of issue 70. I thought I was covered but just received return chargebacks for our previous issue to HASTINGS that was distributed by our other distributor so I am probably guaranteed to maybe receive a check for $1.98 cents or nothing from this first distribution. At least it is out there and maybe I'll receive some mail orders or new subscribers. Much more to come as soon as I have time on Diamond Comics stupid management and disregard for small publishers as time permits.
monsteragogo		#145	[-]
(06/02/09 12:40 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I received another Oldies.com newspaper catalog thingy the other day and there was a book and magazine section in the back and they carry Monster Bash and Little Shoppe of Horrors! I had NO idea they carried the latter. Ever since frequenting these boards more I've been anxious to start picking these up. How do magazine distributors and/or publishers deal with Oldies.com? Seems like it might be a pretty sweet deal for them with lots of exposure.
EDITOR MFTV		#146	[-]
(06/02/09 7:53 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	monsteragogo wrote: I received another Oldies.com newspaper catalog thingy the other day and there was a book and magazine section in the back and they carry Monster Bash and Little Shoppe of Horrors! I had NO idea they carried the latter. Ever since frequenting these boards more I've been anxious to start picking these up. How do magazine distributors and/or publishers deal with Oldies.com? Seems like it might be a pretty sweet deal for them with lots of exposure. I have yet to send copies of Monsters from the Vault to Oldies.com, but I have discussed it with them. They take the magazines on consignment. Jim Clatterbaugh Editor/Publisher MFTV www.monstersfromthevault.com
sirharryflashman		#147	[-]
(06/02/09 6:12 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Does anyone have any experience with these guys? Might be a viable alternative to Diamond for some of you. http://www.havendistro.com/index.html Cheers, Charles Prepolec Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes now available! Gaslight Grimoire Blog: News, Interviews and Updates Baker Street Dozen: Sherlock Holmes in Films, Books and Media
lsohgirl		#148	[-]
(06/02/09 8:59 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I was pleased when Steve Kaplan and Oldies.com picked up LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS. They are doing a good job for us.
kevin g shinnick		#149	[-]
(06/03/09 10:52 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I too found Steve at OLDIES.COM very pleasant to work with and they do a LOT of reorders with us.

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