How Long Do you Spend Reading Genii?
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How Long Do you Spend Reading Genii?
I'd like to hear from as many of you as possible with an estimate of how long you spend each month reading Genii, MAGIC, Linking Ring, MUM, and The Magic Circular. Please vote in the poll and post additional comments below if you'd like. Even if you read no magazine other than Genii, please tell us how you time you spend each month.
Many thanks in advance for taking part!
Many thanks in advance for taking part!
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I can hear the wheels turning now: "Let's see. Ten to fifteen minutes at a time, times..."Originally posted by Richard Kaufman:
I'd like to hear from as many of you as possible with an estimate of how long you spend each month reading Genii, MAGIC, Linking Ring, MUM, and The Magic Circular.
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Could really use an additional time increment for some of the magazines...
like 30 minutes or less...
ajp
like 30 minutes or less...
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I read the thing quickly also, then go back over time, so I put in the TOTAL time.Originally posted by Andrew J. Pinard:
...like 30 minutes or less...
Mundus vult decipi -per Caleb Carr's story Killing Time
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Andrew, very funny. hahahaha.
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Hello Richard,
In round numbers, I suspect that I spend two hours each month reading Genii and two hours reading Magic. I spend about 40 minutes each on MUM and the Linking Ring.
Best regards, Jeff
In round numbers, I suspect that I spend two hours each month reading Genii and two hours reading Magic. I spend about 40 minutes each on MUM and the Linking Ring.
Best regards, Jeff
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The problem with M.U.M. (at least for me) is I'd have to actually remove it from the polybag, which I haven't done in...well, a long time.Originally posted by Jeffrey J. Mielke:
I spend about 40 minutes each on MUM and the Linking Ring.
I hope that changes soon, though.
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I just look at the pretty pictures and play with the shiny paper.
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PLEASE VOTE NOW. YOUR IDENTITY REMAINS CONFIDENTIAL.
We've had almost 60 people vote in this pole. I would GREATLY appreciate if we could get at least several hundred votes here--we do have over 5,000 members.
We've had almost 60 people vote in this pole. I would GREATLY appreciate if we could get at least several hundred votes here--we do have over 5,000 members.
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do you put zero hours for magazines that you do not recieve
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Noah, yes, put 0 for magazines you do not receive. If you receive the magazine, but do not spend any time reading it and wish to publically say so here on the Forum, you are welcome to do that.
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I spend about 3 hours going through Genii. It's the only magazine I subscribe to. I'll occasionally pick up a copy of MAGIC, but that's generally only when someone's mentioned that there is and item worth reading in it. I don't belong to IBM, SAM, or the Magic Circle, so I don't receive any of the other magazines.
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It really depends on the issue. I scan and then pick articles to read when I have time. I can get MUM down in less than 10 minutes. The Linking Ring in about 30 depending on content. I read through both magic and genii in about an hour. Sometimes more if the feature article is of real interest.
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30 minutes for the Linking Ring? Geez, Brad, you must be a speed reader or something. It takes me 8 hours just to get through the ring reports... :eek:
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There is sometimes very good material in the Linking Ring. But I find the ring reports in both LR and MUM pretty much a waste of space. But that's just me. I know some people really like them. I find them too inconsistent with quality and accurate info to be useful.
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It takes me about 10 seconds to read genii as i dont bother reading the adverts :rolleyes:
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Thank you, Harry Potter, it's nice to know you can read 60 to 70 pages (number of non-ad pages in Genii) in ten seconds. Now go back to sleep.
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Genii is the only magazine I get now, and because of my situation I have to read it in lots of little chunks, so it's hard to say how long it takes altogether. I do always read it from cover to cover though as a matter of principle, even the articles which are of less interest (OK, maybe not all the adverts).
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It seems that for a few more years we will be subject to the cheapness of Wilmarth. Once his presidency is over I'm sure someone will introduce the idea that we are not out to publish the Linking Ring on the cheap and they will come up to date with a larger format,coated stock, like they used to and will try to approach Genii's quality.
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The trim size of the Linking Ring is still small due to Phil Willmarth's decision that it is a journal rather than a magazine. He has been resistant to changing the size, adding color, improving the paper, etc.
(NOTE: I have edited my original post because of additional information provided to me in the interim.)
(NOTE: I have edited my original post because of additional information provided to me in the interim.)
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I couldn't care less about the trim size and paper quality, it's all about the content. If the LR were glossy and magazine-sized, I can't really imagine it being "better" simply because of the physical change.
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We're close to breaking 100 votes: Please contribute your voice to the poll so we can see hundreds of additional opinions.
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I think that the Lnking Ring and M.U.M , the
Ring/ Assembly Reports reek of vanity press.
With the dreck assortus apcray in them they should
print them on toilet paper......Mike
Ring/ Assembly Reports reek of vanity press.
With the dreck assortus apcray in them they should
print them on toilet paper......Mike
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"dreck assortus apcray"
Is this a new language? The first word is Yiddish, the second word is faux latin, the third word Pig Latin.
Is this a new language? The first word is Yiddish, the second word is faux latin, the third word Pig Latin.
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He probably speaks Esperanto like a native! :D
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For those of you who missed the start of this poll over the weekend, I NEED YOUR VOTES about how much time you spend reading the different magazines in our field.
Your time is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Your time is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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Richard--
As a follow up, you (and columnists and advertisers) may find it incrementally useful to know where readers turn first and time spent by column or section.
This is how I estimated my reading time, e.g., turn to reviews, then Max Maven, then Genii Speaks, then essays (Racherbaumer, Giobbi, Burger, etc.); come back another time for longer articles (usually once per sitting); and finally Magicana and other tricks spriknled throughout.
Just a thought.
As a follow up, you (and columnists and advertisers) may find it incrementally useful to know where readers turn first and time spent by column or section.
This is how I estimated my reading time, e.g., turn to reviews, then Max Maven, then Genii Speaks, then essays (Racherbaumer, Giobbi, Burger, etc.); come back another time for longer articles (usually once per sitting); and finally Magicana and other tricks spriknled throughout.
Just a thought.
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WD, you're right of course, but that's a subject for another survey which we'll take at a later date.
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What's really pathetic is how many hours we spend hanging around this forum!
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PLEASE TAKE PART IN THIS POLL! I WOULD LIKE TO GET AT LEAST 200 FORUM MEMBERS TO VOTE. PLEASE ADD YOUR VOICE. YOUR IDENTITY REMAINS CONFIDENTIAL--EVEN WE DON'T KNOW WHO VOTED FOR WHAT. THANKS!
Steve, it's not pathetic--it's a community, like a huge ongoing conference call.
Steve, it's not pathetic--it's a community, like a huge ongoing conference call.
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Hi Richard,
I just voted.
What is the purpose of this survey? I hope you won't cut down the page content if you judge that we spend too much time reading the magazine. If anything I want more... more...
;)
I just voted.
What is the purpose of this survey? I hope you won't cut down the page content if you judge that we spend too much time reading the magazine. If anything I want more... more...
;)
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More Votes, Please: More Votes!
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I even go back and re-read my Genii's from the Larsen era.
It's not a magazine I throw away, I'd love to have the whole set in my collection, but alas, I didnt subscribe for years and years
It's not a magazine I throw away, I'd love to have the whole set in my collection, but alas, I didnt subscribe for years and years
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I want to encourage everyone to please vote in this poll!
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OK, I spend time over several months reading and using each issue especially when there is some magic in it I want to invest some time in. And where's my I Voted! button????
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More votes, please!
More votes are needed!
YOUR VOTE IS NEEDED NOW.
More votes are needed!
YOUR VOTE IS NEEDED NOW.
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You need a button for 'as long as it takes'. I couldn't vote as none of the answers fit.
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