Each issue of Reader’s Digest comes with a lot of information that may be useful for the readers in general. However, no one can deny the fact that the magazine also comes these days with a lot more advertisements! Compared with the amount of useful information that we may get from reading the magazine, the amount of annoying number of pages of advertisement is overwhelming. More than two-thirds of the entire content from wrapper to wrapper is just ads!
Would it be a good idea to ask the magazine to be circulated for free?
2006-07-23 05:18:55 · 17 answers · asked by Emerald 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Magazines
In its old format it was an excellant publication. Today I buy issues of the 1940s and 1950s atused book sales at the local library. They are still good articles and are better than today's tripe.
2006-07-23 05:22:00 · answer #1 · answered by Randy 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Have you really looked at any other magazine.. They are all ads. Prob 90% ads and 10% articles. I know its frustrating but without em the mag would cost 10x as much. Readers Digest at least as good quality articles and prob the ratio is somewhere between 30% ads and 70% articles. A magazine circulated for free couldn't be done as they would go under with no funds to print and pay the contributors.
2006-07-23 05:23:23 · answer #2 · answered by are u crazy?...cuz i am not! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a good magazine with lots of information and stories and features. They would not circulate it for free costs have to be paid, materials / stories / staff / plus the cost of the building / printing etc.
2006-07-23 11:54:21 · answer #3 · answered by butterfly55freedom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Readers' Digest with or without ads is still one of the finest magazines that one can buy. I don't mind spending money to buy it, as I get a lot of enjoyment in return.
2006-07-23 05:24:43 · answer #4 · answered by Kalyansri 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It is bland and colorless. You are right, most of the magazine is advertising. It is a waste of time and money. The condensed books are great however, I read War and Peace in 10 minutes.
2006-07-23 05:21:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It used to be worth its weight in gold up till the end of the past century when it started concentrating on diet, saving money and unessential moralizing. Ads are the lifeblood of publications, no doubt, and there's no such thing as a free lunch !!!
2006-07-23 05:24:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would rather spend my $$$ on Cosmo: same format, useful information (although many of the "articles" are really also thinly veiled ads) and it makes me feel young and hip just picking it up at the grocery store, whereas RD makes me feel instantly like an old fogey.
2006-07-23 05:24:48 · answer #7 · answered by shycello 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no its not worth the money because most information/stories can be found on the internet if you know where to look
2006-07-23 05:29:06 · answer #8 · answered by DodgerBlueFan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
2006-07-23 05:20:30 · answer #9 · answered by Thom Thumb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, I hate this mag, my mom got me a subscription and I just don't get the hype at all.
2006-07-23 05:21:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋