BBQ World Magazine UPDATE...

How'd you get in contact?... there's a bunch of Brothers here who tried without any response.
Thanx for the heads-up... will not hold my breath tho.

How many issues were there? Was it any good?

1 issue & no.

Just called the issued number from my copy... spoke to a person identifying himself as Terry... paraphrasing points; " publication and mailing costs rising and lost 'projected' revenues/funds from 2010 national advertisers cancellation."

Lack of national advertisers... no magazine... lack of funds.

That's their side of the story.

Nice. I'm sure this is a completely new revelation to Terry and company. :roll: I mean, the second issue was due out right about now, so it makes sense to send the letter now. Why come clean a month or three ago?

John

I'm not surprised, but I'm disappointed. I was one of the people who thought it would be really nice to have a magazine. I'm sure people understand the failure of a plan, but again I wonder if many of the same people will be willing to step up and subscribe to support the next attempt at a mag when it comes down the pike, regardless of who is behind it.

DivaHerself said:

I'm not surprised, but I'm disappointed. I was one of the people who thought it would be really nice to have a magazine. I'm sure people understand the failure of a plan, but again I wonder if many of the same people will be willing to step up and subscribe to support the next attempt at a mag when it comes down the pike, regardless of who is behind it.

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I have a feeling that they will:wink:

It is a bummer when you do not have mod buttons to fix mistakes

I called Terry a few weeks ago, and got the run around about the next issue coming out in January. Oh well, at least we know what's up. Just have to wait and see about the refunds. In regards to will we support another attempt at our own rag, well, I will...

C-Town Smoker said:

This word was supposed to be WANT!!

Sorry!

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Thought for a minute after reading you comment that you were an investor with terry:tongue:

One issue! Anyone who has it should vac-pack it and put it at the bottom of the freezer for safe storage - could be a collectors item someday.

KC_Bobby said:

One issue! Anyone who has it should vac-pack it and put it at the bottom of the freezer for safe storage - could be a collectors item someday.

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Yea.. right next to my childhood baseball cards and comic books.
Wouldn't want to place the glossy pages too close to my chimney starter... oops.

I too got the "the next issue is being printed and goes out in January" story. I also got the "I own a saw mill and I've just been so busy with it that I haven't had time for the magazine" story.

I think it would be nice if they made good on refunds but I've been holding my breath this long and fear I may pass out...

I was laid off in January from a publishing house that published 6 trade magazines and one consumer magazine. I had been there almost 7 years when 25% of the staff was laid off because ads were severely down - and it's ads, not so much subscriptions that keep magazines going.

Incidentally, two of the magazines I wrote for dealt with the sawmill industry which is struggling in its own way. I also wrote a story for BBQ World and never was paid. I was given the line about "the first issue will be promoted for the rest of 2009 and then a second issue will come out in early 2010." Glad to see that he's finally 'fessed up to the real story.

I received a letter from the magazine yesterday and it said that we should get our money back in 60 to 90 days.

KC_Bobby said:

One issue! Anyone who has it should vac-pack it and put it at the bottom of the freezer for safe storage - could be a collectors item someday.

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I've got four of them.