Stephen Mejias

Stacks

Stephen Mejias  |  Feb 7, 2008

Much of the April issue shipped to prepress yesterday, and the big "Recommended Components" feature is on its way out right now. All that's left to go is "Letters," "Industry Update," and the table of contents. Often, our shipping days coincide with the arrival of our office supply of the previous month's issue. That is, as we send off the April issue, the completed and bound March issues are arriving here.

We keep our supply of back issues in a medium-size storage room. Inside, there is the smell of glossy paper, cardboard boxes, and good work. After we've shipped an issue, I like to go into our storage room and straighten our stacks. I take down a box of magazines from one of the steel shelves, and slice through the packing tape, careful that I don't cut so deep as to tear through an actual magazine. Then I remove five magazines at a time and pile them neatly on an open shelf. Five magazines at a time. Five facing one way, five facing the opposite, so that the stack stands tall and the spines don't bend. It's simple, quiet, satisfying work. When I'm done, I feel good.

I love our magazine. The March issue shines like a silver dollar and February is like a copper penny.

COMMENTS
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Submitted by Jaclyn Gooding (not verified) on February 7, 2008 - 2:55pm

I have similar looking bookcases full of every Stereophile, Absolute Sound, Widescreen Review, Audiophile Voice and countless other (no longer existing) audio magazines located just in front of my desk in our front office. Thirty years worth, I believe, and not nearly as organized. Mejias, you're hired!

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Submitted by Stephen Mejias (not verified) on February 7, 2008 - 3:16pm

The first thing I'd do is get rid of all those other magazines, making room for the copies of Stereophile to breathe and shine. Things would immediately start looking better.I'm kidding!

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Submitted by Andrew Liepins (not verified) on February 14, 2008 - 7:14am

HiI'm a UK subscriber.Could you send me a February Issue. I haven't received a regular sub.copy of Stereophile since August 2007-they just never arrive. Your subs. dept. has sent out replacements(except December which sold out!!) and although my sub.is valid until 10/08 I have no confidence left in them. I have now been told to wait until mid-March before they will replace the missing Feb.Issue-provided it hasn't sold out! So understandably, seeing all those lovely copies of Stereophile raises my blood pressure several points! Ouch!

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Submitted by Stephen Mejias (not verified) on February 14, 2008 - 10:55am

Hi Andrew.
I'm sorry to hear of your subscription trouble. Please send me an e-mail at stephen.mejias@sourceinterlink.com, including your mailing address, and I will send you December 07 and February 08 issues.Thanks.

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Submitted by Donald (not verified) on February 18, 2008 - 9:27am

I bet the smell alone is to die for!

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