Australian Newsagency Blog

We received more copies of the Australian Country Collections 2008 Diary today.  While I am pleased that they have delayed billing and have provided 33% commission instead of the usual 25%, it’s not enough.  For us to move these diaries we need to be offering at least 25% off.  The publisher ought to have provided this stock to newsagents at between 60% and 75% off.  This is what more mainstream publishers are offering for 2008 diaries now.  This scale out, without request by the newsagent, is an abuse of our retail network.  It is a good example of an unfair magazine supply model.